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Assalaam Alykum,
REPORTING BACK! Join us for a detailed report of HHRD’s
emergency response to the unprecedented disaster in Pakistan.
There will be a LIVE 4 hour webcast on
www.hhrd.org. On October 31st, 2010
from 3pm – 7pm EST. A complete update on HHRD efforts in Pakistan. You can also
view a LIVE telethon on Express News and HUM TV.
Due to Pakistan Floods 20
million people are affected, 14 million are in need of emergency health care, 6
million are in need of food and 3.5 million children vulnerable to water borne
diseases.
Through Helping Hand for
Relief and Development (HHRD) $4.5 million worth
of items have been sent for the flood victims, including
medical equipment worth $900,000. $1
million worth
of goods have been distributed among the flood victims already. HHRD has
distributed 2.4 million meals in the most affected flood areas to date.
Currently HHRD is running 8 field hospitals across Pakistan.
Please visit www.hhrd.org to choose from over
50 countries from our Global Zabiha Program. Share your Joy during Eid with over
half million needy around the world.
Please also remember to make an additional Qurbani/Zabiha/Udhiya for the floods
victims in Pakistan. Many, who used to perform Zabiha/Qurbani in the past, will
now be standing in line for Zabiha/Qurbani from donors like you.
Please visit the HHRD Pakistan Flood
Relief website for more details at
www.reliefforpakistan.org
Text HHRD to 27722 to donate
towards Pakistan Flood Relief.
Helping Hand for relief and
Development (HHRD) is one of the leading international non-profit organizations.
[501 (c) (3) - Federal IRS Tax Exempt ID: 31-1628040].
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Asslaam Alykum,
Every
year
Helping Hand for Relief and Development feeds thousands of needy individuals by
offering a sacrifice on behalf of donors like you.
This
year your share will
feed over half a million people around the Muslim
world. The Global Zabiha Program will reach
more than 55 countries
this year.
It is
a time of sacrifice and giving.
The
Global Zabiha program will allow you to perform Zabiha of your choice in the
country of your choice.
HHRD involves local communities and regions
in the Zabiha Program; strengthening the bond of humanity.
This
year we request everyone to
make an additional sacrifice for Pakistan Flood
Relief
victims. 20 million people are displaced and
millions
go hungry each day. Pakistan floods are the largest disaster in the history.
Please visit
www.hhrd.org to view a
complete list of Countries and prices online of goat and cow shares or you
can call 1-888-808-4357 to make a Qurbani/Zabiha.
-HHRD
Team
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Assalaamu Alykum,
Medical Relief:
On October 4th, 2010, the
United Nations has reported suspected 250,000 cases of malaria (which is
expected to increase to about 2-million), 881,000 cases of diarrhea, 840,000
cases of skin diseases and almost 1 million cases of respiratory disorders."
Keeping this in perspective,
with the slowly receding water, HHRD has now established 8 field hospitals
under large tents. They will be turned into permanent fixtures in the
heavily flood-affected areas as the need persists; with a special focus on women
and children. To date there have been 12 safe deliveries in the HHRD
Medical Clinics. We pray that these children remain healthy and protected from
the devastation of the floods.
In-Kind Donations:
HHRD has been sending
continuous in-kind donation containers every week to Pakistan from various U.S.
cities, to help with medical equipments, food, blankets, personal hygiene
things, shoes, and basic necessities. To date, $4.5 million worth of
items have been sent for the flood victims, including medical equipment worth
$900,000. $1 million worth of goods have been distributed among the flood
victims already. Thanks to all the hard working volunteers who helped send these
containers to Pakistan.
Food Distribution:
HHRD has distributed 2.4
million meals in the most affected flood areas to date.
Pakistan Flood Relief is not
prevalent in the news anymore; 20 million people are affected, 14 million are in
need of emergency health care, 6 million are in need of food and children are
affected the most. Please continue your support.
You can visit HHRD's dedicated
website for Pakistan flood relief;
www.reliefforpakistan.org for latest
updates.
To donate please visit
www.hhrd.org or call 1-888-808-4357
(HELP).
Take the Initiate. Rebuild
Pakistan.
To donate $10 Text HHRD to
27722 towards Pakistan Flood Relief.
