The monsoon has hit Pakistan particularly hard this year and there is already much devastation because of it. Here is a description of what is going on with the flood in the NWFP, Pakistan and our relief efforts. Please do spread this email and reach out to your network for supporters.
UM Healthcare Trust is setting up a medical relief camp in out skirts of Risalpur, where the flood water reached its maximum, to treat and help victims of the flood disaster.
On July 31, 2010, our needs assessment team visited the region to get detailed information of the crisis. We quickly realized that no major relief effort has begun so far and only Abdus Sattar Edhi has showed up. The situation is dire on the ground. No relief effort has begun by the government or internal agencies like Red Cross, United Nations or anyone. So far, everyone is helping each other. All victims are helping the new ones being rescued. Yes, even after three days of floods, new survivors are found and brought in. Click survey Analysis for the report of what we found out today.
A Photostream of Flood Devastation can be seen here
Our (UM-Healthcare) Plan of Action
After completing our survey, here is what we plan to do:
- We are setting up a field medical clinic in a closed up Children’s play school immediately.
- A medical team from UM Healthcare will start treating patients immediately and will man the clinic untill the crisis is over.
- We estimate to be there for at least a month since the local facilities will not become operational anytime soon (even when the flood waters recede).
- Todd Shea and CDRS have pledged to join us and we will work together to help the flood victims get better care. We are encouraging other organizations to join us in this time of need.
What We Need Urgently
A list of all the items that we need is listed here.
The instructions of how to donate are listed here. Please download this document to get details of various methods for making a donation.
UM-Healthcare Background Information
Please spread the word as we need your help and assistance at this time.
Down-loadable instructions (2 pages) on how to build an emergency shelter within a day can be found here:
http://wp.me/p14rxO-1
More detailed information can be found here:
http://calearth.org/building-designs/emergency-sandbag-shelter.html
Thanks, Matt