Archive for November, 2005
IOM starts pilot shelter repair programme
ISLAMABAD, 3 November (IRIN) - With more than 3 million quake survivors facing winter without a roof over their heads, the
“Presently, at least two expert teams are on the ground in the remote valleys of Muzaffarabad district. The whole idea is that they’ll carry out an assessment and afterwards, if local communities agrees, they will call through satellite telephone to drop shelter material in the area,” Chris Lom, head of the IOM emergency shelter programme in Pakistan, said in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday.
Crash program for rehabilitating tourism industry prepared
The Government has prepared a crash program for the rehabilitation of the tourism industry badly affected by the recent killer earthquake.
The monstrous earthquake of October 8 besides killing thousand of people and destroying houses, buildings and road networks on a very large scale in Pakistan and AJK also badly affected the tourism industry ; as the quake ravaged areas once were the places of great attraction for the foreign and local tourists, which now present a horrible look.
The Ministry of Tourism has now prepared a crash program for rehabilitating tourism , which before October 8 fetched foreign exchange for the Government and generated jobs for the locals.
Relief Activities by ISO
Survey of earthquake victim areas:
The major earthquake victim areas (according to shia populations) are: A. Muzafarabad + outskirts B. Bagh + outskirts C. Some other areas
A. Muzafarabad + outshirts: The muzafarabad + outskirts are also subdivided in four major categories: i. Jehlum valley ii. Neelam valley iii. City + kardala (subcity) iv. Khalora (subcity)
I. Jehlum valley
BT engineers help quake recovery
A team of British engineers is in Pakistan helping to restore the devastated communications network following the recent earthquake, BT has announced.
The company has sent a dozen workers to the
Satellite dishes are being installed in remote areas so relief groups can coordinate their efforts and local people can contact relatives.
It follows a similar BT operation when staff were sent to Indonesia after the deadly tsunami which struck there last year.
Story of a little prince
BAGH: It was Saturday and little Abdullah was not keen on going to school. It was unlikely of him because he was always eager and happy to go. But, the four and a half years old, was asked by his mother not to miss school that day. He retaliated; he complained; he cried, still he went — never to return.
It was the dreadful day of October 8, 2005 when a massive earthquake shook the valleys of Azad Kashmir and NWFP. The worst of its kind to have occurred in this country. The one, which killed many people, especially children, including Abdullah Tanoli, the resident of Officers Colony situated in the beautiful city of Bagh.
Web site on Spring Field School
NATO-UNHCR airlift to quake-hit Pakistan extended, as winter threatens
The UN refugee agency said on Thursday that its joint airlift with
Sampuran Fundraiser for Earthquake Victims
An evening of
Date: Saturday, 12th November 2–5 Time: 8:30 PM Venue: Alliance Francaise, Clifton, Karachi.
Contact information: Saffia Beyg @ 5850031, 0301-2226050
Source: Metroblogging Karachi
Proceeds of the concert will be donated to The Citizens Foundation.