-HHRD Team
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Assalaamu Alykum,
Initially HHRD was
running 13 medical camps across Pakistan;
volunteer doctors, paramedics and ambulances would set up clinic every morning
and close at sunset, though a few were running 24 hours a day.
Alhamdulillah as the water is
receding; Helping Hand for Relief and Development is changing its course of
action to help the flood victims of Pakistan.
HHRD has now
established 8 field hospitals, which will be a
permanent fixture to the heavily flood affected areas.
2 field hospitals in
Pakhtunkhwa Khaiber, 2 field hospitals in Southern Punjab, 3 field hospitals in
Sindh and 1 field hospital in Baluchistan.
In the midst of
tragedy, on September 25th, 2010 a new life was born
in one of HHRD’s medical camps. In such adversity there was news that allowed
the family of the young boy to rejoice. It was by the grace of God, then
with the help of donors like you
and a very dedicated HHRD team that such a miracle was possible. He is among
many children who are born after the worst disaster in the history has hit
Pakistan.
It becomes our responsibility
to give these new lives a better
future in Pakistan.
Over 1 million meals
have been distributed across Pakistan. Victims
have lost everything in the flood; there is sheer hopelessness in the morale of
the flood victims.
HHRD has been
sending continuous containers to Pakistan from
the US to help with medical equipments, food, blankets, shoes and basic
necessity items.
To find the nearest collection
location please visit
www.reliefforpakistan.org
Please join Helping Hand for
Relief and Development to
Take the Initiate.
Rebuild Pakistan.
You can donate at
www.hhrd.org or Text HHRD to 27722 to donate $10 to the victims of the
flood.
For latest updates and pictures
from the field please visit HHRD’s Pakistan Flood Relief dedicated website:
www.reliefforpakistan.org.
-HHRD Team
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Assalaamu Alaikum,
Over the past month and half we
have been collecting items like rice,
sugar, lentils, baby formula, blankets, jackets, diapers,
over the counter medical supplies and
clean drinking water, across the US, for the flood victims who have lost everything.
For a complete list of items
being collected please visit:
http://reliefforpakistan.org/In-kind_Donation_Final_List.pdf. Note:
We are not collecting clothes except the winter items listed.
We want to
thank all the volunteers and donors
who came out and contributed basic necessities that are needed for the victims
of the Pakistan Floods. So far:
10
non-medical containers have been
sent.
2
medical containers have been sent to
Pakistan for immediate medical help in the HHRD Medical camps that have been
running daily to provide the much needed medical help for flood relief. Malaria,
skin infections and diarrhea are becoming common. See HHRD medical Statistics at
www.reliefforpakistan.org
3 more
containers are scheduled to go to Pakistan this week insha’Allah.
$2.1 million
worth of In-Kind donations will be sent to Pakistan by the end of this week from
HHRD.
We are still collecting In-Kind donations.
Please contact your local HHRD office listed on
www.hhrd.org or you can call
1-888-808-4357 to find the nearest collection center.
For a complete list of items
being collected please visit:
http://reliefforpakistan.org/In-kind_Donation_Final_List.pdf
Note: We are not collecting
clothes.
Thank you for your continuous support
and dedication. Victims of the flood can only pray for the people who send these
items for help. Please keep them in your
prayers as well.
-HHRD Team
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Assalaam Alykum,
Helping Hand for Relief
and Development is on the ground helping the affected. And among the many issues
that the flood victims are dealing with the main one is of
water sanitation. There isn’t enough clean drinking water for the flood
victims.
A sip of the contaminated
water can be deadly. HHRD is urging everyone to donate to
Water for Life program to help the
flood victims with clean water and sanitation.
The
16 HHRD medical relief clinics providing health treatment are seeing
increasing number of cases, mostly related to water borne diseases.
They are seeing cases of diarrhea, skin allergies, eye infections,
scabies, malaria and malnutrition. Due to extended starvation and low immune
health many are vulnerable to epidemic diseases and children are especially
susceptible.
The ones that have
survived are not only faced with health conditions but will also have problems
making a living for themselves due the
unprecedented damage to crops and
livestock.
Helping Hand for Relief
and Development will be offering Interest
Free loans to flood victims so they can start rebuilding their lives and
take the right steps towards the development of their and countries future.
