PAKISTAN
JUNE 2007 UPDATE:
Phase 3 of Earthquake Relief:
Feeding The Nations combined efforts with International Gospel Mission of Norway to provide homes to those who have spent the last 19 months in makeshift shelters consisting mostly of tents. The goal was to build 18 homes. However, we exceeded the goal and built 21 homes! Now for the first time since the earthquake, families will have a place to rest, a place to come in from the cold winter, a place to call home.
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One of the 21 new homes. |
The oldest boy, Tanveer Husain and his siblings received a new home. Both parents died in the earthquake. |
Sham Kham lost his wife in the earthquake. Here, with 3 kids. |
"Wow, it's good to be indoors". Mrs. Bushra Kamal became a widow after the earthquake. |
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2006 YEAR IN REVIEW
UPDATE:
Beginning Phase 3 of Earthquake Relief:
Starting to build 18 new homes for victims of the earthquake.
Phase 2 of Earthquake Relief:
114,318 pounds of rice, pasta, soup, cereal, vitamins, medicine, tents and blankets worth $302,081.
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NOVEMBER 2005
Pakistan Phase 2: FTN has not forgotten those left behind.
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Relief efforts are still underway in Pakistan where an earthquake on October 8, 2005 left more than 73,000 dead, 70,000 seriously injured and 3.5 million people homeless. FTN, RAPHA Mission and Global Assistance worked side by side and provided countless vitamins, tents, blankets, medical supplies and so much more to Pakistan during Phase 2 of the project. The faces in the pictures that accompany this article are people who have been directly touched by this effort.
The old woman lives in Balakot, a town where 80,000 people died during the quake. She lost nine family members and has no means of support without her family. Through these efforts she has received help and has been comforted by having her basic needs met for quite a while. She is grateful for all that has been given to her.
The man in the middle was visited by our relief team at his home in a mountain village. After carefully checking the windows and doors, he took a well-hidden Bible and radiantly revealed that he has found Christ. He is a secret believer who has come to the Lord through these relief efforts. He shares his testimony with many who in turn come to the Lord.
Please continue to pray for Pakistan as we begin our next project: building homes in the earthquake devastated country. Your prayers and the physical aid will forever change that region.
APRIL 2006
The Forgotten Village
"The villages received the items with great joy as they
barely survived the struggles of the weeks prior to their arrival."
Our Islamabad partners, Suleman and Tina Manzoor of Rapha Mission, along with a team from Sweden, and thirteen Pakistanis arrived in Karachi, Pakistan, to distribute relief supplies to victims of the Pakistan earthquake that left over a million people homeless.
Upon their arrival, they heard over a radio broadcast that a village of 500 people was overlooked and forgotten by all the relief efforts that poured into this vast country to help the hurting. Immediate emergency items were purchased in Islamabad and transported to Sacha. The team provided warm clothes, shoes, blankets, and tents. The villagers received the items with great joy as they had survived the struggles of the weeks prior to their arrival.
The team also traveled to other villages to distribute shoes. They noticed that this seemed to be the one item that other organizations were not able to provide. Churches have been started in both Oman and Pakistan through their efforts.
Feeding The Nations shipped four forty-foot containers of a specialty cereal by Kellogg's developed specifically for kids. A unique blend of nutrients has been added that are essential
to a growing child's mind and proper brain development and support the growth of a child's bones and teeth.
Another three containers of relief supplies were shipped which included medicine, medical supplies, and food items: rice, applesauce, pasta, dehydrated soup, blankets, adult and children's vitamins, Ibuprofen, heat pads, sun block, ankle-knee-wrist elastic braces. In two other containers over a half million dehydrated rice and vegetable meals were shipped.
Thank you to all who made this possible. In Phase I, Feeding The Nations shipped seven forty-foot containers and purchased large quantities of tents, blankets, cooking
pots, shoes, and food in-country.
With the enormous need, Feeding The Nations made the decision to continue to step out in faith to start Phase II. As of this printing several more large containers have been
loaded and are enroute to Pakistan. FTN has responded with a total value of over four million dollars to Pakistan relief.
2005 YEAR IN REVIEW
FTN supplied tents, blankets, and rice purchased in-country. In addition, FTN shipped seven 40' containers of tents, blankets, vitamins, cereal, and 540,000 ready-to-eat meals.