'Amai and Sadako's' gifts for Flood Affected Children

Funkor childart center has distributed 'Amai and Sadako's' gifts among thousands of Internally Displaced children in 2009. Please help Funkor in distributing Eid gifts among children in 'child friendly spaces' set up by Idara-e-Taleemo-o- Agehi in relief camps in Charsadda and Nowshehra. We have prepared 500 gifts for girls between the ages of 5-15. All we need is for you to donate just one new shalwar kamiz that a boy can wear this Eid. It be an Eid dress for a boy you can choose the size between 5 -15 years. Please make sure they are made for the summer and they are new.

We are planning to distribute :

250 gifts for girls of 12-16 years ........ Each gift consists of an Eid dress and a story book 'Sadako ki dua'
250 gifts for girls of 5-11 years ........ Each gift consists of an Eid dress,story book'Sadako ki dua' , sketch book, pencil, a pack of 6 coloured pencils a sharpner and a ball

250 gifts for boys of 5-11 years ........ Each gift consists of an Eid dress, story book'Sadako ki dua', sketch book, pencil, a pack of 6 coloured pencils a sharpner and a ball

250 gifts for boys of 12-14 years ........ Each gift consists of an Eid dress and story book'Sadako ki dua'.

Each child will also be given 1 quarter litre Milk and a pack of 6 biscuits.

Funkor is grateful to Mahnoor and Mushfih, Maham Ali and her friends, Babarjan, Namrah Mahmood and Sharafuddin Alizada of Beaconhouse Community Services, Maria Bader her friends and family, Isabelle Bouan, Lynda Martin and Wild Kunstraum for helping us make this Eid a bit special for the flood affected children.

Food Distribution in Swat Kohistan.

Photos and Report by

Zubair Torwali,

Executive Director,

Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi (IBT),

Bahrain, Swat KP, Pakistan.

Area:

Swat Kohistan (03 Union Councils namely Bahrain, Mankiyal and Balakot)

By: Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi (IBT), Bahrain Swat.

Donated by: Civil Society, Islamabad-through Miss Ghazala Minallah

Number of Packages: 80

Quantity of each package
Item Quantity Cost
Flour (atta) 20kg 600 PKR
Sugar 05kg 380 PKR
Rice 05kg 240 PKR
Ghee 2.5kg 260 PKR
Daal (Channa) O2kg 140 PKR
Bean 01kg 80 PKR
Tea o.5kg 300 PKR
Total 36kg 2000PKR


Expenses

IBT bought the 80 packages at Chikri near Fatepur. It is at a distance of 25 kilometers from Bahrain. Beyond Chikri one has to carry the food items on shoulders. IBT hired laborers for the carriage of the food packages from Chikri to Bahrain at the rate of 500 PKR per package. Usually the laborer charges 650 PKR but IBT arranged the laborers for 500 PKR per package.
# Head Quantity/number Cost per unit Total cost
01 Food packages 80 2000 PKR 160,000 PKR
02 Transportation 80 500 PKR 40,000 PKR
Total 200,000 PKR