Please view pictures from
the Eid Food Distribution of 672,000
meals across Pakistan at
www.reliefforpakistan.org.
Please donate generously
towards rebuilding Pakistan. Please
visit
www.reliefforpakistan.org
for latest HHRD Pakistan Flood Relief.
-HHRD Team
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Assalaamu Alykum,
The real work begins now. The water is receding and we are
gradually seeing the affects of the disaster. The damage to homes, property ,
possessions and material goods.
16 medical clinics are running to provide medical treatment to
the Flood affected. Please view these pictures from the field.
Helping Hand for Relief and Development had arranged food
distribution from Mianwali to Kot Mittan and Jampur. Souther Punjab was the most
affected area in the floods.
Please
watch interview with beneficiaries of the Eid distribution in Jam Pur.
Please view this video with Br. Fazal ur Rahman explaining what the
situation is while his visit to make food distributions in Rajan Pur, one of the
most affected areas. The damage is immense. The women and children are out in
the open.
Br Fazal ur Rahman Country Director Pakistan HHRD has given us an
update on his Eid gift and Food Distribution visit to Southern Punjab.
Please Listen.
For more updates please visit
www.ReliefForPakistan.org, HHRD Pakistan Relief website.
To pay your Fitra and Zakat please visit
www.hhrd.org
or you can text FITRA to 27722.
HHRD Team
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Assalaamu
Alikum,
Walk for Pakistan Relief - ‘Hope Will Not Sink’
September,
12th 2010 – 11:00am - 5:00pm
Start Location:
Makki Masjid
1089 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
End Location:
Youth Community Center
865 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Contact:
Saqib Attique:
(609) 575-7474
Asif M Mohammad: (714) 812-2215
Please join
us. It will be a short walk in Brooklyn, New York, to continue efforts for
Pakistan Flood Relief and raise awareness
of the gravity of the situation of the worst disaster in the history.
Muslim Family Day:
It’s a
bittersweet moment. Ramadan is leaving us but it’s brining the celebration of
Eid.
Join the
thousands of Muslims who will celebrate together at Muslim Family Day at the
Six Flags across the country; in Atlanta, Baltimore/DC, Boston,
Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Louisville, New Jersey, San Francisco and San
Antonio.
Please visit
Helping Hand for Relief and Development at the Six Flags on Eid! For more
information please visit:
http://www.muslimfamilyday.com/
A reminder: these are the last
couple days to pay you Zakah and Fitra.
Please visit
www.hhrd.org
or you can text FITRA to 27722.
HHRD Team
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Assalaamu Alykum,
Over a month of flooding has caused severe damage to the
infrastructure of Pakistan. Along with making millions of Pakistanis
homeless, the floods have also caused
the hardworking poor to lose their livelihood.
Apart from the immediate needs like food, shelter and medical
services, we should start thinking of how we can help them in building a
livelhood; to gain sustainablity and self sufficiency.
Interest Free Micro-Financing:
Your one time donation allows for interest free loans for the
poor, the unemployed and the widows. That family uses the interest free loan
to start a small business or purchase
livestock for example, that will become a source of livelihood for them.
This will allow self sufficiency and the loan will be repaid. The repaid
loan then goes back into the pool of money that will be used to loan out
money to others in need. The cycle continues and it becomes a form of
sadaqa–e-jariya. The best form of charity.
We can make our charity multiplefolds in this time.
There aren’t that many days left in this blessed month of
Ramadan.
Zakah and Fitra are obligatory on us before the end of Ramadan.
You can make your Zakat and Fitra online at
www.hhrd.org or you can
Text FITRA to 27722 to make a $10 to Pakistan Flood Relief.
May Allah allow us to make the best of these last few days in
Ramadan.
-HHRD Team
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Assalaam Alykum,
On July 16-18th, 2010, before the devastating floods
affected the area of Balakot, Helping Hand for Relief and Development’s Orphans
Department had a
3-day Summer Camp
for young leaders from our Orphan cluster in Hazara.
These camps allow the Orphans to develop social skills, build
confidence, self respect and service skills. Social skills help them to develop
leadership skills, communication and participation along with responsibility.
There were future plans of Eid Gifts, allowances for Orphans,
Medical Screenings and Hygiene Kits but the
Floods have affected these Orphans and their families need our help.
