Update - July 12, 2009
Islamabad, Pakistan
RRT members spent the day training IDP’s who have been taken in by host families. They worked primarily in areas outside of Mardan including Union Council’s Makorri, Fatima and Gujar Garrhi. The team distributed 76,00 sachets of ORS, 75,000 sachets of PUR and 1.4 million Aquatab water purification tablets. The ORS will provide 5,000 patients with full treatment for severe diahhrea and cholera; the PUR will purify 750,000 litres of clean drinking water and the Aquatabs will purify 1.4 million litres of clean drinking water.
Update - July 11, 2009
Islamabad, Pakistan
4 members of GlobalMedic’s RRT traveled to the Aman IDP camp as well as the Jalozai IDP camp. Jalozai camp is the largest in Paksitan’s history with over 130,000 IDP’s residing here. GlobalMedic distributed 80,000 sachets of ORS, 40,000 sachets of PUR and 1.4 million Aquatab water purification tablets. IDP were trained by RRT members. Trainings were conducted for both men and women.
Update - July 10, 2009
Islamabad, Pakistan
GlobalMedic Rapid Response Team members, in partnership with Muslim Aid Pakistan, visited several Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camps today including Sheikh Shahzad, Sheikh Yassen, Takht Bhai and Mazdorabad Camp, Aman Camp and Shewa Adda. They distributed 120,000 sachets of Oral Rehydration Solutions salts, 70,000 sachets of PUR purifier of water and 1.4 million Aquatab water purification tablets. In addition to the distribution, all beneficiaries were also trained on the proper use of the relief aid.
Update - June 26, 2009
Toronto, Canada
Over 2 million people are currently displaced in northwest Pakistan due to a military offensive against the Taliban which began in late April. The movement and displacement of innocent people who resided in the Swat Valley is being regarded as one of the largest exoduses of people in recent memory. While 90% of those displaced are with host families, these households have been stretched to the brink and are in desperate need of life-saving aid. Unfortunately, this crisis has not been communicated to the world at large leaving humanitarian aid agencies with the difficult choice of abandoning the relief effort.
GlobalMedic is deploying water purification supplies to northwest Pakistan which will provide clean drinking water for tens of thousands of those affected. In addition, GlobalMedic is donating medical supplies which will treat those suffering from severe dehydration due to water-borne diseases. On Friday, June 26th, GlobalMedic’s Rapid Response Team volunteers loaded the donation to be shipped.
GlobalMedic would like to thank Arif Shaikh of Care Insurance and members of the Pakistani community in the Greater Toronto Area who donated to the cause and helped to make this donation happen. Donations are still requested in order for GlobalMedic to send more aid to Pakistan.
May 2009
Hundreds of thousands of Pakistani people have been displaced in the north-western region of the country due to escalating conflicts between the Pakistan Army and Taliban. More than 700,000 people have been displaced since May 2, swelling the pre-existing IDP (Internally Displaced Person) population to an estimated 1.3 million.
GlobalMedic is deploying members of its RRT to Pakistan along with water purification units which will provide clean drinking water for over 50,000 people per day and a 22 foot by 42 foot inflatable field hospital to provide instant mobile medical infrastructure. Additionally, 2 million water purification tablets which will provide 2 million litres of clean drinking water and water purification units will provide 70,000 people per day with clean drinking water are being reallocated from other areas of Pakistan
