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Asia Earthquake

Asia Earthquake

Islamic Relief Responds to the Asia Quake



Around 260,000 earthquake survivors have benefited from IR's projects in shelter, food security, health, water, education and livelihoods.

IR has raised funds in excess of £10,600,000 for the Pakistan earthquake. In addition to this, organisations and individuals have donated several tonnes of aid goods worth millions of pounds to IR for distribution in Pakistan.



Opening Roads


Islamic Relief's bulldozers have opened up 29 routes

Islamic Relief hired 65 large earthmoving vehicles for two months to clear landslides and open roads linking the remote Neelum Valley.

IR engineers have cleared 29 routes in the affected area, providing access to over 1.7 million people.

Shelter

IR engineers have designed a form of temporary shelter which will be used in two shelter projects. Funding has been secured for the construction of 1,500 shelters.

Water

Many survivors have been forced to resort to drinking unsafe water after water supply systems were destroyed in the earthquake.

The quake also interrupted IR's development of a water supply network in Bagh while IR aid workers were diverted by the disaster. Construction work is due to resume soon on the supply network which is fed with water from local springs.

IR staff have constructed 1,383 latrines and installed 46 water tanks in 50 camps in Muzaffarabad and Bagh district. Around 23,000 people benefit from this project.

Distributions



One of the 15,121 winterised Islamic Relief has distributed

So far, IR has distributed 15,121 tents benefiting around 100,000 people. Around 200,000 quilts and blankets and 30,000 mattresses and sleeping mats have been distributed to survivors in Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Rawalakot and Neelum Valley.

In agreement with the World Food Programme, IR is distributing food to 180,000 people in Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Rawalakot, and Neelum valley. The project is planned to last for six months.

Islamic Relief has distributed medicine donated by Americares in three major medical camps in Muzaffarabad.

Islamic Relief is supporting International Health Partners (IHP) deliver medical aid worth £2,000,000 in Kashmir.

Preparations are underway to provide temporary winterised shelters to 20,000 families.

IR has initiated a project to supply 10,000 families with winter tents and non-food items in 45 days.

Warm clothing is being provided to 25,000 survivors of the quake in four districts of Kashmir.

Health

In partnership with HMD Response International, IR is to set up four clinics in the worst affected areas of Bagh, two of which will be mobile.

The project, financed by IR and implemented by Response International, will provide healthcare services to around 40,000 people.

Education

287 large tents have arrived in Muzaffarabad and Bagh and will be used as schools until permanent structures are built.

Donations

14 tonnes of aid worth €123,570 was dispatched from IR's France office and arrived in Islamabad on 17 December.

Ten out of the 20 containers of aid donated to IR by the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints have arrived in Karachi. The consignment includes 188,000 blankets and 6,000 winterised tents.

A 40 foot container containing blankets and clothes donated by an Islamic Relief supporter in Panama has arrived in Karachi.

IR's USA office is sending a 747 cargo plane to Pakistan with aid worth over $2.6 million.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has delivered blankets, pillows and mattresses to IR staff in Kashmir for distribution. The aid will be distributed in Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Dhirkot and Rawalakot.

IR Belgium has shipped a 40 foot container of aid worth €25,000 to Pakistan.
The Rotary Club has made a donation to IR Pakistan of 100 pallets of winterised tents and 90 pallets of sleeping bags.

Day-by-day roundup

Thursday 10 November
IR aid workers continue to distribute aid in Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot and Dhirkot.

In Dhirkot, over 10,000 villagers benefited from distributions of food packs, quilts, cooking oil and flour. In a separate distribution in Dhirkot, 210 tents, 315 quilts and 120 milk cartons were distributed to village residents.

In Muzaffarabad, IR distributed 21 family tents, 196 blankets, 10 quilts, 132 bags of wheat and a wheelchair.

In Rawalakot, IR staff distributed 28 tents, 10,833 quilts, 200 blankets and 100 shawls.

Wednesday 2 November
IR Pakistan is distributing food and non-food items for the World Food Programme to 180,000 people in Bagh, Rawalakot, Muzaffarabad and Neelum.

IR Pakistan is providing safe drinking water for 200 families and constructing 500 latrines in Muzaffarabad for UNICEF.

A team of IR aid workers, including a water and sanitation specialist, visited villages in Bagh and set up between 15 and 20 emergency management committees to coordinate the aid effort in the district.

Aid worth €86,800 is being shipped to Pakistan from IR's France office. The consignment includes blankets, winter clothes, hygiene kits and water containers.

In Muzaffarabad, 329 tents, 281 blankets, 71 food packs, 1,524 quilts, 2,400 sleeping mats and 1,000 kitchen sets were distributed.

In Forward Kahuta, survivors received 35 tents, 70 quilts, 70 mattresses, 35 Jerrycans, and 35 kitchen sets.

