Pk relief mission 9-update

Author: Awab  //  Category: Making a difference

Only three weeks earlier on our 5th Flood Relief mission to Shikarpur the OffroadPakistan stumbled across the Pediatric Ward at Civil Hospital in Shikarpur, the moment we saw the dilapidated situation it touched a nerve in practically each one of our team members and in unison decided to adopt this facility to bring it to some

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Help Jolie save the Pak flood victims

Author: FK  //  Category: Making a difference

On several of my excursions with the Pk relief team in Sukkur, Shikarpur, Thatta and Jacobabad we have witnessed UN presence on the ground as well as UNHCR and UNDP doing credible work. Please assist them in the cause of the flood victims of Pakistan by spreading this message far and wide and take some time out to donate to your

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Pk relief update # 2

Author: FK  //  Category: Making a difference

Ever since the start of our first flood relief mission to Sukkur on 14th August 2010 the sheer number of lives that we may have impacted is truly unimaginable PkRelief has to its credit the following statistics Provided 36,800 persons with food/ration hampers, enough to last them a week Provided 25,000 people with immediate ready

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Pk relief mission 3 – Thatta – live

Author: FK  //  Category: Karachi, Making a difference

Today’s our third distribution mission has left for thatta and its surrounding areas, we have been alerted of a mass exodus of people from thatta and thus are taking 20,000 ready to eat meal packets which comprise of one sheermal, one lays 4 packets of biscuits, one milk carton, one bottle of water and one

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Pk relief mission 2 report

Author: FK  //  Category: F.K's Life, Making a difference, Photoblogging

Pkrelief2         On return after our first relief effort to Sukkur two weeks back we had several meetings amongst the core group of volunteers adopting a long term medical relief and rehabilitation strategy, however during the subsequent week we continued to receive urgent demands for help emanating from many of the inundated

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Pk flood relief mission 2 live

Author: FK  //  Category: Day To Day, F.K's Life, Making a difference

When we got back from our last distribution in sukkur we  had gained not just experience & pics but a lot of on field contacts, which will be useful in the 2nd distribution mission which starts tomorrow..err make that today in 5 hours. The plan To take 7 trucks of food/water hampers (3500)  & 1 truck

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A battle against time

Author: FK  //  Category: F.K's Life, Making a difference

As mentioned in my previous post, Offroaders Pakistan and the Motor Rally club had been collecting funds for flood relief for the past two weeks in Karachi. We received a tremendous response and with around Rs. 2.5 million  donated to us, we loaded five trucks of food supplies as well as a truck full of tents and set

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Pkfloods10: Flood Relief Campaign for Southern Pakistan

Author: FK  //  Category: Current Affairs, F.K's Life, Making a difference, Uncategorized

The earthquake’s  that hit Pakistan in 2005 and 2008  were regarded as the worst tragedy for the nation. Few have realized that the recent floods have in fact caused more damage then those earthquake’s did. As per latest reports official figures stand at 1600 dead and 12 million left homeless. The Monsoon rains began  two weeks ago and

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Feminism in Pakistan

Author: FK  //  Category: Making a difference, Published Articles

Through out the history of our world women have been both neglected, suppressed and trodden down upon in an effort to systematically reduce them to a level lower then men for objectification as well as exploitation.  However women’s groups and movements have fought against this oppression and for the equality of women to grant them

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In the shadow’s

Author: FK  //  Category: Making a difference, Published Articles, Sports

A new corporate mini-documentary featuring our new superstar Naseem Hameed is all over our television screen these days. It shows a girl sprinting at school races as her parents cheer her on. Cut to the South Asian Games and that girl now a woman, still a sprinter, who wins the 100-metre event gold medal for

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