Pakistan Rising: Youth Take Charge, First Update from the Field

Support the Youth in Supporting the Country!!!
Volunteer Work Verified by Group Admin.

--------

Pakistan Rising Family Relief Packages delivered on 23rd May 2009

Areas of Dispatch:
1. Khudu Khel, Buner
2. Sudum Khairabad, Mardan
3. Tahir Flour Mill, Mardan

Focus Segment: Hosted families

Local Contacts: Khudu Khel: Mr. Inam Khan
Sudum Khairabad: Mr. Abdul Ahad Khan & Mr. Khalid Khan
Tahir Flour Mill: Mr. Bakht Muneer

Time of Delivery: Khudu Khel: 2:30pm
Sudum Khairabad: 6:30pm
Tahir Flour Mill: 12:00am

Relief Package details:

Item 1:
6kg Gas cylinder with 3kg filled gas and stove attachment

Item 2:
Food Items• 20kg Flour• 2kg Ghee in 1kg packs• 5kgs Lentils – Channa 2.5 kg & 2.5kg Masar• 2.5kg Sugar• 10kg Rice• 0.5kg Tea

Item 3:
Water cooler

Item 4:
2 chittais + 2 Bedsheets

Item 5:
Kitchen Set• 1 Tawa• 1 Wooden cooking spoon• 1 Pateeli Big• 1 Pateeli Small

Item 6:
Non-Food Items• 25lts Plastic bucket• 2 hand held plastic fans• 8 plastic plates• 8 plastic glasses• 1 Jug with lid• 1 Lota• 1 Muga

Item 7:
Medicine Kit• Prickly Heat Powder• Cotton • Linen Bandages [2 small & 1 large]• Primodin• Dettol• Ventolin syrup• Isphagol Sachets• Neomycin tube• Brufen tablets• Disprol• Disprin• Ponstan• Wyeth Entox-P• Panadol Extra• Wintogeno• Mercurochrome• ORS sachets• Saniplast band-aids

1 Laptop was also presented to Mr. Jahangir Khan head of the local volunteers NGO Touru Tigers. Touru Tigers are managing on the ground distribution and management of Sh.Shahzad and Sh. Yasin IDP camps set up on the Mardan Charsadda road by the Government.

Details of Delivery:
All deliveries made were on the basis of identifying hosted families while host families or locals were not facilitated. The identification of deserving people was done through two filters.

Filter 1 was a survey prepared by a team of organizers supporting hosted IDPs in their respective areas.

Filter 2 was put into action the day of deliveries through presentation of identity cards and a more detailed survey form. The details of the survey are being summarised and will be posted on the group page as soon as they're ready.

Area by Area Detail:

Khudu Khel: 200units of gas cylinders and attached stoves [Item 1] delivered to 200 IDP families.

Sudum Khairabad: 71 relief packs delivered to 71 IDP families. Inclusive of Items 1-6. The delivery of the Medicine Box [Item 7] was withheld on advice from our local contacts that people may take overdoses to cure themselves quicker and were left with the local contact to be stocked at a dispensary and given free of cost with dosage advice on a need based requirement.

Tahir Flour Mill: 29 relief packs delivered to 71 IDP families. Inclusive of Items 1-6. The delivery of the Medicine Box [Item 7] was withheld on advice from our local contacts that people may take overdoses to cure themselves quicker and were left with the local contact to be stocked at a dispensary and given free of cost with dosage advice on a need based requirement. 100 cans of Cerelac and 12 cartons of juices also delivered here.