Details of the recipients
# Name of the recipient Status Address CNIC #
01 Attaul Rehman House damaged Bahrain, u/c Bahrain 15602-5381940-7
02 Jehan Zeb Khan Shop damaged -do- 15602-0494198-5
03 Mohammad Saleem Disabled -do- 15602-0519417-7
04 Raham Za Widow -do- 15602-0600171-8
05 Majida Widow -do- 15602-7303835-0
06 Tasleem Baigum Widow -do- 15602-8273390-4
07 Sohni Widow -do- 15602-8395428-2
08 w/o Abdul Jalil Widow Osha, u/c Bahrain 15602-0498723-9
09 Wali azam House damaged -do- 15602-1061387-5
10 Razia Baigum Husband disabled -do- 15602-5283949-3
11 Khadim Hussain House damaged Lagan, u/c Bahrain 15602-0444836-5
12 Mohammad Riaz Land damaged -do- 15602-0508298-7
13 Hakam Khan Restaurant damaged Osha, u/c Bahrain 15602-4283694-7
14 Khaista Gul Land damaged -do- 15602-0529369-5
15 Inaan Widow Lagan, u/c Bahrain 42101-3318083-1
16 Gul Shah Widow -do- 116-40-2115828
17 Alamgir Land damaged Osha, u/c Bahrain 15602-0508851-7
18 Sherin Zada House damaged -do- 15602-1154379-7
19 Rozi Gul House damaged -do- 15602-8657771-7
20 Shamsul Ayaz Destitute Shagai, u/c Mankiyal 15602-8378153-9
21 Sultan Zaiba Widow -do- 15602-9600801-6
22 Sohu Jan Widow Darolai, u/c Mankiyal 15602-5420796-4
23 Bakht Zaman House damaged -do- 15602-0191401-7
24 Malang Jan House& land damaged -do- 17201-1656989-3
25 Lal Zehra Widow -do- 15602-8643074-2
26 Khanzada House damaged -do- 15602-9766523-9
27 Miraj Gul Land damaged -do- 15602-1743064-1
28 Akhter Zaman Disabled -do- 15602-8807775-1
29 Arzo Mand Disabled -do- 15602-1869002-9
30 Qaimat Zaroon Husband disabled -do- 15602-4238356-6
31 Sher Mohammad Land damaged -do- 15602-0364122-7
32 Khair Mohammad Land damaged -do- 15602-1841882-5
33 Abdul Qayum Destitute -do- 15602-9167510-1
34 Munijja Bibi Widow -do- 116-85-292090
35 Gulfam Widow -do- 15602-2461822-2
36 Talimana Bibi Widow -do- 15602-0358121-4
37 Ahmad Ali Destitute -do- 15602-0498812-3
38 Gujaria Widow -do- 15602-9553167-0
39 Rohi Lal Widow -do- 15602-0388783-8
40 M. Zahir Shah House & land damaged Bahrain, u/c Bahrain 15602-0440213-9
41 Mukhtar Ahmad House damaged -do- 15602-5143324-3
42 Naseeb Jan Widow -do- H800123789
43 Pir Mohammad Destitute -do- 15602-0424931-9
44 Fazale Akbar Destitute -do- 15602-4221617-9
45 Abdul Hadi House damaged -do- 15602-4179417-7
46 Shamim Akhter Widow Surbaat, u/c Balakot 15602-5774306-0
47 Mohammad Pervez Destitute Lambat, u/c Bahrain 15602-7402889-9
48 Noho Widow Surbaat, u/c Balakot 15602-0345855-6
49 Shahi Bibi Disabled -do- 15602-8262602-0
50 Razia Destitute Kanga, u/c Balakot 15602-3631233-6
51 Rahmat Gul Disabled -do- 15602-7431103-1
52 Jehan Zeb Disabled -do- 42101-4503986-5
53 Mohammad Sadiq Destitute -do- 15602-9478066-7
54 Zahoor Ahmad House damaged Jail, u/c Bahrain 54400-8952923-3
55 Saeedullah House damaged -do- 15602-6767245-9
56 Pervez House damaged -do- 15602-0509097-1
57 Gul Nabi House damaged -do- 15602-7480338-5
58 Inzer Gul Destitute Kun, u/c Balakot Nil
59 Dam Saaz Disabled Kanga, u/c Balakot 15602-4577048-3
60 Naila Land damaged Bahrain, u/c Bahrain 15602-4124608-8
61 Aliya Destitute -do- 15602-3077560-0
62 Rabia House damaged -do- 15602-2796711-2
63 Jamshid House damaged Ramet, u/c Mankiyal 15602-0372437-1
64 Mohammad Nabi House damaged Ghorijo, u/c Mankiyal 15602-6680993-9
65 Janwari Baigum Widow Kul Ban, u/c Bahrain 15602-1875785-2
66 Mohammad Zaman Land damaged Ramet, u/c Mankiyal 15602-0318472-9
67 Baigum House damaged Daral, u/c Bahrain 15602-2103859-9
68 Tahira House damaged Kanga, u/c Bahrain 15602-6861851-4
69 Bashir Ahmad House damaged Jail, u/c Bahrain 15602-4668138-1
70 Mohammad Saleem House damaged Torwal, u/c Balakot 15602-7687338-3
71 Dilshad Baigum Widow Kedam, u/c Balakot 15602-4189422-8
72 Bajari Widow -do- 15602-9476881-2
73 Azizullah House damaged Mankiyal, u/c Mankiyal 15602-7720690-1
74 Hazartullah House damaged Daroali, u/c Mankiyal 15602-0445883-5
75 Mohammad Nisar House damaged Bahrain, u/c Bahrain 15602-0324405-1
76 Perdes House damaged Kedam, u/c Balakot 15602-8684322-0
77 Shezadgai Widow -do- 15602-3184208-5
78 Sharifullah House damaged -do- 116-51-119546
79 Raja House damaged -do- 116-46-141655
80 Hussain Zaiba Widow -do- 15602-5990599-0


