Photo Gallery
Sindh Emergency Food Relief Effort
Loading up clothing bought in Karachi in preparation for a trip to Larkana where the team buys up rice and mosquito nets before driving as far as they can to neglected communities three hours outside of the city of Larkana in flooded central Sindh. Click on the picture to go to the gallery. After the distribution and some folk songs by a celebrity musician who had come with the team, the whole community cooked some rice, slaughtered a couple of chickens and celebrated with joy. The team made their way back during a densely dark night, across bandit ridden central Sindh, grateful for a police escort. "You have made us happy, this is the first time he have smiled since the flood came" Commuity Elder.
Distributing aid in the remotest areas. Our volunteers are from both faith communities, working together for the good of humanity. Click on the picture to go to a photoalbum.
"Thank you for coming," said this lady to Zafar Francis, Chairman of YWAM Pakistan, "Thank you for showing us you care."
Click picture for slides of the Camp in Lower Sindh, just outside Karachi.( This will open another window.) You will meet the people we met during our survey of the area. They had been evacuated, suddenly, from villages around Thatta..This flood has now engulfed their houses, standing crops and drowned most animals. For those creatures that survived, there is a shortage of fodder. For people in the camps, they know there is an uncertain future.
No-one knows when or who can return. As peasants, they have no land rights. The floods have come at the time of the summer harvest and just before the winter sowing. Local stocks of seed have been washed away. Beasts of burden, essential for ploughing, will not be easily replaced. There is now a national shortage and prices are sky high. If winter crops cannot be sown then food aid will be needed, but this will be extremely difficult if people disperse to claim lands and rebuild mud huts. It is no wonder anxiety is written on every adult face.
Click photo to meet evacuees. The Directors of YWAM Pakistan took the DTS students for a survey of a new camp just over an hour's drive from Karachi. The stories they heard were grim. One lady, already a hundred years old, said" I've endured a lot in my life, but this is the worst". She sufferers from heat induced seizures brought on by the sweltering temperatures - the average is 100F or 38C-and lack of shelter or fans. Another group, twenty-five people, were crammed into a tent meant for one family. They told of the fear created by living in a mixed sex hovel. Ladies normally live a secluded existence, this sudden exposure has psychologically damaged many. Add to that the lack of security or lighting at night and many are desperately sleep deprived. Medical issues are unattended. A young lady watches for her little sister as a man with an untreated psychiatric condition wanders around the camp, a danger to himself and others.
Click picture for food pack preparation. We buy supplies from wholesalers and our volunteers repackage and load them for distribution in Sajawal and Thatta areas..
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As it was, Sindh Flood Relief 2007
Click on the thumbnails or links below to see photo slideshows of our relief efforts during the 2007 floods in Sindh, Pakistan. (Slideshows open in a new browser window or tab)
Flood Damage in Sindh, Pakistan, 2007
Purchasing
Relief Supplies in Dadu in 2007
Preparing
Food Packs in Dadu in 2007
Food
Distribution around Dadu 2007
Meet the Survivors of the Sindh Floods 2007
All photos are courtesy of YWAM Pakistan.