Donate for Swat IDPs HERE : Please Please
By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Politics • One Response
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Action Aid Pakistan Humanitarian Relief, 1420 K Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005 /     1-202-327-9924 (May 11, 2009) ActionAid is providing immediate relief in the form of food, water, medical supplies and sanitation facilities. We are assessing medium on long-term needs, such as helping families secure copies of their registration documents which many families left behind when they fled but which are strictly required by the government. We are also trying to meet the needs for clothing and shelter. For the many women and children displaced there are concerns of increased sexual violence and exploitation. The capacity of cities to absorb these people has been increasingly exhausted, leading to ever greater competition for scarce resources and livelihood opportunities. ActionAid will continue to provide relief while working for long-term solutions. |
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American Jewish World Service Pakistan Rapid Relief, 45 W 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 11205 / 212-…, 800-…(June 4, 2009) AJWS is working through local partners to ensure the humanitarian needs of IDPs are being met. Our local partners are supporting IDPs both inside and outside of government camps to ensure basic needs are met, including food, water, sanitation, medical supplies and hygiene. Our partners are also ensuring that IDPs are being properly registered so they can access relief. |
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American Red Cross International Response Fund, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 / 800-RED-CROSS (June 3, 2009) The American Red Cross is helping people affected and displaced by the conflict in Pakistan through provision of relief supplies to the Pakistan Red Crescent Society for use in Internally Displaced Persons camps. To meet the immediate humanitarian needs from this conflict, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Pakistan Red Crescent Society are providing for needs of displaced persons in Northwest Frontier Province by delivering medicines and supplies to conflict areas, caring for displaced persons in host communities and camps, and operating a hospital in Peshawar. The American Red Cross continues to work with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners to evaluate additional response options. |
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American Refugee Committee Pakistan Emergency Response Fund, Donor Service Center NW 5618, P.O. Box 1450 Minneapolis, MN 55485 / 1-800-875-7060(June 4, 2009) The American Refugee Committee is responding to the current conflict in Pakistan. We are implementing programs that will provide displaced people in the North West Frontier Province with essential health care services, including addressing the needs of pregnant women and survivors of gender-based violence. The American Refugee Committee is also providing water and sanitation services that consist of clean water mechanisms, hygiene kits, latrines and sanitation systems. We are well poised to respond to this emergency given our long term presence in the country and in responding to emergency situations. Visit www.ARCrelief.org for more information and to make a tax-deductible donation. |
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AmeriCares 88 Hamilton Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902 / 800-486-4357(June 3, 2009) AmeriCares sent an emergency airlift of medicines and medical supplies to refugee camps in Pakistan for families displaced by the ongoing violence. The emergency airlift includes critical supplies needed for safe surgeries and wound care. Pain relievers and medications for people with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, are also included. In January, as part of AmeriCares ongoing work with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Pakistan, a shipment of medical supplies was delivered – more than half of which was sent to the Swat Valley where they are currently being used in hospitals and clinics treating civilians wounded in the conflict. For more information visit www.AmeriCares.org or follow us on Twitter @AmeriCares |
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CARE Emergency Relief Fund (US082), CARE Gift Center, PO Box 1871 Merrifield, VA 22116-9753 / 800-521-2273(June 3, 2009) CARE is responding to the crisis in Pakistan with life-saving supplies, including food, water, shelter, and non-food items such as kitchen sets, hygiene kits, mosquito nets, and shawls for men and women. CARE is working in partnership with other agencies. CARE operates in nearly 70 countries fighting poverty, with an emphasis on empowering women to bring about positive change. |
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Catholic Relief Services 228 W. Lexington St. Baltimore, MD. 21201-3443 1-888-277-7575 (May 20, 2009) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is responding to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Pakistan by distributing emergency supplies, hygiene kits and vouchers to more than 1000 households in temporary housing as well as makeshift camps. Relief kits include such things as cooking and bathing items as well as plastic sheeting and bed sheets. Vouchers will enable people to purchase items based on individual need. CRS is also considering an integrated program that incorporates shelter and additional relief supplies while addressing water and sanitation issues and restoring livelihoods for people forced to flee their homes. |
