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Thursday, August 19, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Pakistan Floods From Safoora Arbab



Here is a note on the Pakistan Floods from my friend Safoora Arbab who is now in Pakistan on leave from UCLA's Phd Program to take care of close relative who is recovering from cancer. Safoora is from Charsadda in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province which is one of the worst flood affected regions. Her family is running a small relief effort in the region. Please help if you can. You can also donate if you prefer to other charities whose contacts  are listed below.


-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Safoora Arbab
Sent: Aug 19, 2010 2:17 AM
To:
Subject: Pakistan Floods

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The monsoons, generally a welcome balm from the sun-scorched heat, has wrecked havoc in its wake this time, as you may all have heard by now. Though the death toll is not as high as other natural disasters the world has recently encountered, the devastation is far greater than any of us has as yet grasped. According to the UN it is one of the biggest emergencies the planet is currently facing, and considering the number and scale of disasters looming around the globe, the imagination has yet to grasp the magnitude of this. Even for us here in Pakistan--those of us not directly effected by the floods--it's hard to imagine. And being inundated with one calamity after another, both manmade and natural, its hard to rouse ourselves to face this as yet not fully fathomed, and unprecedented new disaster. But its in the aftermath of the floods, whose effects are only now being seen and felt, that will allow the imagination, most unfortunately, to grasp this new crisis. And hopefully propel us to to act to counter as much of its effects as we possibly can. 

People are organising their own relief efforts, or giving to reputable NGO's, as the government too is mistrusted with aid money. That too hampers the intent to help.  

My family has organised a small scale relief effort in our village in Charsadda--one of the areas in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa hardest hit by the floods. So far we have been able to gather enough funds to feed as many as possible with cooked meals through out the month of Ramzan. We continue to raise funds and hope to provide basic essentials, as well as water sanitising tablets, medicines for diarrhoea and cholera, portable stoves and cooking utensils, and clothing. 

If you would like to contribute to this fund you can do so via money gram or western union, or contact me with your suggestions for other means at safoora.arbab@yahoo.com. 

Here's a website that lists other organisations providing help: http://www.tonic.com/article/how-to-help-pakistan-flood-victims/


 Imran Khan has also started a relief effort, and I believe you can donate via paypal through his website: http://insaf.pk/

There are of course many relief efforts underway, try to help wherever and however much you can before we actually do fully fathom, and directly see, the magnitude of this new calamity that has hit the earth. 

Safoora 

PS. If you think it appropriate, please forward this appeal. Thanks. 
 












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