• On 30th oct five emergency relief centers were set up at Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta and Ziarat.
• 10 Relief camps to collect relief goods and fund were set up immediately in Karachi the economic hub of Pakistan.
• The response from community was prompt and on 30th of October a convoy containing relief goods containing food items ,tents, tirpaal, utensils , burners, jackets ,warm clothes ,tin pack food , medicines(worth Rs. 2.2 million) and relief team left for the affected areas under supervision of , Mr. Fawwad Sherwani.
• Survey at Kawas, Warchoom , Waam, Ahmadoon union councils was started 0n 31st oct 2008,for the estimation of damages.
• On 2nd nov. 2008 2 trucks containing 30,000 kg flour, tents, gas heaters and food items were dispatched for Ziarat Baluchistan.
• On 4th nov. 2008 ex- secretary al Khidmat welfare society (76 years old|) Mr. Abdul Rasheed Baig, left for Baluchistan to look after field operations of al Khidmat relief works and based at Warchoom (18 km before Ziarat city, while going from Quetta to Ziarat) were he has set a control centre for relief work for the affected areas.
• 200 volunteers from Pishin, Ziarat and Loralai district with 25 vehicles started humanitarian relief work especially saving human life from the debris of destruction.
• 80 dead bodies were removed from the debris and their coffin/burial was managed.
• Al Khidmat Welfare Society set up a central relief camp at Warchoom, from where 500 families were provided tents food items and warm clothes the very next day of the disaster i.e. 30th Oct. 2008.
• Medical teams were sent for relief with the collaboration of Umair Sana Welfare Foundation, and Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) to Kankhezi, Ahmadoon and Manaa
Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan
UK Islamic Mission (UKIM)
Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA)
Umair Sana Welfare Foundation (USWF)
Al-Khidmat Baluchistan
District Administration Ziarat
District Administration Pishin
District Administration Qila Saifullah
Al-Khidmat Khawateen Karachi
Pakistan International Airline (PIA)
Pakistan Railway Lahore Region
Apart from food, shelter, warm cloths, blankets and medical relief, the families of affected areas need long term rehabilitation and support. Al-Khidmat appeals to the inland and overseas Pakistanis as well as donor agencies to act at this moment of suffering and pain. The below freezing point temperature of the region is making the situation more devastating especially for the children and elderly. Al-Khidmat through its well organized team of volunteers can carry out the required relief work which is its hallmark and well recognize internationally.
Aijazullah Khan
Relief Coordinator
0333-2121418
E-mail: aijazullah69@gmail.com
Syed Maqbool Alam
Relief Manager
0300-2062339
E-mail: syed_maqbool_alam@yahoo.com
Fawwad Sherwani
Deputy Relief Coordinator
0321-3897304 – 0333-2294614
E-mail: fawwad79@gmail.com
Faisal Badar
Media Coordinator
0321-3897309
mediaalkhidmat@gmail.com
Head Office
504, Quaideen Colony, Opp. Islamia College
Karachi.
Ph: +92-21-4912568, 4915361-4
E-mail: alkhidmat@cyber.net.pk
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