UWT Pakistan Floods Report AUG2010

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Introduction to Ummah Welfare Trust

The Catastrophe

Pakistan Floods 2010

Story of a Young Orphan

UWT Response

Medical Camps

Cooked Food Project

Ummah Tent Village

Food Package Distribution

Charity in IslamCover Photo: A boy sits ona bed as his family members salvagebelongings from their destroyed house in Pabbi,Pakistan on August 5,

2010. Photo courtesy of (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood)


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The CatastropheNo one statistic can quite capture the enormity and magnitude of the disaster that has befallen our

brothers and sisters in Pakistan. Over 1,600 people are thought to have already been killed with as manyas 1.2 million homes destroyed as a result of the flooding. It is thought that as much as a fifth of the totalland mass of Pakistan has been impacted by the rain.

Perhaps the one statistic that comes close to emphasising the severity of this catastrophe is that asmany as 20 million people have been directly affected by this natural disaster. As the United Nationsdescribed recently, this crisis has affected more people than those that suffered as a result of the

devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, Cyclone Nargis, in 2007, and the earthquakes that havehit Kashmir and Haiti in recent years.

The rains continue, no let-up just yet, it seems, for the people of this nation. The situation began withunusually heavy monsoons that swept in from the North West of the country. As the infrastructure of Pakistan struggled to cope, the potential consequences became clear.

With the rains, have come the floods, devastating the very land upon which very many of these humblepeople, many of them from farming communities, rely on for their livelihoods. This disaster, the worst inthe region for over 80 years, has decimated towns and villages. It has wreaked havoc upon families whohave been forced to leave behind ancestral homes with little more than a handful of possessions in a bidto escape the rising water levels and seek refuge in many of the overwhelmed aid camps around thecountry.

For those not lucky enough to reach an aid camp, the displaced seek shelter where they can, under atree or bridge, or near a highway. Many just have to make do with dry ground.

The pictures, beamed by 24-hour news channels to our homes, tell heart-wrenching stories. We can,however, only begin to imagine what life must be like for those unfortunates that have been affected bythe flooding. Aid agencies have warned about the risk of water-borne diseases. Doctors are strugglingagainst rising levels of cholera and diarrhoea. With forecasts have projected another four weeks of rain,

the situation in Pakistan will continue to grow increasingly desperate.

As each day passes, the humanitarian tragedy only worsens. We need your donations to continue tosupport the relief effort.


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Pakistan Floods 2010On July 29

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2010 torrential rainscaused devastating floods in thePakistani Provinces of KhyberPukhtoonkhwa, Balochistan, Punjaband Sindh, claiming over 1600 livesand affecting more than 20 million

people.

These floods are recorded as being theworst to ravage these provinces in 100years. Roads and farms are submerged inwater, putting estimated relief,rehabilitation and reconstruction costs atbillions of dollars.

Those displaced are suffering acutely dueto lack of food and clean water. Hundredsof people are either stranded, trapped orliving under open skies with no access torelief or even the basic necessities of foodthat they need for survival. People havebeen forced to leave their homes and

lands and they are residing in the openatmosphere without any assistancewhatsoever. Some of them have beeninjured while others have sufferedpsychological damage and trauma due toimpact of the floods on their lives leavingthem with nothing but the clothes on

their bodies.


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Story of a young orphan

Zohaib is a student in Class 1A at UmmahChildren Academy and is from Nowshera.

On the 9th of August, the academy closedfor the Ramadhan break and all the students

were provided Ramadhan food packages, Eidgifts and 1000 rupees.

The students were picked up by theirguardians and taken home, but despitewaiting two days, no one came for Zohaib.Brother Didar Ahmad, a senior member of UWT (PAK) decided to escort Zohaib home.When they reached Nowshera so the Zohaibsaid that our home will also be destroyed inthis flood so then what I will do with Ramzanfood package and Eid gift.

Then we were in the search of hisguardian so after a long time we wereinformed by some one that his guardianare residing in Tant village at GovernmentTechnical college Risalpur.So then we

reached him there and he was happy and Ihas no word for it.

The small child is asking,where is my father? So Itell him he has gone for

some work and will returnat night so that they donot cry.


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UWT ResponseThe UWT Pakistan Team has been on theground from day 1 helping with the relief efforts. Operating from its base inNowshera, situated within the heart of theregions affected by the floods. The UmmahChildren Academy that caters for 1000

orphans has also sustained some damage,currently being utilized to assist in the relief operation.

EMERGENCY PHASE 1

The following projects are currently inoperation to assist with the immediate

emergency situation.

Medical Camps includingMobile Ambulance Services

Tent Villages

Distribution of Food Packages

(Dry Rations)

Cooked Food Projects


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Medical CampsThere has been a significant increase in complaints of acute respiratory infections, diarrhea andmalaria reported in various areas of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa. Conditions are expected to becomeworse as the heavy rains continue.