No. of beneficiaries:
# House damaged Widows Land damaged Disabled Destitutes Total
01 28 23 09 08 10 80


Prepared and submitted with thanks by:

Zubair Torwali,

Executive Director,

Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi (IBT),

Bahrain Swat, KP, Pakistan.

Email: ztorwali@gmail.com

Contact: 0305 907 8944, 0346 919 6360

Our dear friends and donors are : Maham Ali's friends and family( Fawzia Naqvi, Faisal Bari, Ali Saggu, Rejaa Dar and Nashwa Shakeel, Zimmedar Shehri ( Islamabad) Nahid Pervez, Imran Agha, Jamila Shabnum) Amna Paracha, Tahira Abdullah's friends and family,from UK: Muhammad Bilal (x2), Shahnaz Hashmi,from UK: Bushra Farooqui & her colleagues & friends: Aslam Aziz, Danish Aziz, Samra Sheikh, Natasha Khan.
from Bahrain: Shaheen & Tariq Liaqat Ali & their friends. from UAE: Durdana Saiyed, Amjad Ali Khan, Haroon Sheikh, Tehmina Qureshi,from Canada: Saba Jamaluddin,
from USA: Sabira & Navaid Qureshi, Dr. Sabiha Iqbal,from Karachi: Talha Siddiqui, Rabia Garib & colleagues at TQP, Nafis Aslam Khan, Shahzad Mahbub,from Lahore: Qudsia Saeedullah Khan, Nighat Saeed, Muhammad Khalid, Abu Bakr, M/S Shezan International, from Rawalpindi: Sikander Ellahi,from Islamabad/Wah: Tahira Abdullah, Naheed Aziz, Najma Mahmoodullah, Asim Khan, Sarah Mahmood)

Attaullah Shah, Gina Aziz, Marium Burki, Zahid Saeed, Fakhar Zia, ,Nabeela Ahmad, Sara Mahmood, Nargis Ahmad, Mohsin and Madiha Qazi, Nuzhat Ahmad, Zarina Jamal, Mrs Umar Afridi and friends.
Humaira Masihuddin and her friends and family ( Kulsum Khan, Fatimah Quadri,Tahira Syed, Mr. S.M.Qureshi, Saifullah Quadri, Mujtaba Quadri, Uzma Jamal, Dr Nisar Haq, Moina and Ehsan Haqqani )
Ali Faateh, Asad and Amna Shah, Samira Kakar-Khan her friends and family,Fauzia Asad Haider, Shahida Shah, Salma Babar, Ayesha, Shirin Ansari,, Mrs. Niazi and Mona Niazi, Zeba Mateen, Shehla Jamshaid, Mrs Salim ( Mother fo Farrukh Salim), Ali Bilgrami , Mona and Akbar ,
Falaknaz's Friends and Family:Sofia and Ali Khan, Tahir and Tabu, Zara Ali. Jean Elise Lewthwaite, Teachers of Murree Convent, Safya Aftab, Rweeda Himayat, Shahnawaz Khan.
Our dear friends from abroad, Mr.Wild, Isabelle Bouan, Maria Bader ( her friends and family) and Lynda Martin of Skyscrape foundation.
posted by Nosheen Malik

