MWF - Pakistan Flood Report

Minhaj Welfare Foundation Pakistan Flood Report Update

Minhaj Welfare Foundation has worked tirelessly since the devastating floods

hit Pakistan in August 2010. Through the generosity of donors and MWF

volunteers, we have developed an infrastructure and management strategy

to deal with the relief aid and re-building of the affected areas. This report

highlights our work and effort in supporting the people of Pakistan and

helping them rebuild their lives and communities.

2010

Minhaj Welfare Foundation

05/10/2010

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Contents

Introduction to Minhaj Welfare Foundation ...................................................................... 3

Pakistan Floods: Long History of MWF in Pakistan ............................................................. 4

Pakistan Floods: MWF constant HELP ................................................................................ 5

Minhaj Welfare Foundation’s Response to the Floods ....................................................... 6

Short Term Plan: Emergency efforts ............................................................................... 6

1. Tent Villages:....................................................................................................................... 6

2. Distribution of rations: food pack, clean bottled water and clothing ................................ 6

3. Medical camps .................................................................................................................... 7

4. Ambulances ........................................................................................................................ 7

5. Cooked Food ....................................................................................................................... 7

6. Volunteers .......................................................................................................................... 7

Breakdown of figures for the Pakistan Flood Campaign ..................................................... 8

Facts about the Pakistan Flood Disaster ............................................................................. 9

MWF TO REBUILD 1000 HOMES IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS ........................................... 11

Media Coverage of MWF ................................................................................................. 12

Brief Media Response to Minhaj Welfare’s Work on the Ground. .................................... 13

Appendix:

Press Releases of Minhaj Welfare Foundation: sample...................................................... 15


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Introduction to Minhaj Welfare Foundation

Minhaj Welfare Foundation is amongst the leading international charities in alleviating

deprivation and human suffering. Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF) was established in 1989 in

Pakistan by its founder Dr Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri. MWF has sub branches in over 80 countries,

promoting Education, Health and Welfare.

MWF aspires in providing sustainable and long term projects for developing nations and in

particular its main focus is tackling deprivation and global poverty. As a charity we envisage in

providing a more prosperous and safer world through great transparency of welfare activities in

the third world.

MWF has provided emergency relief to areas hit by disasters in recent years including:

Afghanistan, Palestine, Indonesia, Kashmir, Haiti, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq and many more.

Currently MWF is in the process of providing a unique ‘Aghosh’ Orphan Care Home which will

cater and house 500 orphans from the recent Pakistan floods which left had over 1.3 million

children parentless. This unique project will provide every Orphan with free education from

primary level up to University level, giving those less fortunate in society an opportunity to live in

a more sustainable environment.

Pakistan is considered an economically deprived nation which has faced many obstacles politically

and financially in recent years. The floods had a crippling effect on the economy in a country

which already has seen the rise of food prices increase. One of the core reasons for the rising food

prices are due to the damaged crops in which 1.3 million acres of crops was estimated to be

completely destroyed.

Flood waters roared down from the North to Punjab and on to Sindh along a trail more than 1,000

km (600 miles) long, spreading the disaster further. Minhaj Welfare Foundation initiated its relief

operations in the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhah expanding its relief efforts to Sindh.


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Pakistan Floods: Long History of MWF in Pakistan

People might question why there is a need in helping Pakistan; well Pakistan is a country that

has a population of over 170 million making it the 6th

poorest nation in the world. An

outstanding fact which has seen a quarter of the population live in extreme poverty.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation was found on the

principle of providing basic human rights,

equality and sustainability focusing at the three

key areas in development; education, Health

care and general welfare.

MWF with experience of 21 years in the field has

provided groundbreaking results in reviving

Pakistan. MWF continues forth in fighting

poverty by establishing development programs

focusing at nurturing and developing the skills of under privileged children.

