Making That Change - Video Clips (Flood Relief Work 2010)

Event coordinated by MCP members & Mr. Omer Mateen in Shikarpur Camps 

Making That Change - Recent Updates

Updates: 

Just a start from 1 week!

• WLUMSA Campus Club - 60$
• Personal Donations - 400$

In the next 4 months, there will be more fund raising campaigns. 

Updates from M.C.P's project

Toys and candies being distributed to children in camps Dhabeji, Sindh, Pakistan.

A young boy anxiously opening his gift

• M.C.P has recently started to construct their strategic plan of long term development for the flood victims in Pakistan.More information concerning this project will be updated on our website soon.
• Recently, M.C.P has also distributed toys to children in Dhabeji, Sindh, Pakistan camps for Eid (A special holiday celebrated in Pakistan). All of these toys  were donated to these children.
  
  
  
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Making That Change - M.C.P's Relief Campaign Schedule

WEEK 2

• Dadu, Sindh, Team - Distribution of 1000 bags of ration in two truck
• One truck with 600 bags to naushero feroz
• Two trucks with 1000 bags to sukkur/ gotki area….
• One truck to shikarpur with 600 bags to our cam 
• In shikarpur all registrations were done and identity cards were issued to each head of family
• Total 200 families were registered and are being supported, total number of adults and children are 1200 in this camp. Each family was given one bag of dry ration which will last a week.

Distribution at each destination was supervised by 2-3 members of our group and by officers

WEEK 3

• One truck with 500 bags went to Sakrand
• One truck with 500 bags to Sujawal
• One team went went to shikarpur to give the weeks ration

WEEK 4

• 105 Daigs of cooked food were distributed in thatta/sujawal over two days
• Adopted another camp consisting of a cluster of 5 schools in dhabeji having 900 people
• Team went to shikarpur, new clothes were given to every child, women and men, medical camp was established for a period of one month for 4 hours every day.. as usual milk was given to every child under the age of 5

WEEK 5

• Team went to Jacobabad with ration bags
• Team was in Qambar with 500 bags of ration
• Same team came to shahdadkot today with another truck of 500 bags
• Team is going to shikarpur for this weeks ration, along with toys and sweets for the children…
• Team is going to dhabeji camp to distribute ration bags, sweets, utensils, towels, soaps and toys

  Click here to view our photo album of relief projects 

Making That Change - Art Therapy For Children in Dhabeji, Sindh Pakistan

Click on the slideshow to see the full online web album for this event. 

Flood Relief Activities in Shikarpor, Sindh, Pakistan

Making That Change - Trip to Kashmore, Sindh by M.C.P

Here's The Story 

* Aug 14 Two Phase Mission: To conduct a survey the area to determine the most neglected area where instant relief is needed, and to establish contacts with local administration and security forces so that their help can be enlisted for our next round of relief work.

Difficulties with swimming to get across due to the heavy flood

Displacement camps set up outside Kashmore

* We focused on Kashmore district because it being neglected by private donors and the local administration did not have enough sources to provide food to ALL the IDPS (Internally displaced persons).

* 1800 ration bags were a drop in the ocean compared to what was needed out there, but we knew each bag delivered there would make a difference as people out there were truly destitute. Ration packs were delivered in schools set up as IDP camps and also to IDPS settled on the outskirts of Kashmore city

Distribution of large food packages

Putting a smile!

* Each ration pack had enough food to feed a family of 5 to 7 for a minimum of 7 days. In addition to our Shikarpur trip, we identified a school housing 1000 or so IDPS in most horrible living conditions. With help of local administration we decided to "adopt" this school named Govt High School # 2, whereby we would be responsible for food and hygiene of the inhabitants while local administration would look after their medical needs. However if for any reason the local administration fail in looking after their medical needs then MCP Flood Relief drive will arrange a medical camp in School # 4.

Govt School

ID Tags to avoid duplication

* A system of ID cards has been placed to ensure that there is no duplication of distribution of any item to any one person. On Emergency basis we have employed sweepers, provided soaps and other hygiene products, water coolers, hand fans and milk for children.

* Rations packs to School # 4, will be delivered by an MCP team over the weekend as we felt that the food being provided by the city government was inadequate. The management of the school # 4 will be with MCP using local administration + Pakistan Rangers for monitoring of over all cleanliness and water supply. School #4 will be under MCP management for a duration of 4 to 12 weeks depending on how soon the IDPS can leave.

* MCP will be sending more relief and helping others in distributing their goods with relief pakcs. Three teams will leave Karachi for Dadu, Noshero Feroz and Sukker/ Shikarpur.The Sukker / Shikarpur team's goal is to provide further relief to school # 4 and to establish systems and controls for its management, while Dadu and Noshero feroz teams will be distributing ration packs only.

A Glimpse of Hope

Making a difference!

Our work has just begun, from what we have seen a lot more needs to be done over next 2 to 3 months. 

TEAM MCP looks forward
to your continued support