In general orphans and their families are living in substandard homes or in
unsafe (lower than well built) areas which were exposed to severe rainfalls this
year. Most of the houses are damaged.
Famous Artist from Pakistan Jimmy Attre visited the Camp to meet with the Orphan
children.
HHRD has sponsored Orphans in 16 countries across
the globe. Please consider sponsoring Orphans in those countries as well.
There are 2 different types of Orphans programs at HHRD:
Orphan Sponsorship (1 to 1): allows you to support a specific child on an ongoing basis. The
money you donate, either thorough monthly or annual payments is given
directly top the orphans family or guardian. You receive the orphan’s full
profile after your initial donation and regular progress reports during the
year.
General Orphan Support: This can be a donation of any amount and can be a one time
donation as well. Here your donation contributes towards helping more than
one orphan. Your donations are used towards benefitting the orphans’
educational needs.
Your
donations
towards the Orphan Program can make a significance difference in an
Orphans’ life.
We are in the last 10 days of Ramadan. It is the best time to
make the most of our Zakat and last few days to make our Fitra donations.
You may Text FITRA to
27722 to donate $10 to give your Fitra towards Pakistan Flood Relief.
HHRD Team
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Assalaam Alikum,
"We are trapped in the flood water. We have nothing to
eat or drink. Please rescue us. Our lives are in danger. For God's sake rescue
us, otherwise we will die. Please help us, please!" Khyber Husain, Jacobabad,
Sindh – This was a call made to ‘lifeline Pakistan’ service provided by
34 FM through BBC World.
There are undying efforts being executed by Helping Hand for
Relief and Development (HHRD):
Twenty four hour medical clinics are running in some of the
most remote areas.
During these last 10 days of Ramadan, HHRD will deliver food
to the poor and needy of Pakistan, mostly in flood affected areas; 672,000
meals, inshaAllah, during the last Ashrah of the month of Ramadan.
The distribution is being carried out across Pakistan, from
Kaimari to Gilgit, Alhamdolillah.
HHRD has already delivered the ration for almost 1.1 Million+
meals for the victims in heavily flooded areas.
Br. Fazalur Rahman – Country Director Pakistan – HHRD,
visited the flood affected areas. Please
listen
to his update interview.
Our humble request to all of you is to encourage your friends, family and
communities to designate this year's Fitra amount for the victims of Pakistan
floods. Cell phones can be used to text "FITRA" to "27722" to donate $10 for
this cause. Please visit http://www.reliefforpakistan.org/ for
more details on Pakistan Flood Relief
The media has not been able to show the devastation that has
taken place in Pakistan and now the Pakistan Floods are leaving the news. But
the people are still in the middle of the worst natural disaster in the history.
Our response has to be to the level of the disaster.
It is the last 10 days of Ramadan, when our good deeds and
giving will benefit us the most inshAllah, we should think about those who are
not as fortunate as us.
Thank you for your continuous support.
HHRD Team
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Assalaamu Alyukm,
Fitra is incumbent on all of us; let’s give our Fitra early to
help the brothers and sisters in Pakistan as they deal with one of the most
devastating disasters in the history.
You can give your $10 Fitra by going to
www.hhrd.org or you can Text FITRA to 27722. All proceeds through
your text will benefit the Pakistan Flood Victims.
Please reply with YES for Helping Hand USA Alerts. This will
allow us to contact you with any emergency disasters appeals. Standard text
messaging rates may apply.
You can give more than once to pay for each member in your
family. Each mobile carrier allows a certain amount of Texts to be sent to the
FITRA giving. For additional texts you may use another cell phone number.
All FITRA donations will be tracked and before the end of Ramadan
will be disbursed for Pakistan Flood Relief.
May Allah allow us to make the best of this blesses month. Ameen.
HHRD Team
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Assalaam Alykum,
We should keep reminding
everyone that the worst is yet to come. Not only in terms of the natural
disaster but how the floods have started a chain of events that will cause
Pakistan’s poor to be completely helpless. The crops and fields that have been
destroyed were their livelihood and they have not only lost their homes but any
source of future income is also washed away in the floods.
Everyone has lost a home.