Pakistan is considered an economically deprived nation which has faced many obstacles politically

and financially in recent years. The floods had a crippling effect on the economy in a country

which already has seen the rise of food prices increase. One of the core reasons for the rising food

prices are due to the damaged crops in which 1.3 million acres of crops was estimated to be

completely destroyed.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation started its relief operations in the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhah

and expanding its relief efforts to Sindh from the time of disaster up until now.

KHAYBER PAKHTUNKHWA SINDH

Swat Ghotki

Kalam Sukkar

Shangla Shikarpur

Nowshera Shahdadkot

Charsaddah Khairpur

Peshawar Jaccobabad

Dera Ismail Khan Thatha

Lakki Marwat

PUNJAB BALUCHISTAN

Rajanpur Sibbi

Dera Ghazi Khan Barkhan

Mianwali Kohlu

Layyah Dera Murad Jamali

Bakhar

Muzaffargarh

Jhang


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Pakistan Floods: MWF constant HELP

More than 20 million people were affected and over 800,000 homes destroyed by floods and

landslides brought on by the monsoon rain in Pakistan. The disaster was greater than Tsunami

and Haiti combined. The flood saw the emerging of water-borne diseases making it a threat to

survivors.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation immediately began its relief and rescue service on the 26th

July 2010 in

Nowshera and Akora Khataq. It was reported that these two areas were worse affected at the

start, the floods then hit Southern regions of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.

The second phase of relief efforts was to provide basic essentials such as food, clean water,

clothing, medicine and shelter. MWF established 21 tent settlements and 28 relief camps

throughout the affected areas in Pakistan assisting a ground breaking number of 11,825 people.

Unique and extraordinary efforts of over 9500 volunteers ensured that 339 truck loads of basic

essentials reaches affected areas continuously for four months and more than 4050 volunteers

set up 432 collection camps.

The floods affected millions of people medically; MWF established 125 medical camps and

provided medical assistance to over 70,000 people. ‘Dr Pervaiz Medical Establishment’ provided

500 medical experts to assist in the flood affected regions and it also set up medical dispensaries

and ambulances in over 10 affected areas.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation provided 3700 families with two months ration. It provided daily

cooked food throughout the Islamic month of Ramadhan, with more than 15,000 volunteers of

MWF in Pakistan spending their Ramadhan and Eid with the flood victims.

The following areas are amongst where MWF were assisting on the ground:


Swat Ghotki

Kalam Sukkar

Shangla Shikarpur

Nowshera Shahdadkot

Charsaddah Khairpur

Peshawar Jaccobabad

Dera Ismail Khan Thatha

Lakki Marwat

PUNJAB BALUCHISTAN

Rajanpur Sibbi

Dera Ghazi Khan Barkhan

Mianwali Kohlu

Layyah Dera Murad Jamali

Bakhar

Muzaffargarh

Jhang

Rahimyaar khan


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Minhaj Welfare Foundation’s Response to the Floods

Minhaj Welfare through its large network of volunteers was amongst the first INGO on the ground

in assisting those affected by the floods. MWF volunteers opened their own homes to the victims

and also MWF reopened hundreds of Primary and Secondary schools and converted them into

temporary shelters and accommodation.

Short Term Plan: Emergency efforts

1. Tent Villages:

MWF provided more 600 families with secure tents, each tent accommodating 8 people.

It ensured all basic essentials are set up alongside emergency volunteers.

Monthly Expenditure for one individual including the following:

Three times food per day

Technical staff

Cook

Bread maker

Other staff per individual

£3 per month (per individual)

2. Distribution of rations: food pack, clean bottled water and clothing

Minhaj Welfare Foundation instantly dispatched truck loads of basic essentials across

Pakistan. A total 339 truck loads of aid was dispatched in affected regions of Pakistan.


Swat Sukkar

Nowshera Shikar Pur

Charsadda Shahdad Kot

Dera Ismail Khan Khair Pur

Jaccobabad

Thatta

PUNJAB BALUCHSTAN

Rajanpur Sibbi

Dera Gazi Khan Barkhan

Mianwali Dera Murad Jamali

Layyah

Bakhar

Muzaffar Garh

Jhang

Rahimyar khan


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3. Medical camps

(Mobile Medical Camps for Vaccinations and small injuries treatments). Trained

medical staff giving voluntary time at all major regions affected by the disaster.