As part of its first phase operation UWT has established nine medical camps in different areasaffected by the floods including Azakhel, Kandar, Risalpur, Charsadda, Jahangeera, Charsaddaa motorway, Swat and Sindh.

Approximately 1500 individuals are treated within the UWT Medical Camps on a daily basis.

The following table shows the number of patients approximately treated each day

District Location Camp Totalpatients

Male Females Children

Nowshera Aza Khel Bala 205 142 56 14

Nowshera Kandhar 540 314 180 46Charsadda Paper Mill colony Mill

Road215 128 64 23

Nowshera Risulpur Tent Village 252 74 36 23Charsadda Motorway Road 110 54 42 14

Approximaterunning cost for 1medical camp per

day is:

500


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Cooked Food ProjectDue to flood the people face shortages of food,shelter provision, medical help and non food items.The food crops which were stored in villages bylocal people have been washed away and othercrops have been destroyed on a large scale.

UWT is

providing cooked food currently to approximately10,000 people on a daily basis in flood affectedregions of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa in various areasincluding Pir Sabaq, Darul Ulomul Haqania AkoraKhattak, Kandhar, Azakhel, Soria Khel, Zara Mena,Jahangeera, Charsadda, Swat and Sindh

The project is being expanded into various otherareas on a daily basis.

District Location Camp Total FamiliesBenefitting

Nowshera Akora Khattak 450

Nowshera Kandhar & Risalpur 940

Nowshera Pir Sabaq & ZaraMena

1350

Nowshera Aza Khel 1200

Jahangeera Swabi 250

Charsadda Mill Road 1100

Total Beneficiaries 5290


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The current estimate cost for feeding one person on a daily basis is 1.

Ummah Tent VillageUWT has to date, established 4 tentvillages at Kandhar, Risulpur, UCAand recently Charsadda. Each campconsists of at least 100 tents. Onetent can accommodate a family of up

to 8 people.

Charsadda is one of the worst flood affectedarea of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa where morethan 80 % of population has been badlyaffected.

Surveys are currently being carriedout in the Swat region to establishsimilar tent villages.

The following emergency pack is providedto each family at a cost of 190:

- Tent : 50- Costs towards medication: 20- Clothing: 30- Food Items: 65 (10KG ghee, 10KG Rice,

10KG Pulses, 40KG Flour, 4KG Salt, 2 Packetof Matches, 15 KG sugar, 900ltr MineralWater & Burning Material)

- Utensils: 25 (6 Tea Cups, 6 large plates, 06small plates, 6 spoons, Jug with 6 cups,Basket, Tea cups, Small Cauldron. 1 LargeCooking Spoon, Kettle & Water cooler.)


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Food Package DistributionIn many areas affected by the floods that aredifficult to reach, UWT are distributing food

packages. Recently UWT sent 500 food packages,100 tents, 500 bamboos to Dera Ismail Khan fordistribution amongst the flood affected people.

A further 6000 packages are due to be distributed.

10KG ghee,10KG Rice10KG Pulses40KG Flour4KG Salt2 Packet of Matches15 KG sugar900 litre Mineral Water

Burning MaterialEach food package costs 65 and consists of the following Items


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Sadaqah (voluntary charity) is a virtuous deed in Islam.In fact, it is considered as a proof of ones eeman (faith).

The Prophet Sa llallaahu alayhi wa sallam said in the followingauthentic hadeeth:

Cleanliness is half of faith. Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah) fills the scale. SubhanAllah (G lory be to Allah) and Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah) fill up what is between the heavens and theearth. Prayer is a light. Chari ty is proof (of ones faith) (Muslim, 432)

The more we give sadaqah , the more we increase our eeman and thus, expect Allahs rewardsboth in this world and in the life hereafter. Giving charity out of our wealth does not decreaseour wealth but instead Allah (s.w.t.) increases it:

Allah will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of charity: for He loves not creatures ungrateful and sinner. (Quran, 2: 276)

Abu Hurairah (r.a.) reported Allahs Messenger (s.a.w.s.) as saying:

Charity does not in any way decrease the wealth and the servant who forgives, Allah adds to

his respect; and the one who shows humility, Allah elevates him in the estimation (of the people). (Muslim Vol. 4, Hadith 6264)

Let us hasten to give sadaqah, for life in this world is short and temporary while the world in the Hereafter is everlasting. We never know when death has been decreed for us.

Today we live and we never know how long we will enjoy the pleasureof this world. But one thing is certain: life in this world is nothingcompared to the everlasting life in the Hereafter.Allah (s.w.t.) tells us:

Nothing is the life of this world but p lay and amusement, but best is the Home in the Hereafter, for those who are righteous, will you not then understand? (Quran, 6:32)

Allah does enlarge, or grant by (strict) measure, the sustenance (which He gives) to whom so He pleases -- (the worldly) rejoice in the life of this world. But the life of this world is but little comfort compared to the Hereafter. (Quran, 13:26)


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