2010

Minhaj Welfare Foundation

Pakistan Flood Report Update
Minhaj Welfare Foundation has worked tirelessly since the devastating floods
hit Pakistan in August 2010. Through the generosity of donors and MWF
volunteers, we have developed an infrastructure and management strategy
to deal with the relief aid and re-building of the affected areas. This report
highlights our work and effort in supporting the people of Pakistan and
helping them rebuild their lives and communities.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation

05/10/2010
 Contents

Introduction to Minhaj Welfare Foundation ...................................................................... 3

Pakistan Floods: Long History of MWF in Pakistan ............................................................. 4
Pakistan Floods: MWF constant HELP ................................................................................ 5
Minhaj Welfare Foundation’s Response to the Floods ....................................................... 6
Short Term Plan: Emergency efforts............................................................................... 6
1. Tent Villages:....................................................................................................................... 6
2. Distribution of rations: food pack, clean bottled water and clothing ................................ 6
3. Medical camps .................................................................................................................... 7
4. Ambulances ........................................................................................................................ 7
5. Cooked Food ....................................................................................................................... 7
6. Volunteers .......................................................................................................................... 7
Breakdown of figures for the Pakistan Flood Campaign ..................................................... 8
Facts about the Pakistan Flood Disaster ............................................................................. 9
MWF TO REBUILD 1000 HOMES IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS ........................................... 11
Media Coverage of MWF ................................................................................................. 12
Brief Media Response to Minhaj Welfare’s Work on the Ground. .................................... 13

Appendix:

Press Releases of Minhaj Welfare Foundation: sample...................................................... 15

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 Introduction to Minhaj Welfare Foundation
Minhaj Welfare Foundation is amongst the leading international charities in alleviating
deprivation and human suffering. Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF) was established in 1989 in
Pakistan by its founder Dr Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri. MWF has sub branches in over 80 countries,
promoting Education, Health and Welfare.

MWF aspires in providing sustainable and long term projects for developing nations and in
particular its main focus is tackling deprivation and global poverty. As a charity we envisage in
providing a more prosperous and safer world through great transparency of welfare activities in
the third world.

MWF has provided emergency relief to areas hit by disasters in recent years including:
Afghanistan, Palestine, Indonesia, Kashmir, Haiti, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq and many more.

Currently MWF is in the process of providing a unique ‘Aghosh’ Orphan Care Home which will
cater and house 500 orphans from the recent Pakistan floods which left had over 1.3 million
children parentless. This unique project will provide every Orphan with free education from
primary level up to University level, giving those less fortunate in society an opportunity to live in
a more sustainable environment.

Pakistan is considered an economically deprived nation which has faced many obstacles politically
and financially in recent years. The floods had a crippling effect on the economy in a country
which already has seen the rise of food prices increase. One of the core reasons for the rising food
prices are due to the damaged crops in which 1.3 million acres of crops was estimated to be
completely destroyed.

Flood waters roared down from the North to Punjab and on to Sindh along a trail more than 1,000
km (600 miles) long, spreading the disaster further. Minhaj Welfare Foundation initiated its relief
operations in the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhah expanding its relief efforts to Sindh.

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 Pakistan Floods: Long History of MWF in Pakistan
People might question why there is a need in helping Pakistan; well Pakistan is a country that
has a population of over 170 million making it the 6th poorest nation in the world. An
outstanding fact which has seen a quarter of the population live in extreme poverty.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation was found on the

principle of providing basic human rights,
equality and sustainability focusing at the three
key areas in development; education, Health
care and general welfare.

MWF with experience of 21 years in the field has

provided groundbreaking results in reviving
Pakistan. MWF continues forth in fighting
poverty by establishing development programs
focusing at nurturing and developing the skills of under privileged children.

Pakistan is considered an economically deprived nation which has faced many obstacles politically
and financially in recent years. The floods had a crippling effect on the economy in a country
which already has seen the rise of food prices increase. One of the core reasons for the rising food
prices are due to the damaged crops in which 1.3 million acres of crops was estimated to be
completely destroyed.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation started its relief operations in the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhah
and expanding its relief efforts to Sindh from the time of disaster up until now.

