List of Organization working in Pakistan flood affected areas
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Severe flood in Pakistan affected 20 Million people and the numbers are growing day by day. They need clean water, sanitary food, housing and medical care. The following organization are working in the affected areas, please donate as much as you can to support their efforts.
Pakistani Organizations and Charities Seeking Flood Relief Donations
Edhi Foundation
Edhi Foundation is the trusted and award-winning relief and volunteer works organization of Pakistan, which is also active internationally. Edhi Foundation has one of the largest private ambulance service networks in the world. The Foundation provided invaluable services during the earthquake in 2005 and is currently involved in flood relief work in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistan Red Crescent Society
Pakistan Red Crescent Society is a reputable non-governmental humanitarian organization with a mission to provide relief to communities in distress without discrimination of nationality, race, religious belief, class, or political opinion. The Society provides relief during and after crises as well as auxiliary health and welfare services.
Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN)
The Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) is the largest national, non-government network of rural development programs in Pakistan, called Rural Support Programmes or RSPs. Their mission is to mobilize rural communities on a self help basis to undertake activities in areas of relief and rehabilitation, community built infrastructure, community financing (micro credit and health insurance), building employable skills, agriculture, livestock, small enterprise and other sectors.
Give A Home
A relief project initiated by leading community organizers in Pakistan. After the successful project of supporting the earthquake victims in 2008, they now intend to move on to a bigger and a much needed task – shelter building for flood affected families in Baluchistan and Sindh.
Maymar Trust
To donate a ( 10 x 10) tent for a family: Rs. 12,000
A huge tent ( 14 x 14) for a few families: Rs. 5,000
A tent for a mosque ( 30 x 30) : Rs. 30,000
Gas Cylinder: Rs. 900
Generator: Rs. 80,000
Food: 8,000/-for one month
Medical Supplies: Rs.20 to 25,000/- ( for one day )
Beds and bedding: 300 per bed
Plastic Tirpal ( shade)( 4 x6) : Rs.900/-
Donate here:
Account Title: Muhammad Faisal
A/c No: 011802008000265
Meezan Bank/ Gulshan-e-Maymar, Karachi.
Or
A/C Title: Tariq Manzoor
0118994011000621
Muslim Commercial Bank
Branch Code: 1555
International Organizations and Charities Seeking Flood Relief Donations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
UNHCR is an agency of the United Nations that provides basic care and necessities like shelter, water and emergency supplies for internally and internationally displaced persons.
Oxfam
Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 organisations working with over 3,000 partners in around 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. Oxfam has responded to the flood emergency in Pakistan and is currently delivering clean water to almost 100,000 people. In total, Oxfam aims to reach around 600,000 people with clean water, sanitation kits and hygiene supplies, and is planning to distribute cooked food as well as running cash-for-work programmes.
International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is a humanitarian, nonsectarian, global organization of volunteer doctors and nurses dedicated to saving lives and providing relief through healthcare training and development programs.
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee founded at the request of Albert Einstein to respond to the humanitarian crises anywhere in the world, and save and rehabilitate victims of war or disaster.
Save the Children
Save the Children is a leading organization dedicated to ensuring the physical and emotional well being of children internationally, with programs focused on enabling safety, education, health and nourishment for vulnerable children.
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is an umbrella organisation which represents 13 leading UK aid agencies. Its members are: ActionAid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund and World Vision. DEC is broadcasting a series of TV and radio appeals in Britain asking for donations after the severe floods in Pakistan.
Islamic Relief USA
Islamic Relief is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to around the world to alleviate poverty, suffering, hunger and illiteracy, irrespective of color, race or creed, by collaborating and cooperating with local organizations to maintain cultural sensitivity to customs and traditions of the regions they serve. Islamic Relief USA is also involved in relief work in Haiti.
Muslim Hands
Muslim Hands is a UK-registered charity working internationally in over forty countries worldwide to help those affected by natural disasters, conflict and poverty. Muslim Hands is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Abaseen Foundation
The Abaseen Foundation is a UK-based humanitarian organization working to develop healthcare, education and provide humanitarian relief in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (former North West Frontier Province).
Helping Hand
Helping Hand for Relief And Development is a global humanitarian relief and development organization responding to human sufferings in emergency and disastrous situations anywhere all over the world regardless race, gender, ethnicity, class, location, religion, color, cultural diversity and social background; with special focus in countries where the massive population living below the poverty line like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kenya, Sudan and many others.
World Vision Canada
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
Trócaire
Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Trócaire adopts a partnership approach and works through global Catholic networks and with local partners on the ground.
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