Flood Relief Activities in Sindh - 2011

PKI/SF established a momentous relationship with various national and international NGOs and enjoys an excellent reputation because of its credibility, honesty and transparency. Besides providing state-of-the-art kidney treatment to ailing humanity, PKI/SF has very serious concern over misery of flood affectees of Sindh. For this purpose, it was devised that a flood-relief operation must be started on emergency basis in Sindh province.

Relief operation was started on August 27, 2011 and continuing to date.

Pakistan Kidney Institute (PKI)/Shifa Foundation (SF) has taken initiative to join flood relief activities in Sindh province with understanding and collaboration with local NGOs such as PIMA, SAACH and AMAN. Base camp was established in Mirpur Khas (Sindh), where President PIMA Mirpur Khas Dr. Tariq Arain has donated his office (40,000 sq ft) for base camp office and a warehouse.

Due to worse security and flood situation in Sindh, it was planned that relief activities would be performed through mobile ambulances operational with Doctors, paramedics and dispensers to cover large area around. IMANA, PKI/SF and PIMA are supporting clinics and relief activities to date where logistics are supplied by SAACH and AMAN. Medicines of Rs.399608.00 have already been provided to PIMA.

Realizing the need of clean water, and prevention of water-borne diseases, PKI planned to purify the infected water through filters and aqua tabs. And for this purpose, two filtration plants have been purchased with a generator, mounted on mobile Suzuki van and has started supplying clean water.  Each affected family is provided with one water cooler (20-liter capacity), with a packet of aqua tabs for added purification. Purchase of more filtration plants is in progress.

IMANA and FIMA (Federation of Islamic Medical Associations) has donated a maternal and child care mobile hospital based in a big bus that is serving with a lady doctor, LHV and dispenser. IMANA has also donated 50,000$. Besides that, WHO, UNICEF, UNHPA, WFP and UNOCHA have also committed to donate 250,000$. PKI/SF is starting following clinics supported by WHO, UNICEF, UNHPA, WFP and UNOCHA. Each of these clinics will be staffed by a male & female M.O., dispenser, LHV and Nutritionist.

The relief work in the different affected areas of Sindh province, such as Mirpur Khas, Digri, Jhudo, Kot Ghulam Mohammed, Tando Bhago, Umer Kot and Nao Kot, is active to date. Thousands of people have availed free medical treatment as follow:

 
The participation of IMANA, PIMA, FIMA and other local NGOs is playing a very crucial role in the flood relief activities. And in the recent natural disaster, PKI/SF is leaving no stone unturned to relieve the affectees. PKI/SF intends to continue relief work till next 6 to 7 months but it is further extendable depending upon need.
 

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