Everyone has lost livelihood. These people are stranded, helpless, and in one of
the worst sanitary conditions at this point. They are physically and mentally
distraught. There are traumatized children and distressed women. Families are
going hungry for days and their only choice is to turn to the waters that put
them in that place to begin with. Many are forced to drink the contaminated
water that has caused several diarrhea cases. There aren’t enough medicines now
to treat all the affected people.
Helping Hand for Relief and
Development is continuing their efforts in 13 locations across Pakistan. HHRD
doctors are offering untiring efforts and they are seeing cases like chest
infections, suspected cholera, malaria, typhoid, yellow fever, scabies and skin
infections.
Every dollar counts. Every
effort counts. Give your Zakat and Fitra to the victims of Pakistan Floods. You
can ask your giving to be used for their immediate needs like clean drinking
water, food , medical and sanitation help or towards long term help by donating
towards helping the families to start small businesses for the men and women who
have lost all livelihood in this disaster.
If you have already extended
help, please forward this message to your friends, family, co-workers and
communities. We have to come out in great numbers to help the affected of
Pakistan.
Please visit www.ReliefForPakistan.org where
you can find latest details and how you can help the victims of Pakistan Floods.
Please donate and encourage other to donate generously as well.
Or you can Text FITRA to
27722 to donate $10 to Pakistan Flood Relief.
$10 will
be added to your mobile phone bill/ deducted from your prepaid account.
Message and Data Rates May Apply. Full Terms: mGive.org/T. Privacy
Policy.
-HHRD Team
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Assalaam Alykum,
The situation is getting
worse. Please don’t wait till last minute to give your Fitra. Now you can make
your Fitra through your cell phone:
TEXT "FITRA" to "27722" to
donate $10 - All proceeds will go towards Pakistan Flood Relief.
This is one of a kind FITRA
campaign to make it easier for our brothers and sisters to not only fulfill our
Islamic duty but also help the Flood Victims of Pakistan:
- You can give more than once
to pay for each member in your family. Each mobile carrier allows a certain
amount of Texts to be sent to the FITRA giving. For additional texts you may use
another cell phone number.
- All FITRA donations will be
tracked and before the end of Ramadan will be disbursed for Pakistan Flood
Relief.
- A one-time charge of $10
will be added to you mobile phone bill. Standard text messaging rates and
additional fees may apply. All charges are billed by and payable to you mobile
service provider. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting “STOP” to “27722”.
HHRD is also collecting basic
necessity items. Please visit
www.ReliefForPakistan.org, a HHRD Pakistan Flood Relief dedicated website,
for latest updates and to see a complete list of items you can give.
http://reliefforpakistan.org/2010-In-Kind-Donation-Pakistan-Priority-List.pdf
UN report says 1.2 million
homes are destroyed and there are fears of further flooding as the Indus River,
already at a 50 year high, is expected to rise even more.
UN officials have described
the humanitarian situation in Pakistan as critical.
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1,539 people have died and 17 million have been
directly affected
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1.2 million houses have been destroyed, leaving an
estimated 8 million homeless
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3.2m hectares of standing crops have been lost or
damaged
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2,055 people have been injured
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2 million people have received drinking water but
"large numbers" have no access to water or sanitation
The devastation cannot be
completely reported as many areas are still hard to reach.
Pakistan is now in serious
danger of epidemic disease, especially in children who are already weak and
vulnerable. Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) is providing medical
relief across Pakistan.
Please visit
www.hhrd.org to make a donation.
HHRD Team
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Assalaamu Alykum,
Helping Hand for Relief and Development has announced the
$10 per person amount for Fitra
for Ramadan 1431/2010.
Please don’t wait till last minute to give your Fitra. You can donate your Fitra
now towards the Pakistan Flood Relief victims and help with much needed funds
now.
The worst floods in the history
have left millions devastated. People are still being rescued from the floods
even after 3 weeks.
The floods have mainly affected those whose only livelihood
was their crops and cattle. The floods have caused immense
losses to crops,
livestock, infrastructure and damage to the roads.
There will be great need for long term development and rehabilitation to the
flood affected areas.
The longer it takes for aid to reach the flood victims the
longer they will be exposed to water-borne diseases. The doctors at Helping Hand
for Relief and Development (HHRD)’s medical camps are already seeing
great number of diarrhea and skin allergy cases;
there have been some cases of cholera reported.
