Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Relief Efforts after Pakistan's Devastating Floods

by Shiza Shahid


Pakistan has been hit by it most devastating natural disaster in recent days, with unprecedented flooding. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan could exceed the combined total in three recent megadisasters - the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake - the United Nations said Monday, with an estimated toll of 13 million people affected.

Shajar-e-Ilm is raising funds and will be personally distributing them in the affected regions of the Swat Valley. Volunteers will be travelling to the Swat Valley on Friday to disribute family packs including atta, (wheat), ghee (butter), lentils, dry milk, sanitary napkins, soap, and water purifying tablets. To contribute personally contact Shiza Shahid at shiza.shahid@gmail.com, Mariam Zaidi at mariamrzaidi@gmail.com, or Myra Iqbal at myra.iqbal@gmail.com

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