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Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Pakistan Relief 2009, 2850 Kalamazoo Avenue, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49560-0600 / 1-800-55-CRWRC (May 11, 2009) CRWRC is beginning a $10,000 response to displaced persons in IDP camps with non-food items through partners in Islamabad. |
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Church World Service Pakistan Crisis 2009, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515 / 1-800-297-1516(June 4, 2009) The first emergency efforts of Church World Service included distributing food packages and shelter kits which include tents, blankets, groundsheets and tarpaulins for some 49,000 persons. The next stage: assisting more than 1 million persons through advocacy, health and education efforts. Work planned for the next stage includes health outreach that could benefit 371,645 persons. This includes expanding the work of the CWS Mansehra, Pakistan, health post to provide mobile health clinics to serve displaced persons and host families, with a special emphasis on responding to the needs of women and children. CWS will also serve as a Humanitarian Accountability Project (HAP)/Sphere focal point for training and support to partners, local NGOs and ACT members in Pakistan - specifically, to enhance knowledge, skills and capacity of 540 humanitarian relief and development practitioners. |
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Concern Worldwide US 104 East 40th Street, Suite 903, New York, New York 10016 / 212-557-8000(June 4, 2009) Concern Worldwide is addressing the urgent humanitarian needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in District Mardan in the North West Frontier Province with an established local partner organization. Concern is currently providing essential non-food items and hygiene kits to approximately 22,400 internally displaced persons (3,200 families), accessing its emergency in-country supply of jerry cans, plastic sheeting, mosquito nets, and sleeping mats as well as hygiene kits that include water purification tablets and soap. Concern has launched an emergency appeal to expand our response and distribute essential non-food items to 70,000 displaced people—with a focus on the elderly, the disabled and women with small children. |
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Direct Relief International 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117 1- 805-964-4767(May 11, 2009) Direct Relief International will be supporting our partner healthcare organizations throughout Pakistan who are receiving an increased number of patients due to the civil conflict caused by the Taliban’s recent expansion in the SWAT valley. Direct Relief has provided more than $14 million in humanitarian medical aid and grants to Pakistan following the 2005 earthquake, and has developed strong relationships with healthcare providers there. |
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Episcopal Relief & Development P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058 / 800-334-7626, ext. 5129(June 3, 2009) The ongoing fighting between Pakistan’s military and the Taliban rebels has caused massive chaos, violence and displacement in the country. Episcopal Relief & Development is partnering with the Diocese of Peshawar in Pakistan in response to this IDP emergency. The Diocese of Peshawar has set up a relief camp to accommodate families who have lost their homes due to the fighting. The displaced people are in immediate need of critical food and basic supplies. Emergency funds from Episcopal Relief & Development will provide 600 displaced people with relief packages containing essential provisions including grains, beans, sugar, dry milk, cooking oils, soap, sanitation supplies and matches. |
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Food for the Hungry 1224 East Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 / 1-800-248-6437(May 11, 2009) Food for the Hungry is working with partners on the ground we have established relationships with from past relief work in Pakistan, including a large-scale response to the Pakistan earthquake in October 2005. Food for the Hungry is serving and providing relief to the Sikhs families displaced from Swat, Buner, and Orakzai Agency due to the conflict in the region. |
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Friends of the World Food Program Attn: Development, 1819 L Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036 / 1-866-929-1694(June 4, 2009) Friends of WFP is a U.S-based, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on building support in the United States for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and other hunger relief operations. As of early June 2009, WFP reached over 2 million displaced Pakistanis with urgent food assistance. In cooperation with the government and another U.N. agency, WFP established 28 humanitarian hubs, which provide food, cooking utensils and shelter materials. Humanitarian hubs are strategically placed units that can reach displaced people who have taken shelter in communities, rather than camps. Current emergency operations will target thousands more conflict victims. WFP was already feeding 6.2 million Pakistanis before the crisis. |