HHRD is present in 10 locations across Pakistan, providing foods, clean
drinking water and arranging for shelter for the flood victims.
Please join hands with Helping Hand USA to provide the much
needed aid to our brothers and sisters in Pakistan.
May we
succeed in Ramadan at the highest level this Ramadan.
Ameen.
HHRD Team
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Collecting Basic
Necessity Items
now...Pakistan
Flood Relief
Assalaam Alykum,
In-Kind
Donations:
Helping Hand for
Relief and
Development is
now collecting
Basic Necessity
Items (In-Kind
Donations). The
relief items
should not be
“used items”;
food items
should be Halal
only; medicines
should have
sufficient
expiry date.
These must be
packed in 15 " x
15 " x 12 "
cartons. To make
things a little
easier for us,
it would be
ideal if smaller
groups could get
together and
drop the items
at the
collection
locations.
For a complete
list of drop off
locations and
items needed
please visit:
www.ReliefForPakistan.org.
This website is
Helping Hand for
Relief and
Development’s
dedicated
website for
Pakistan Flood
Relief. areas.
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United Nations
Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon said
Sunday that
while he has
visited sites of
natural
disasters around
the world, he
has never seen
anything like
the devastation
created by
flooding in
Pakistan.
After analysis of the
situation in Pakistan,
Medical Relief
update:
HHRD
Health and Medical Camps
are providing medical
treatment in Mianwali,
Layyah, DG Khan,
Charsadda, Dir, Swat,
Nowshera, Nawabshah and
Sakkar. Diarrhoea,
Scabies and Skin
Infections are among the
most common cases being
seen at the medical
camps. These diseases
can be life threatening
for the victims affected
by floods who have low
immune systems like the
3.5 million children now
at risk of deadly
water-borne diseases.
A
total of 27, 483
patients have been seen
at HHRD medical camps as
of August 18, 2010 of
which 12,087 were
children.
There is a great need
for assistance to these
victims. HHRD Team would
strongly urge you to
come forward and give in
any capacity. Because
every penny counts and
will be the difference
between relief and loss.
One in 10 Pakistanis
Affected - 20 Million
Flood Victims - 3.5
Million Children at Risk
of Deadly Water-Borne
Diseases - A THIRD of
Pakistan Submerged Under
Water
For latest updates
please visit
www.ReliefForPakistan.org.
or
www.hhrd.org.
HHRD Team
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Helping Hand USA
1 in 10
Pakistanis
affected: 20
million flood
victims...
Assalaam Alykum,
Homes, crops,
trees,
livestock,
entire villages
and towns have
been transformed
into lakes,
forcing the
flood victims to
huddle in muddy
areas.
United Nations
Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon said
Sunday that
while he has
visited sites of
natural
disasters around
the world, he
has never seen
anything like
the devastation
created by
flooding in
Pakistan.
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Please spread the word
to your family and
friends. Many thanks to
the individuals who have
donated for this cause.
But magnitude of the
disaster has surpassed
all fears.
After analysis of the
situation in Pakistan,
Helping Hand for Relief
and Development has
raised the appeal to $5
million.
Up to 20 million people
-- nearly one in 10
Pakistanis have been
affected in some
capacity by the floods.
Dr Fozia Aziz, a health
coordinator of Helping
Hand for Relief and
Development in
Islamabad, told Al
Jazeera there is an
urgent need to provide
safe drinking water and
hygienic conditions to
stem the spread of
diseases;
water-borne
bacteria and illness
have become a serious
concern
"We are conducting a
number of medical camps
all over Pakistan. Acute
diarrhoea cases are
among the most common
ailments and our health
workers are providing
proper treatment.
"We are also giving
advice to the local
communities on measures
to be taken to prevent
or minimize the spread
of disease," Dr. Fozia
said, adding that
several suspected cases
of cholera and malaria
have been reported.
Up to 3.5 million
children are at high
risk of deadly
water-borne diseases,
such as watery diarrhoea
and dysentery," Maurizio
Giuliano, spokesman for
the UN Office for the
Co-ordination of
Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA)
Helping Hand for Relief
and Development is
running medical relief
camps in 13 locations
and distributing free
medication.
$500
provides for 1 week’s
supply of medicines.