Sitting on a time bomb

A group of civil society members, including myself, visited some areas around Mingora recently, and what we saw was horrifying. This part of Swat was not badly affected, yet in some areas the houses were heaps of rubble, and men were guarding what was once their home, due to the fear of the land-grabbing mafia. I remember how the IDPs would yearn for their homes. Now, for many of them those homes are gone. The Swatis have gone through hell in the last three years. They are depressed, angry and helpless. All they want is a roof over their heads. At one location we were almost trampled by a crowd of women and their desperation was heartrending. A 10-year-old boy crouched in the rubble of his house, hammering at some bricks. He said he was removing the cement from them to build their house again. An old man said that when the water came he ran to save his life, but even then he did not forget to grab a quilt which his students had made for him years ago. A young couple fled their home with their 8-month-old babyboy who was sick, but since the roads were blocked they couldn't get to a hospital and the baby died of pneumonia. A woman with three small children lost her husband. The husband had managed to get his family out but was swept away himself. An old woman lost everything and now lives in a tiny tent where her home once was. The stories are endless. Most of the homeless families are living with their relatives -- but for how long? There is no work, no income, and soon the winter will arrive with its own set of problems. Millions are suffering from psychological trauma, and unless they are given shelter soon, there will be total anarchy.
Undoubtedly we have contributed to this calamity in countless ways. The timber mafia is directly responsible for the devastation in the mountainous regions, but are we going to do anything about this menace? Probably not, because they are mostly the ones in the corridors of power. We need to adopt a united strategy, since no single body can do this alone. I do not want to sound patronising, but I felt it was my moral duty to share my fears with you. The scenes that I witnessed will haunt me for a long time and I pray that this calamity does not prove to be the last straw as far as the survival of our beautiful country is concerned.
Ghazala Minallah
Islamabad

Very Special Donors

Mahnoor 14 and Mushfaih 11 did not celebrate their birthdays this year as they always do. They did not order any expensive cake. Mahnoor did not want the gifts she usual recieves from her family members and instead donated the money for children affected by the floods.
It is not that they did not have fun on their birthday infact they had loads of fun.

Mahnoor and Mushfaih have donated the money to us which we will be spending on buying special Eid gifts for children in relief camps. I wish other children would follow their example. Thank you Mushfaih and Mahnoor you both are our very special donors like Saleha Zahid , Fatima Quadri, Khadija Asfandyar, Zain Haq, Mehernaz Haq, Sherbano Haq and Shahida Shah's little neice who cancelled her birthday last month & sent her donations for kids who were flood victims .

by Fauzia Minallah

Flood Relief Efforts in Swat

On August 21st Ghazala Minallah, Samar Minallah and Falaknaz Asfandyar and Fauzia Minallah visited Mingora to help the flood affected. The following locations were visited.
1. Marghuzar town and Bhuttai chowk
2. Sarosh Academy, Mingora
3. Murghazar Valley


Murghuzar valley, in Swat.


Falaknaz giving donations to widows in Murghuzar Valley


Fauzia talking to children about the Hygiene promotion material she developed in 2005 for UNICEF for the affectees of the devastating earthquake who lived in relief camps.

Water is the most beautiful gift of nature, Swat looked so beautiful with rivers and streams filled with water. Yet it was this raging water that swept away villages and towns.
These big boulders were carried by the raging waters and have raised the level of the ground, crushing houses on its way.
Sadia and Halim are one of many children who are homeless now.








Sarosh Academy, distribution organised by Global Peace Council, for Civil Society Islamabad and Shajar-IlmOur little volunteer Khadija .

Ghazala Minallah and Fauzia Minallah giving donation to the affectees

Samar giving donation to an affectee from Shangla
Shiza Shahid of Shajar Ilm



Murghuzar Colony and Bhattai Chowk

12 year old Noman removing cement from bricks to reuse on his devastated home. Surely a sign of hope.



These were shops but now filled with silt.

Samar interviewing an affectee.

Some children of the devastated homes in Murghuzar Colony

Myra Iqbal of Shajar Ilm

This was once called 'Khooni Chowk' or the 'Bloody square' where talibans would slaughter people and leave their dead bodies to rot. After the military operation in 2009 some normalcy have been restored, but for some people of Swat who had witnessed the horrors of talibans as well as army shelling , in 2010 they had to experience one of the most devastating floods of all times too.