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Giving Children Hope 8332 Commonwealth Avenue, Buena Park, CA 90621 / 714-523-4454(June 4, 2009) Giving Children Hope is sending a shipment of pharmaceuticals to treat internally displaced persons affected by the recent crisis in Pakistan. The shipment of pharmaceuticals will benefit people temporarily living in 416 mini relief camps each housing 30-50 families. About 7,500 people are expected to benefit from the work of the mobile medical team distributing the medicines. The mobile health team will provide neo-natal care to expecting mothers, cover the health needs of infants, control diarrhea and the outbreak of epidemics, and provide anti-malarial support. Giving Children Hope is currently accepting donations to send out more medicines to treat IDPs in Pakistan. |
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Heart to Heart International 401 S. Clairborne, Suite 302, Olathe, KS / 913-764-5200(June 4, 2009) Heart to Heart International is responding to the Complex Emergency in Pakistan. Working with our in country partner and affiliated agencies, Heart to Heart International has prepared an initial shipment of goods valued at $180,000 for distribution to five internally displaced persons camps located in the Mardan, Nowshera and Peshawar districts of Pakistan. The targeted camps house approximately 23,000 displaced civilians. Additional shipments of humanitarian aid are planned. . |
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International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) c/o US Conference of Catholic Bishops, 3211 4th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017 1-202–541–3389 (May 18, 2009) ICMC has completed an assessment of the urgent needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) in camps and host communities, and is preparing to provide immediate relief and long-term support to more than 8,000 individuals in the Jalala IDP Camp and government schools in the Mardan district. Having served and protected displaced people in Pakistan for many years, ICMC is currently in the process of coordinating with local and international partners to provide immediate relief in the form of essential hygiene kits and education, kitchen utensils, food packs and other non-food items. Planning for child-friendly spaces offering displaced children safe areas to learn and play is also underway, together with preparations for the provision of psycho-social support for children and adults affected by the conflict. |
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International Medical Corps 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA 90404 / 800-481-4462(June 3, 2009) International Medical Corps emergency response teams are on the ground delivering critical services and supplies to the displaced population of Swat Valley. We are delivering primary health care services and maternal and child care to those living in the camps and with host populations. We are also providing health and hygiene education, supporting Saidu Hospital in Swat Valley, and implementing water and sanitation and psychosocial support services. Emergency health kits and medicines have been secured and are being transported. International Medical Corps has worked in Pakistan since 1984 and is also providing services to 50,000 people who were displaced in August 2008 in Peshawar, Nowshehra, Charsadda, and Lower Dir. |
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International Relief & Development 1621 North Kent Street, 4th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209 / 1-877-844-5644(May 12, 2009) IRD is sending shipments of emergency relief supplies such as quilts to Pakistan. Our team is currently doing an assessment, focusing on support to IDPs in hosted households and collection centers, specifically providing shelter and water supply support. |
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International Relief Teams 3560 Alvarado Canyon Rd, Suite 2G, San Diego, CA 92120 / 619-284-7979(May 11, 2009) International Relief Teams is providing emergency medicines and supplies to refugees fleeing the Swat Valley. These supplies will be distributed by in-country partners at the refugee camps being set up by the Pakistani government. |
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International Rescue Committee P.O. Box 96651, Washington, DC 20090-6651 / 1-877-REFUGEE or 1-877-733-8433(June 4, 2009) The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been engaged with the displacement response since November 2008. IRC is working in partnership with the Government of Pakistan, UNHCR, UNICEF and other agencies as a key actor providing services for internally displaced people (IDPs) affected by the conflict. Currently, IRC works in protection, education, and water and sanitation inside the camps. IRC will be extending humanitarian relief services, including water and sanitation and protection, to vulnerable IDPs who have not found refuge in camps and make up the majority of displaced people in Pakistan. IRC is also assessing health services for out-of-camp IDPs, with plans to address identified gaps. |
