Normal life returning to quake-hit areas: WHO
The World Health Organisation’s (
He was addressing the handing over ceremony of 12 prefabricated basic health units (BHU) in the quake-hit districts of the
Dr Bile said that all pre-fabricated units were equipped with the latest machinery, furniture, a vehicle and an ambulance along with three months stock of medicines.
Australia Contributes A$20 Million to ADB’s Pakistan Earthquake Fund
The Government of
The PEF was established in November 2005 to pool and promptly deliver emergency grant financing for projects that support immediate reconstruction, urgent rehabilitation, and other associated development activities in earthquake-affected areas in the country. ADB made an initial contribution of US$80 million to the fund.
“We are very grateful for this contribution from the Government of Australia, which will be used for the much needed reconstruction of education and health facilities in Azad Jammu and
Kashmir Education Foundation to setup schools in earthquake hit areas
The
Speaking at a press conference, KEF Chairman Maj Gen (retd) M Rahim Khan said that the foundation in 1996 had established two institutions i.e. Pearl Valley Public School (PVPS) and Institute of Teacher Education (ITE) in
Ben Kingsley at Pakistani event for quake relief
Oscar-winning actor Sir
Kingsley, was accompanied to Pakistan by filmmaker Chip Duncan for the shooting of a short documentary highlighting the work done by Relief International and emphasising the need for an international effort stretched over a much longer period. Kingsley became famous as Mahatma Gandhi in the Richard Attenborough film ‘Gandhi’ released in 1982. It won eight Oscars. The event has been organised by the Organisation of Pakistani Entrepreneurs and Professionals (OPEN), a voluntary, non-profit group “dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship and professional excellence”.
100,000 quake survivors to live in camps till next winter: United Nations
At least 100,000 people left homeless after the devastating
Talking to reporters, Vandemoortele said there were several thousand homeless people who would have to live in the camps because their plots had been washed away or their native localities fell in a ‘red zone’ where the risks of further earthquakes are high.
The October 8, 2005 earthquake left 300,000 homeless, most of whom have started returning to their homes. “There will still be an estimated 100,000 people who will be living in the camps till the next winter,” he said.
Artificial lakes may flood Kashmir areas
The artificial lakes that shaped as a result of the devastating
The
In the coming months the ice melting on the high altitude mountains may increase the water level as embankments of these lakes already brimming due to landslides, official sources here say.
NASA Derived Telemedicine Assists Pakistan Survivors
Kathleen Connell reports in her blog about
The NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center RPC conducted a humanitarian medical mission to Pakistan, in order to work with doctors there and introduce telemedicine- a product of
Telemedicine is one of the many ways taxpayer funded NASA technology can be redeployed to assist those in isolated regions.
Relief Camps Shut Before Villages Are Rebuilt
The
Twenty five camps in the North West Frontier Province (
The Oct. 8 earthquake, 7.6 on the Richter scale, collapsed mountains, altered the course of waterways and reduced entire villages to rubble. Some 400,000 houses were destroyed. Most roads, schools and hospitals in the affected areas either collapsed or are unusable.