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Slides for Pakistan Flood Relief Fund Raising Activities Fareena Sultan and Adnan Pathan

Slides for Pakistan Flood Relief Fund Raising Activities Fareena Sultan and Adnan Pathan Please feel free to distribute and use these slides for fundraising purposes. Please acknowledge the authors of this presentation: Prof. Fareena Sultan (fareena.sultan@gmail.com) and Adnan Pathan,

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Slides for Pakistan Flood Relief Fund Raising Activities Fareena Sultan and Adnan Pathan

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  1. Slides for Pakistan Flood Relief Fund Raising ActivitiesFareena Sultan and Adnan Pathan Please feel free to distribute and use these slides for fundraising purposes. Please acknowledge the authors of this presentation: Prof. Fareena Sultan (fareena.sultan@gmail.com) and Adnan Pathan, (adnan.k.pathan@gmail.com) Members of the Pakistan Flood Relief Group (PFRG) Please acknowledge that these slides are from the ICB Wayland Fund Raiser organized by PFRG Aug 13, 2010

  2. PAKISTAN FLOOD RELIEF Fund Raising IftarSponsors PAGBAPPNENEPAOPENCGOPICB WaylandFareena Sultan Adnan PathanPresented at ICB Wayland August 13, 2010

  3. Extent of Flooding Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10952518 8/12/2010

  4. Current Facts • The flood is “Pakistan’s worst natural disaster” since the country’s creation 63 years ago. • 14 million affected (about 8 percent of the population), in terms of the number of people who have lost their homes or livelihoods, and will need short or long-term help. • 1,600 dead. • Over 300,000 homes destroyed. • 10,000 + square kilometers (4,000 square miles) of Pakistan under water. (Sources: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-10/pakistan-braces-for-more-damage-after-deadliest-floods-affect-13-8-million.html, 8/11/2010 and http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/93aebcfc3dfee1aee4d5f3424fbb5330.htm, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66T3RS20100809 , 8/9/2010)

  5. Comparative Damage More people are suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, according to the United Nations. "The number of people affected by the floods is greater than the other three disasters combined,"Maurizio Giuliano, spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The United Nations said in terms of the number of people who have lost their homes or livelihoods, and will need short- or long-term help, the floods were worse than the 2004 tsunami, which killed 236,000 people around the Indian Ocean. (Source: http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/08/09/un_pakistan_flood_misery_rivals_tsunami_haiti/, 8/9/2010) (Source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11383728, 8/12/2010) 5

  6. Human Devastation • Pakistani flood survivors already short on food and water began the fasting month of Ramadan on Thursday, a normally festive, social time marked this year by misery and fears of an uncertain future. • Damage to crops, roads and bridges has caused food prices to triple in some parts of the country, adding to the pain of those marking the fasting month. (Source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11383728, 8/12/2010)

  7. Damage to Landand Commerce • Pakistan’s deadliest floods in its history damaged more than a million acres of sugar cane, cotton and rice fields and caused 250 billion rupees ($2.9 billion) of agricultural losses, a farmers’ group said. • U.S. concerns are growing over the disaster's impact on Pakistan's fragile economy and how Washington's robust development plan may be slowed down to deal with the crisis. Pakistan's economy will need huge injections of foreign aid. (Source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11383728, 8/12/2010)

  8. Relief Efforts • U.S. military helicopters supporting relief and rescue operations in partnership with the Pakistani militaryso far have rescued approximately 916 people and transported 89,000 pounds of relief supplies. • The Lahore-based American Business Forum has collected donations from: Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss Pakistan, General Electric, Monsanto, Abbott Labs and Proctor and Gamble among others. • Britain, France, China, the US, and Australia have already promised tens of millions of dollars in response to the disaster. (Source: http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pr_10081003.html 8/10/2010, 8/10/2010) (Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0808/Pakistan-floods-now-worse-than-2005-earthquake-say-officials , 8/8/2010)

  9. Residual Damage • The floods hit the country at a time when the government is already struggling with a faltering economy and a war against Taliban militants that has killed thousands of people. • The floodwaters first struck the western province of Baluchistan on July 22 before inundating the Khyber Pakhtunkwa province. Punjab and Sindh were the next hit. Thunderstorms are expected to bring more rain to the north of Pakistan in the next 24 hours. (Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-12/wheat-stocks-sugar-cane-rice-crops-ruined-by-pakistan-s-worst-flooding.html, 8/12/2010)

  10. Immediate Needs Provision of Shelter Food and Water Filtration Medicine Small, 20 bed, Field Hospitals Measures to avoid outbreak of any epidemic

  11. Update from Dr. Fawzia Wali Khanin Gilgit: Current Conditions From e-mail sent to APPNE Circulated to our group Aug 10, 2010

  12. Update August 12 2010From Dr. Fawzia Wali Khan in Gilgit:Items Needed Urgently Via Container: • Tarpaulin, Battery Operated Fans and Flashlights, • Water Suction pumps, Generators with fuel-or diesel • Digging equipment, Metal sheeting. • Mosquito Netting, Lanterns. (Candle wicks are in short supply) Other needs: (“Think camping-out in the hot rain forest”) • Insect repellant, • Bedding, pillows and sheets • Water coolers, • Charpaiis, • Plastic sandals (chappals)- plastic shoes. • Biscuits- beans-lentils-(livestock and poultry are dead) • Tylenol Syrup • Clothing-chaddars, thin-coverings and metal utensils.. • Cooking kerosene stoves. • For carrying and storing: Backpacks, Plastic bags (borries) • Floor mats, (Chattaies)

  13. How to Help DONATION Today: Cash, Check, Credit Card! • By Texting: Working with mGive, Americans are contributing to Pakistan flood relief by texting the word "SWAT" to 50555. The text will result in a donation of $10 to the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Pakistan Flood Relief Effort. (Source: http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pr_10081003.html, 8/10/2010) FUND RAISING • Corporate Fund Raising • Fund Raising Events: Local Mosques, Interfaith Organizations, Student Organizations AWARENESS (Word-of-Mouth/Word-of-Mouse) • Email your Listserv: Please reach out to the members of your organization. If you are a student, reach out to your MSA or other student bodies • Twitter/Facebook: Send a link to your followers and friends on Facebook

  14. Acknowledgements • PAGB, APPNE, NEPA, OPEN, CGOP, ICB Wayland, Other Local Mosques • India Kabob and Grill of Shrewsbury • Pakistan Flood Relief Group (PFRG) Tahir Chaudhry Anwar Hakam Malik Khan Jamila Khalil Yasmin Khan Siraj Khan Khalil Khatri Noorjahan Panjwani Adnan Pathan Himayun Mirza Fareena Sultan

  15. Sources • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10952518 8/12/2010 • http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/93aebcfc3dfee1aee4d5f3424fbb5330.htm • http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-10/pakistan-braces-for-more-damage-after-deadliest-floods-affect-13-8-million.html, 8/11/2010 • http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/severe_flooding_in_pakistan.html, 8/6/2010 • http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/08/09/un_pakistan_flood_misery_rivals_tsunami_haiti/, 8/9/2010 • http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pr_10081003.html 8/10/2010 , 8/10/2010 • http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11383728, 8/12/2010 • http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0808/Pakistan-floods-now-worse-than-2005-earthquake-say-officials , 8/8/2010 • http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66T3RS20100809 , 8/9/2010

  16. FLOOD VIDEOS Video 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3USGbQGHEQ&feature=related Video 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPdxEU75UYk&feature=related

  17. Update and Q&A THANK YOU!

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