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LIFE for Relief and Development 17300 W. 10 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075 / 248-424-7493(June 4, 2009) LIFE for Relief and Development has opened an IDP camp in Wah Cantt near Taxilla in Rawalpindi in the Pujab. We have rented 6 apartment buildings to house IDP families. There is a medical clinic on the property and we have an ambulance to transport the ill to the hospital. We are providing the IDP’s with shelter, electricity, potable water, food, education for children and child friendly areas where children can play and learn in a safe and secure environment. |
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Mercy Corps Pakistan Emergency Response, Dept NR, PO Box 2669, Portland, OR 97208 / 1-800-852-2100(June 3, 2009) Mercy Corps received notice of an almost $1.2-million grant from the U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) office of USAID. The grant will allow Mercy Corps to expand operations to help displaced people over the next four months. The agency plans to distribute much-needed cash to families in the Mardan District. These funds will enable more than 20,000 families – 120,000 people – to purchase household supplies and food items. Mercy Corps will also address the needs of pregnant women. An estimated 70,000 pregnant women have been displaced and are in immediate need of medical attention and delivery assistance. Mercy Corps is a leader in maternal and newborn health in Pakistan and plans to set up a number of birthing stations in Mardan.. |
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Operations USA 3617 Hayden Avenue, Suite A, Culver City, CA 90232 / 1-310-838-3455(May 12, 2009) Operation USA has worked with communities in Pakistan affected by the October 2006 earthquake, working with local grassroots partners to build clinics, houses, and other rehabilitation support to those displaced and affected by the disaster. Operation USA will work through our existing partners to support the relief efforts for the current refugee crisis in the Swat Valley and other areas. |
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Oxfam America Pakistan Crisis Fund, P.O. 1211, MN 56007-1211 / 800-77-OXFAM (June 3, 2009) Oxfam is working with local partners to reach more than 360,000 people with assistance. Our focus is on protecting public health: we are constructing latrines, building and repairing wells, and providing water storage and distribution tanks. We are also distributing shelter materials, rehydration salts, hygiene kits, mats, and other essentials, and providing trainings on how to stay healthy in difficult conditions. We are working to ensure that aid reaches not only people living in camps but also those who have taken refuge in makeshift settlements or with host families, paying particular attention to the needs of women and other vulnerable groups. |
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Plan USA Pakistan IDP Crisis, 155 Plan Way, Warwick, RI 20886 / 1-800-556-7918(June 4, 2009) Plan’s Pakistan Country Office is responding to the Child Protection and Psychosocial Support needs of displaced children and their families through the creation of “Child Friendly Centers” in camps and host communities of Mardan, Swabi, and Charsadda Provinces. Working with local partner organizations, Plan’s program will provide safe play areas, venues for psychosocial support interventions, and health and hygiene promotion activities for up to 10,000 displaced children and their families. |
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Relief International Pakistan Emergency Response, 5455 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1280, Los Angeles, CA 90036 / 310-478-1200(June 4, 2009) Relief International (RI) continues to respond to the massive crisis in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, ensuring that 19,000 displaced families – 150,000 men, women and children - receive essential goods and services. RI is providing hygiene supplies, mosquito nets, and other critical items which prevent disease and promote dignified living, giving cash grants to families to pay for shelter in unfamiliar villages, providing temporary work for displaced men, and distributing emergency food rations to 32,000. RI plans unique services for displaced women, including building safe centers where women can receive expert and peer mental health counseling.
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I would like to ask people who have visited areas like Mardan, Sawabi, Peshawar etc. where IDPs are residing, if they have seen all these organizations working there? Its been over a month, I ve been in one of these camps with our medical team. Atleast I havent seen any of these.
There are a number of local organizations like Al Khidmat Foundation, Al Kher Trust, etc or some International org like muslim aid working there. There are a number of small organizations or group of people working there too. Some of the important names are Taraki welfare Trust and Kakahel Relief Camp. These links show some work being done by these volunteers.
http://mukalma.blogspot.com/2009/05/tarakai-family-and-idps.html
http://www.save-humans.org/?q=content/news/happy-wedding