Disaster Aid Relief to Pakistan
Posted by Craig Clarke
At our meeting on August 31st, the club voted to purchase 4 disaster relief boxes for flood relief in Pakistan. The Government of Canada will match our $3,000 donation with a contribution to the Pakistan Flood Relief Fund administered by the Canadian International Development Agency.
Thanks to the intrepid efforts of the Disaster Aid Response Team the first Family Survival Kits have been delivered in Pakistan. The international team consists of Larry (USA), Reggie (USA), Hal (CAN) and Peter (AUS).
Thanks to the intrepid efforts of the Disaster Aid Response Team the first Family Survival Kits have been delivered in Pakistan. The international team consists of Larry (USA), Reggie (USA), Hal (CAN) and Peter (AUS).
They are delivering aid to villagers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa. This is the first aid the victims have seen in the months since the catastrophic flooding that destroyed their homes. Now that the water has receded the tents have been erected on the site of the village rather than in a camp so that the people can re-establish themselves in their former location. Several still have farm animals and so on that they need to be close to.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was almost completely washed away by a wall of water. Residents had to carry their children through water up to their necks to save them. The headmaster of the school was marooned for four days atop the mosque where he sought safety. The UN estimates over 1000 people drowned in this area alone.
Our team is erecting the tents on the site of their former homes so people can take care of their remaining cattle and have shelter close by as they rebuild.
Disaster Aid International was the first agency to bring them any aid at all since the catastrophe struck.
A Pakistani official assisting with the deployment remarked that ours were a big improvement on tents he has seen before, and he has taken part in several disaster relief operations previously.
Two more containers are on the way to Pakistan, bringing our commitment to them to 700 boxes. Congratulations to the partner countries of Disaster Aid International -Canada, Australia and USA - for organising and delivering this difficult deployment in just three short months since the formation of the Disaster Aid organisation.
click here to see photo gallery on deployments page of Disaster Aid web site
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was almost completely washed away by a wall of water. Residents had to carry their children through water up to their necks to save them. The headmaster of the school was marooned for four days atop the mosque where he sought safety. The UN estimates over 1000 people drowned in this area alone.
Our team is erecting the tents on the site of their former homes so people can take care of their remaining cattle and have shelter close by as they rebuild.
Disaster Aid International was the first agency to bring them any aid at all since the catastrophe struck.
A Pakistani official assisting with the deployment remarked that ours were a big improvement on tents he has seen before, and he has taken part in several disaster relief operations previously.
Two more containers are on the way to Pakistan, bringing our commitment to them to 700 boxes. Congratulations to the partner countries of Disaster Aid International -Canada, Australia and USA - for organising and delivering this difficult deployment in just three short months since the formation of the Disaster Aid organisation.
click here to see photo gallery on deployments page of Disaster Aid web site
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