Makanbagh, Mingora







This bridge was built only 3 years ago. This is the result of rampant 'corruption' in every department.
Photos by Fauzia Minallah and Ahmad Faraz
Members of CSI, concentrated mostly on women. In Makan bagh women from Bangladesh, Mingora were also present. Rs 3000/- per family was distributed among 100 women.
In Murghuzar town and Bhuttai chowk 79 families were given RS 3000 each.
Global peace committee, Swat organized distribution of flood relief for Civil Society Islamabad and Shajar Ilm, where 134 families from Kabal, Khawaza khela, Kokarai, Shangla, Cham shin and Shin were given Rs.3000/- per family by CSI.
In Murghuzar town, Bhuttai chowk and Makan Bagh there is an absence of an organized camp for the affectees. According to the affectees they received hygiene kits from ACTED.
In Murghuzar valley, Rs 3000/- per family among 42 families were distributed, who are staying in a Government primary school. They were in an organized camp set up by the army and visited by different organizations , UNICEF among others.

UNICEF had pasted ‘Hygiene’ promotion posters on the walls of the school which where designed by Fauzia Minallah in relief camps after the devastating earth quake in 2005.

Rs. 200,000/- were handed over to Mr.Ziauddin of Global Peace Committee, Swat by CSI.
Water purifying tablets were distributed in Murghuzar valley and Tahirabad.
Rs. 200,000 more were given to Ghazala Butt for Bahrain.

Our dear friends and donors are : Maham Ali's friends and family( Fawzia Naqvi, Faisal Bari, Ali Saggu, Rejaa Dar and Nashwa Shakeel, Zimmedar Shehri ( Islamabad) Nahid Pervez, Imran Agha, Jamila Shabnum) Amna Paracha, Tahira Abdullah's friends and family,from UK: Muhammad Bilal (x2), Shahnaz Hashmi,from UK: Bushra Farooqui  her colleagues  friends: Aslam Aziz, Danish Aziz, Samra Sheikh, Natasha Khan.
from Bahrain: Shaheen & Tariq Liaqat Ali &their friends. from UAE: Durdana Saiyed, Amjad Ali Khan, Haroon Sheikh, Tehmina Qureshi,from Canada: Saba Jamaluddin,
from USA: Sabira & Navaid Qureshi, Dr. Sabiha Iqbal,from Karachi: Talha Siddiqui, Rabia Garib & colleagues at TQP, Nafis Aslam Khan, Shahzad Mahbub,from Lahore: Qudsia Saeedullah Khan, Nighat Saeed, Muhammad Khalid, Abu Bakr, M/S Shezan International, from Rawalpindi: Sikander Ellahi,from Islamabad/Wah: Tahira Abdullah, Naheed Aziz, Najma Mahmoodullah, Asim Khan, Sarah Mahmood)

Attaullah Shah, Gina Aziz, Marium Burki, Zahid Saeed, Fakhar Zia, ,Nabeela Ahmad, Sara Mahmood, Nargis Ahmad, Mohsin and Madiha Qazi, Nuzhat Ahmad, Zarina Jamal, Mrs Umar Afridi and friends.
Humaira Masihuddin and her friends and family ( Kulsum Khan, Fatimah Quadri,Tahira Syed, Mr. S.M.Qureshi, Saifullah Quadri, Mujtaba Quadri, Uzma Jamal, Dr Nisar Haq, Moina and Ehsan Haqqani )
Ali Faateh, Asad and Amna Shah,Samira Kakar-Khan,Fauzia Asad Haider, Shahida Shah, Salma Babar, Ayesha, Shirin Ansari,, Mrs. Niazi and Mona Niazi, Zeba Mateen, Shehla Jamshaid, Mrs Salim ( Mother fo Farrukh Salim), Ali Bilgrami , Mona and Akbar ,
Falaknaz's Friends and Family:Sofia and Ali Khan, Tahir and Tabu, Zara Ali. Jean Elise Lewthwaite, Teachers of Murree Convent, Safya Aftab, Rweeda Himayat, Shahnawaz Khan.
Our dear friends from abroad, Mr.Wild, Isabelle Bouan, Maria Bader ( her friends and family) and Lynda Martin of Skyscrape foundation.
posted by Nosheen Malik