In Rawalakot, IR staff gave out 171 tents, 543 quilts, 900 blankets and other aid items.

IR aid workers are planning a distribution of winter clothing to 25,000 people in Bagh, Poonch, Muzaffarabad and Neelum Valley.

IR is now using Community Organisation members to assist in the distribution of aid.

Friday 28 October
IR staff gave out 194 family tents in Muzaffarabad district and Neelum Valley. They also handed out 279 quilts, 108 blankets, 492 food packs and 111 plastic sheets.

In Dhirkot, IR aid workers distributed 200 tents, 358 quilts, 86 blankets, 173 water containers, 877 gift packs, 1,264 packets of milk, 994 bags of flour, 988 bottles of cooking oil and 992 food packs.

In Bagh, 294 tents were distributed to villagers.

In Rawalakot, 110 tents, 740 quilts, 368 kitchen sets, 480 food packs, 405 bags of flour, 110 plastic sheets and 190 blankets were distributed to survivors.

IR USA received a large donation of 20 containers of aid from the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints. The shipment contains blankets, medical equipment and emergency kits and will be sent by sea to Pakistan.

The Sun newspaper has donated 85 Hungarian winterised army tents to IR. The aid consignment left UK on Thursday 27 October.

IR South Africa is sending a 40 foot container of warm clothing to Pakistan. Another two containers, one containing blankets, the other containing flour, are due to leave South Africa in early November.

Wednesday 26 October
In Rawalakot, IR staff distributed over 1,000 quilts, 200 blankets, 400 tents and 1,485 food packs to survivors in around 30 villages over three days. People also received 960 kitchen sets, 300 plastic sheets and cooking oil.

In Muzaffarabad, IR staff continue to distribute aid. Survivors received 1,917 quilts, nearly 2,000 blankets, 286 tents, 259 kitchen sets, food, plastic sheets, hygiene kits and other aid items.

In Bagh, 3,500 quilts, 2,000 blankets, 176 tents, 1,000 food packs, 2,000 bottles of cooking oil, 700 kg of pulses, 779 kitchen sets and 872 mats were distributed to survivors. IR aid workers also gave out water canisters, dates, flour and plastic sheets. The aid was distributed in around 100 villages in the Bagh district over three days.

Saturday 22 October
IR staff distributed 400 blankets and 200 cartons of milk in Muzaffarabad.

In Dhirkot, IR staff gave out 300 tents, 450 plastic sheets, 500 quilts and 319 blankets. Food packs and kitchens sets were also distributed.

In Bagh, IR workers gave out 274 quilts, 200 tents, 850 mattresses and 605 blankets. Jerrycans, milk and food was also handed out to survivors.

IR staff distributed 120 tents, 220 quilts, 63 plastic sheets, 195 kitchen sets, 200 food packs, oil, and 70 sacks of flour in 11 villages in Rawalakot.

International Health Partners UK have donated medicine and medical supplies worth £2 million to IR for the earthquake response.

Eight pallets of blankets are on their way to Pakistan, courtesy of British Airways.

Friday 21 October
IR aid workers distributed tents, food, blankets and jerrycans benefiting more than 5,000 people in 10 villages in the Bagh district.

In a separate distribution in Bagh, IR staff handed out 197 tents, 397 mattresses and 563 quilts, as well as food, jerrycans and warm clothes.

In the Dhirkot district, IR staff made two aid distributions of food, blankets, mattresses, kitchen sets and quilts. The first benefited nearly 4,000 people in 14 villages, the second benefited over 1,000 people in 7 villages.

In Neelum Valley, IR distributed 143 tents and 800 plastic sheets. The distribution took place in the villages of Chalayana and Baliahah.

IR staff distributed blankets, kitchen sets, mattresses and food packs in Rawalakot, benefiting around 1,400 people.

Wednesday 19 October
IR aid workers distributed blankets, quilts, food packs, and kitchen sets in 10 villages in the Bagh district, benefiting 4,500 people.

In five villages in the Dhirkot district, IR staff distributed blankets, food packs and kitchen sets. Around 1,900 people benefited from the aid distribution.

In Muzaffarabad, 350 food packets, 100 kitchen sets and 1,600 quilts were distributed to survivors.

In Rawlakot, 1,800 blankets, 150 kitchen sets, 100 mattresses and 200 food packs were distributed to survivors of the earthquake.

A planeload of aid which includes blankets, tents and wheelchairs from IR USA is due to arrive in Islamabad.

IR USA has put together a team of doctors and paramedics which will be flown to Pakistan by the World Health Organisation. The team is fully equipped with medical kits and instruments, and has experience handling survivors of the tsunami and hurricane Katrina.

The UK government is now funding Islamic Relief supply flights to the earthquake region.

