Amai & Sadako's Gifts for Children

Childern packing the gifts themselves.

Asian Network of Trust, Hiroshima donated Rs. 50,000. Funkor Childart Center bought ' Sadako and Amai Gifts for children'. Each gift pack consists of a drawing copy, 6 coloured pencils, 1 lead pencil with eraser, 1 sharpner, 1 packet of crisps, 1 plastic ball, 1 ballon, 1 game of ludo, 3 candies. In some packs we added one small carton of milk.

Gift pack were distributed in:

60 gifts were distributed in the Northern Diocese, Sarhadi Lutheran Church, Mardan

Artists recieved Sadako's Prayer

40 gifts were distributed in the PODA Resource Center, for the Internally Displaced, Rawalpindi.

500 gift packs in Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Hasanabdal

The artists recieved the book 'Sadako's Prayer'

226 in Tarnol, Islamabad

160 in ITA's Gulaan School, Shah Mansoor Camp, in Swabi

40 in Satrameel, Islamabad

Portraits of Displaced Children

Many things can wait;

the child cannot.

Now is the time his bones are being formed,

his mind is being developed.

To him we cannot say tomorrow;

his name is today.

- Gabriela Mistral

Photographs copyright Fauzia Minallah

Distribution of gifts for children in Tarnol

We distributed 226 Amai and Sadako gift packs for children, in Dhok Russia in Tarnol, Islamabad. There were children from Dir, Swat, Mohmand and Bajaur agency even Afghan refugees.

When Children Have no toys....

For three little sisters and their cousins, now living in Dhok Russia, Tarnol, Islamabad, it is not a big deal that they have no toys. Internally displaced from Dir, with bare neccessities, they occupy themselves by spending hours playing with their doll house. But, these houses are made by them, they have prepared the clay themselves and their nimble fingers have shaped the walls and shelves. Everything is recycled, tops of bottles are their plates and even peices of broken cutlery are placed in a row like plates on a shelf. They might not have many rooms in their own houses or fancy laterines but in their doll houses there are many laterines and rooms. It was the most fascinating thing I have ever seen in my life! If only these little girls could go to school.

Text and photos by Fauzia Minallah

Distribution of cash, clothes and soaps in Mardan

Thanks to Madiha Syed and her family and friends in Karachi we distributed Rs. 3000 each among 100 families in different locations of Mardan, i.e, Mashki Killay, Gujjar Garhi, Gaz. We distributed 500 men and 500 women's clothes and soaps in the IDP camp at Tobacco Research Institute. The soaps were a contribution from Quatrina Hussain while the clothes were again Madiha's contribution. The transportation was a contribution of Amna Paracha.

Team: Ghazala Minallah, Falaknaz Asfandyar, Fauzia Minallah accompanied by young students Shiza Shahid, Myra and Tajreen Jafri.

Led by Pir Baba we visited internally displaced in Mashki Killey.

Children of Mashki village

Liaqat our guide writing the names and ID card numbers

A tent inside a house.

Without a fan children trying to go to sleep in 101 degrees F

Following Pir Baba at 2. p.m in 101 F in Mashki Killay

Visiting Internally Displaced in Gaz

A makeshift camp in Gujjar Garhi

Rows of trees provide the much needed shade and respite from the oppressive heat.

This is what people do when there are no cradles and shelves???

Internally displaced in an under construction house.

More displaced in another under construction house.

Camp in the Tobacco Research Institute where we distributed soaps and clothes.

Even at 6.p.m the heat was oppressive and unbearable. Imagine what the displaced must be going through? How do they cope with the heat?

Text and Photos by Fauzia Minallah