KHAYBER PAKHTUNKHWA SINDH

Swat Ghotki
Kalam Sukkar
Shangla Shikarpur
Nowshera Shahdadkot
Charsaddah Khairpur
Peshawar Jaccobabad
Dera Ismail Khan Thatha
Lakki Marwat

PUNJAB BALUCHISTAN
Rajanpur Sibbi
Dera Ghazi Khan Barkhan
Mianwali Kohlu
Layyah Dera Murad Jamali
Bakhar
Muzaffargarh
Jhang

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 Pakistan Floods: MWF constant HELP
More than 20 million people were affected and over 800,000 homes destroyed by floods and
landslides brought on by the monsoon rain in Pakistan. The disaster was greater than Tsunami
and Haiti combined. The flood saw the emerging of water-borne diseases making it a threat to
survivors.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation immediately began its relief and rescue service on the 26thJuly 2010 in
Nowshera and Akora Khataq. It was reported that these two areas were worse affected at the
start, the floods then hit Southern regions of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.

The second phase of relief efforts was to provide basic essentials such as food, clean water,
clothing, medicine and shelter. MWF established 21 tent settlements and 28 relief camps
throughout the affected areas in Pakistan assisting a ground breaking number of 11,825 people.

Unique and extraordinary efforts of over 9500 volunteers ensured that 339 truck loads of basic
essentials reaches affected areas continuously for four months and more than 4050 volunteers
set up 432 collection camps.

The floods affected millions of people medically; MWF established 125 medical camps and
provided medical assistance to over 70,000 people. ‘Dr Pervaiz Medical Establishment’ provided
500 medical experts to assist in the flood affected regions and it also set up medical dispensaries
and ambulances in over 10 affected areas.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation provided 3700 families with two months ration. It provided daily
cooked food throughout the Islamic month of Ramadhan, with more than 15,000 volunteers of
MWF in Pakistan spending their Ramadhan and Eid with the flood victims.

The following areas are amongst where MWF were assisting on the ground:

KHAYBER PAKHTUNKHWA SINDH

Swat Ghotki
Kalam Sukkar
Shangla Shikarpur
Nowshera Shahdadkot
Charsaddah Khairpur
Peshawar Jaccobabad
Dera Ismail Khan Thatha
Lakki Marwat

PUNJAB BALUCHISTAN
Rajanpur Sibbi
Dera Ghazi Khan Barkhan
Mianwali Kohlu
Layyah Dera Murad Jamali
Bakhar
Muzaffargarh
Jhang
Rahimyaar khan

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 Minhaj Welfare Foundation’s Response to the Floods

Minhaj Welfare through its large network of volunteers was amongst the first INGO on the ground
in assisting those affected by the floods. MWF volunteers opened their own homes to the victims
and also MWF reopened hundreds of Primary and Secondary schools and converted them into
temporary shelters and accommodation.

Short Term Plan: Emergency efforts

1. Tent Villages:

MWF provided more 600 families with secure tents, each tent accommodating 8 people.
It ensured all basic essentials are set up alongside emergency volunteers.

Monthly Expenditure for one individual including the following:

Three times food per day

Technical staff
Cook
Bread maker
Other staff per individual
£3 per month (per individual)

2. Distribution of rations: food pack, clean bottled water and clothing

Minhaj Welfare Foundation instantly dispatched truck loads of basic essentials across
Pakistan. A total 339 truck loads of aid was dispatched in affected regions of Pakistan.

KHAYBER PAKHTUNKHWA SINDH

Swat Sukkar
Nowshera Shikar Pur
Charsadda Shahdad Kot
Dera Ismail Khan Khair Pur
Jaccobabad
Thatta

PUNJAB BALUCHSTAN
Rajanpur Sibbi
Dera Gazi Khan Barkhan
Mianwali Dera Murad Jamali
Layyah
Bakhar
Muzaffar Garh
Jhang
Rahimyar khan

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 3. Medical camps
(Mobile Medical Camps for Vaccinations and small injuries treatments). Trained
medical staff giving voluntary time at all major regions affected by the disaster.
MWF assisted more than 70,000 with medical aid.