Every day more than 500
patients are receiving
treatment and medicines
at HHRD’s medical camps.
People are hungry and
desperate for help.
$25 food package
will feed a family of
6 for 1 week. Food
Package includes: Flour,
Sugar, Cooking Oil,
Rice, Lentils, Biscuits
and other basics.
As we are able to break
our fast with ample food
on our tables, our
Muslims brothers and
sisters in Pakistan are
not so fortunate. Please
remember them when
opening your fasts this
Ramadan.
One-fifth of the country
is underwater and
900,000 homes have been
damaged. Tents are being
provided to help those
whose houses have been
washed away by the
floods.
$100 is the cost to
provide shelter to a
family.
Keep them in your
prayers this blessed
month and please donate
generously towards
helping them in their
time of need.
HHRD Team
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Helping Hand USA
LIVE ARY Telethon:
Floods Relief Appeal...
Assalaam Alykum,
The Pakistan Floods of
2010 have been rated as
the worst humanitarian
crisis by the UN in the
recent history, with
more people affected
than the
South-East Asian tsunami
and the recent
earthquakes in Kashmir
and Haiti combined;
affecting 15 million
people and leaving 1,600
dead.
Our next effort to help
the victims affected by
the worst catastrophe in
the history of Pakistan
is a:
Live Telethon Appeal on
ARY Digital
August 14th, 2010
4:00pm – 7:00pm EST.
Don't have ARY, you can
watch it live, at
www.hhrd.org.
Artists like
Ali Haider, Asad Malik,
Faisal Qureshi, Firdos
Jamal, Habib, Imran
Abbas, Rashid Mehmood,
Adnan Siddique and
others are joining HHRD
in this Telethon appeal.
Please watch to support
the Pakistan Flood
Victims.
The people affected by
the floods are desperate
for our help, please
think about them this
Ramadan and help then
with your most generous
donations.
For latest updates
please visit
www.hhrd.org.
-HHRD Team
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Assalamu Alaikum and
Ramadan Mubarak
Based on latest UN
reports, the number of
flood affected people in
Pakistan is 15 million.
It is more than three
recent major disasters
(Pak. Earthquake 2005,
South Asian Tsunami,
Haiti Earthquake)
combined...!
1. HHRD has provided
food (one month ration)
to
more than 94,500 persons
directly
affected by the
catastrophic floods.
Utensils are also being
provided at different
locations.
2. HHRD has provided
tents to shelter
close to 3,000 people.
3. HHRD is running
medical clinics by
establishing
medical relief
camps at 13 locations
now.
More than 5,000
patients has
been treated so far.
Free medicine are being
provided. 4. A mobile
surgical & medical unit
is reaching out to the
most vulnerable people
in the far flanged
areas. The mobile unit
is equipped with
diagnostic capabilities
and is serving the
communities on
continuous basis.
5. HHRD is coordinating
the relief efforts with
WFP, WHO, other NGOs and
different Government and
Semi-Government
institutions in the area
to serve the victims
more efficiently.
Immediate needs:
1.
Your cash donations
will reach the victims
more rapidly than any
thing else. We are able
to purchase all needed
items from the local
markets to help the
people in need.
2. We have opened up
our In-Kind
donation centers
in all US regions to
collect the items like
medical equipment,
medicine, blankets,
jackets, tents,
non-perishable food,
household utensils,
shoes and computers. No
old clothes please.
3. Following packages
are being proposed for
your convenience:
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Food
Distributions:
$25 food package
will feed a family of 6
for 1 week.
Food Package includes:
Flour, Sugar, Cooking
Oil, Rice, Lentils,
Biscuits and other
basics.
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Medical
Assistance:
$500 provides
for 1 week’s supply of
medicines.
Every day more than 500
patients are receiving
treatment and medicines
at HHRD’s medical camps.
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Shelter:
$100 is the cost
of one tent.
Tent distribution is
being made to help those
whose houses have been
washed away by the
floods.
As the blessed month of
Ramadan has started,
your reward of donating
for this cause will be
many folded by Allah
(swt), Aameen.