Tuesday 18 October
IR aid workers distributed mattresses and food in Bagh, benefiting around 240 families.

In Muzaffarabad, IR distributed 1,000 tents and 2,000 plastic sheets, benefiting around 15,750 people. The tents and plastic sheets were donated by the UK government.

Also in Muzaffarabad, IR staff distributed over 100 mattresses and pillows donated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

IR USA is dispatching a paramedical team to treat the injured, and a team with water purification systems to the disaster area.

Sunday 16 October
IR distributed 700 tents Rawalakot and Muzaffarabad. Each tent can shelter a family of seven.

IR aid workers distributed mattresses donated by Concern to over 6,000 people in Rawalakot and Bagh.

Operational centres with warehouses have established in Bagh and Rawalakot.

A consignment of 1,000 tents and 2,000 plastic sheets was received from the UK government.

A shipment of 2,000 tonnes of aid which includes blankets, tents and first aid kits is being organised by IR's USA office.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) sent 6,300 blankets, 360 mattresses and 101 pillows to IR staff for distribution among survivors of the quake.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed to provide medicines to IR aid workers in Pakistan.

Friday 14 October
Four trucks carrying aid donated by the UK government to IR arrived in Muzaffarabad. Plastic sheets were distributed to more than 5,000 survivors.

Six more trucks carrying aid funded by IR arrived in Muzaffarabad. More than 8,000 people received blankets, warm clothes, kitchen sets and food.

In Bagh, 500 blankets were distributed to survivors. The road from Bagh to Forward Kahuta has been opened and IR staff members have entered the town to rapidly assess the needs of survivors and are setting up an operation centre.

In Rawalakot, two truckloads of mattresses funded by CONCERN were distributed among survivors.

Thursday 13 October
IR is working closely with Save the Children, CONCERN, WHO and the Red Cross.

Islamic Relief staff are now focusing on villages outside the city Muzaffarabad that are yet to receive aid. Teams of aid workers from IR and other international aid agencies assessed the needs of people in three outlying villages.

The roads into Neelum Valley remain blocked. An army helicopter dropped aid packages containing food and other items in Neelum, but more is needed.

The UK government aid donation of 19,000 blankets has been received by IR staff in Pakistan and has been despatched to Bagh and Muzaffarabad.

The UK government has also donated 10,000 tarpaulins, 1,000 winter tents and 700 blankets to Islamic Relief for distribution to survivors.

The WHO has agreed to donate tents, medicines and warm clothing to IR.

Wednesday 12 October
IR is leading the humanitarian operation in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Teams of aid workers from Save the Children and Concern are working with IR staff to bring relief goods into the area.

Save the Children and Concern donated baby blankets, quilts, plastic sheets and jerrycans to Islamic Relief staff who distributed them to 500 families in Muzaffarabad.

A consignment of aid to Kuttan by helicopter is being planned for 13 October. The aid will include food and medical supplies.

Drinking water, flour, rice, lentils, cooking oil, clothes, tents and blankets has been distributed in Muzaffarabad.

Tuesday 11 October
An aid flight funded by the UK government left for Pakistan with 800 winter tents for Oxfam and 19,000 blankets for Islamic Relief.

IR staff in Pakistan will distribute the blankets in areas affected by the disaster.

An aid flight from Amsterdam containing 30,000 pounds of medical relief funded by the aid agency Americares left for Pakistan. The medical aid will be received by IR staff in Pakistan and will be used to restock the Neelum Valley health centre.

 

Monday 10 October
Islamic Relief is leading teams of international aid workers into the affected area to assess the needs of survivors. Two teams of aid workers from several international humanitarian organisations have been sent to Rawalakot and another is now in Bagh. All three teams are headed by IR staff.

Tents

A planeload of aid from the UK government has been received by Islamic Relief staff in Pakistan and has already been distributed to survivors in Muzaffarabad. The shipment contained winter tents and blankets.

The UK government has provided Islamic Relief with a further 1,000 winter tents from its stockpile in Lahore. The tents will be distributed in Muzaffarabad on 11 October.

Food

In Muzaffarabad, 4,000 packs of food, each weighing 15 kg, are being distributed among survivors.

Locals in Islamabad donated 30 metric tonnes of rice. Two IR Pakistan lorries are in transit to distribute the rice in affected areas.


Sunday 9 October
An initial £2 million has been allocated for the disaster, and IR staff are carrying out needs assessments in affected areas.

Staff at Islamic Relief's health centre in the Neelum Valley in Kashmir have been treating the wounded. So far, 2000 people have been treated in IR clinic. IR's Islamabad office is arranging shipments of additional medical supplies to the area.

In Kuttan, IR's community volunteers are treating the wounded and injured.

The first planeload of aid organised by the UK government has arrived in Pakistan. The aid shipment is made up mainly of tents and blankets.


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