4. Ambulances
MWF dispatching 25 ambulances to all major areas affected by the disaster.

5. Cooked Food
Providing daily cooked food throughout the month of Ramadhan.

6. Volunteers
15,000 volunteers on the ground.

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 Breakdown of figures for the Pakistan Flood Campaign

Expenses
S No. Category Number Expenses (£)
(Pak Rs)
1 Big Minhaj Tent 9
£47,560 6,300,000
Settlements
2 Small Tent Settlements 12 £6341 840,000
3 Minhaj Relief camps 29 £89269 11,825,000
4 Number of Trucks 339
£836495 110,805,586
(Ration and others)
5 Volunteers 9500
6 Relief collection camps 432
7 Medical relief 125
8 Cash paid to families 7,500,000 £92478 12,250,000
9 Ambulance & Mobile 10
£1887 250,000
dispensaries
10 Doctors & paramedical 500
£7550 1,000,000
staff
11 Transportation 339 Trucks
12 Medicine Number of mobile &
other camps 125 x £23591 3125000
25000
13 Dispatch of monthly ration
£111728 14800,000
(Miscellaneous)
16 Miscellaneous expenditure
£11323 1,500,000
on tent settlements
17 Relief expenditure on Eid £37746 5,000,000
Total £1290879 176,080,586
18 Qurbani Expenditure £317255
Grand Total £1,608,134 218,105,586

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 Facts about the Pakistan Flood Disaster

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 MWF TO REBUILD 1000 HOMES IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS

Long Term: Sustainable and Capital Projects

1. To build 1000 homes for victims of the flood.

2. To reconstruct and upgrade damaged and destroyed schools

3. Establish new model schools in flood affected area especially in the various relief camps
of Minhaj Welfare Foundation.

4. To provide sustainable and drinking water for the flood victims.

5. Vow to continue the relief efforts until everyone has gone back to their home.

Rebuilding Homes – MWF 4 months after the disaster

After four gruelling and heart aching months the millions displaced from the torrential monsoons
require you’re every little help. MWF hopes to rebuild the infrastructure of Pakistan focusing at
building homes, schools and medical dispensaries for the effectees. The aim is to build more than
1000 homes throughout the affected areas of Pakistan, Iftikhar Shah Bukhari, Director MWF
Pakistan said, “We are now looking at building homes for more than 500 families from the Minhaj
tent Settlements in Nowshera and surrounding areas.

The housing project has already begun in Nowshera. The aim is to build suitable homes
and schools ensuring a brighter future for the children. The initial stage is to build 85 houses in
Nowshera and 10 houses in Mumtaz Abad, Multan all with help of MWF’s expert constructors and
builders.”

MWF is looking at the following key elements during its initiation of the housing projects:

1. The houses are flood/earthquake resistant.

2. Drainage system
3. Health provisions
4. Education
Water and sanitation

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 Media Coverage of MWF

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Tel: 01282 - 723456

Email: info@minhajwelfare.org
Web: www.minhajwelfare.org

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 Brief Media Response to Minhaj Welfare’s Work on the Ground.

BBC NEWS 24

BBC News 24 aired a Live Coverage from MWF offices including interviews with volunteers and
how they were affected.

CNN

CNN Report on Minhaj Welfare Foundation work in Pakistan and highlighting the strong
infrastructure of the organisation being able to deliver work on the ground.

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 BBC Northwest Tonight

Adnan Sohail, MWF Project Manager gives BBC News North West an update on the relief efforts
carried out on the ground. Ensuring the aid is delivered to those in need.

Lancashire Telegraph: Article on MWF Work in Pakistan for the Floods

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 Appendix:

Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF) Press Releases

12 Carr Road
Nelson
Lancs.
BB9 7JS

Tel: 01282 - 723456

Email: info@minhajwelfare.org
Web: www.minhajwelfare.org

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