MWF assisted more than 70,000 with medical aid.

4. Ambulances MWF dispatching 25 ambulances to all major areas affected by the disaster.

5. Cooked Food Providing daily cooked food throughout the month of Ramadhan.

6. Volunteers 15,000 volunteers on the ground.


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Breakdown of figures for the Pakistan Flood Campaign

S No. Category Number Expenses (£) Expenses

(Pak Rs)

1 Big Minhaj Tent

Settlements

9 £47,560 6,300,000

2 Small Tent Settlements 12 £6341 840,000

3 Minhaj Relief camps 29 £89269 11,825,000

4 Number of Trucks

(Ration and others)

339 £836495 110,805,586

5 Volunteers 9500

6 Relief collection camps 432

7 Medical relief 125

8 Cash paid to families 7,500,000 £92478 12,250,000

9 Ambulance & Mobile

dispensaries

10 £1887 250,000

10 Doctors & paramedical

staff

500 £7550 1,000,000

11 Transportation 339 Trucks

12 Medicine Number of mobile &

other camps 125 x

25000

£23591 3125000

13 Dispatch of monthly ration

(Miscellaneous)

£111728 14800,000

16 Miscellaneous expenditure

on tent settlements

£11323 1,500,000

17 Relief expenditure on Eid £37746 5,000,000

Total £1290879 176,080,586

18 Qurbani Expenditure £317255

Grand Total £1,608,134 218,105,586


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Facts about the Pakistan Flood Disaster


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MWF TO REBUILD 1000 HOMES IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS

Long Term: Sustainable and Capital Projects

1. To build 1000 homes for victims of the flood.

2. To reconstruct and upgrade damaged and destroyed schools

3. Establish new model schools in flood affected area especially in the various relief camps

of Minhaj Welfare Foundation.

4. To provide sustainable and drinking water for the flood victims.

5. Vow to continue the relief efforts until everyone has gone back to their home.

Rebuilding Homes – MWF 4 months after the disaster

After four gruelling and heart aching months the millions displaced from the torrential monsoons

require you’re every little help. MWF hopes to rebuild the infrastructure of Pakistan focusing at

building homes, schools and medical dispensaries for the effectees. The aim is to build more than

1000 homes throughout the affected areas of Pakistan, Iftikhar Shah Bukhari, Director MWF

Pakistan said, “We are now looking at building homes for more than 500 families from the Minhaj

tent Settlements in Nowshera and surrounding areas.

The housing project has already begun in Nowshera. The aim is to build suitable homes

and schools ensuring a brighter future for the children. The initial stage is to build 85 houses in

Nowshera and 10 houses in Mumtaz Abad, Multan all with help of MWF’s expert constructors and

builders.”

MWF is looking at the following key elements during its initiation of the housing projects:

1. The houses are flood/earthquake resistant.

2. Drainage system

3. Health provisions

4. Education

Water and sanitation


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Media Coverage of MWF

12 Carr Road

Nelson

Lancs.

BB9 7JS

Tel: 01282 - 723456

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.minhajwelfare.org


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Brief Media Response to Minhaj Welfare’s Work on the Ground.

BBC NEWS 24

BBC News 24 aired a Live Coverage from MWF offices including interviews with volunteers and

how they were affected.

CNN

CNN Report on Minhaj Welfare Foundation work in Pakistan and highlighting the strong

infrastructure of the organisation being able to deliver work on the ground.


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BBC Northwest Tonight

Adnan Sohail, MWF Project Manager gives BBC News North West an update on the relief efforts

carried out on the ground. Ensuring the aid is delivered to those in need.

Lancashire Telegraph: Article on MWF Work in Pakistan for the Floods


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Appendix:

Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF) Press Releases

12 Carr Road

Nelson

Lancs.

BB9 7JS

Tel: 01282 - 723456

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.minhajwelfare.org

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