--HHRD Team
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Assalaam u
Alykum and Ramadan
Mubarak,
Watching a disaster of
such a magnitude as the
recent floods in
Pakistan on TV is one
thing, but witnessing it
in reality is quite a
different experience. I
have just returned after
an extensive visit of
Pakistan's worst flood
affected areas and can
share with you hundreds
of sad stories, but in
short, "our brothers and
sisters need your
immediate help as
quickly as possible".
I have witnessed monsoon
rains; constantly
pouring rain creating
the worst floods in the
history of Pakistan. The
victims of these floods
are now homeless,
jobless and vulnerable
to all kinds of disease.
I saw Helping Hand for
Relief and Development’s
teams helping people on
both sides of the river
banks but they need your
help to continue and
expand their operations
in all areas.
I was able to meet some
of the victims, the hard
working Pakistanis, who
were doing just fine few
days ago but now they
are on streets; homeless
and jobless but NOT
hopeless. They want to
start all over again but
just need a little help
from their fellow
citizens like you.
Helping Hand has
incurred direct losses
to this devastating
flood:
(i) One of our employees
working in Dir Lower as
Ambulance Driver passed
away and embraced
Shahadat
after completing day
relief activities and
returning to his family.
This sad incident
happened while he was
crossing a major flood
stream on a truck, Total
70 people died in that
accident. Br.Ibad ur
Rehman had joined HHRD
on 20th July
2010 .He was a young man
of age 28.
(ii) Our Skill
Development Center (SDC)
for women in Madain
(Swat) has been totally
destroyed. All sewing
machines and other
equipment have been
washed away by the
floods.
(iii) Our Mother Child
Health Center (MCHC) in
Utra Kalan (Mianwali)
has been flooded with
high waters. The medical
staff is running the
medical relief camps now
in open camps.
I have high hope that
Pakistan will recover
and rebuild,
Insha’Allah, soon. But
remain to see that who
among us will help them
in this struggle for
survival. I personally
encourage every one of
you to help the victims
of these floods as much
as possible during the
blessed days of Ramadan.
Your reward will be
multiple folds as
promised by the Allah
(swt).
Sincerely,
Farrukh Raza
President HHRD
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Currently HHRD is actively
providing emergency relief
across the country.
This includes District Swat,
Buner, Dir, Char Sadha and
Mianwali.
-
Food Distributions:
$25 food package will feed a
family of 6 for 1 week.
Food Package includes:
Flour, Sugar, Cooking Oil,
Rice, Lentils, Biscuits and
other basics.
Food package distributions
have been made to over 8000
individuals.
-
Medical Assistance:
$500 provides for 1 week’s
supply of medicines.
Every day more than 500
patients are receiving
treatment and medicines at
HHRD’s medical camps.
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Shelter:
$100 is the cost of one
tent.
Tent distribution is being
made to help those whose
houses have been washed away
by the floods.
Comprehensive Primary Health
Care Services are being
provided in collaboration
with World Health
Organization (WHO), and HHRD
is running a Mother Child
Health Center as well.
Ambulance services are also
being provided.
Pakistan Floods 2010:
The death toll has passed
1500 and the floods have
affected over 3.5 million
people across Pakistan. This
year’s monsoon season caused
the worst floods in the
history of Pakistan. Flood
waters devastated and washed
away hundreds of villages
and the livelihood of many,
in its course.
According to HHRD’s
Emergency Response Team,
thousands are stuck on
rooftops, have limited
access to survival. Lack of
drinking water is a constant
threat to health of millions
and they are facing water
borne diseases.
People from remote areas
are walking 8 to 10 hours to
reach a place where food
could be available. Some
displaced people are staying
with relatives but many are
sleeping out in the open.
They have lost their houses,
shops, and livestock. They
cannot reach for help due to
damage to paved roads and
bridges. Tents are needed.
Please help in any capacity;
there are a lot of people
suffering and need our
assistance.
Helping Hand for Relief and
Development has launched a
$1 Million appeal for Floods
Relief in Pakistan.
For latest updates and to
donate, please visit
www.hhrd.org or
call 1-888-808-HELP(4357).
-HHRD Team
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Five medical camps
are operating in the
flood
affected
areas:
- Charsadda,
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Province
- Nowshera,
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Province
- Deer, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Province
- Sawat,
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Province
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Mianwali, Punjab
Province
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HHRD Flood Relief
Medical Camp Photos
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