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Other ways you can give your donation
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By Phone
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To donate by card over the phone, just call: 0800 520 0000 (free for most landlines)
or 0208 531 6752
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For information on posting your donation, Click Here
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To visit your nearest Islamic Relief shop, Click Here
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Islamic Relief health centre in Neelum Valley |
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- 31% of people live on less than $1 a day
- 72% of women are illiterate
- 1 in 11 babies die before their 1st birthday
Over 50% of the population is employed in agriculture and live in rural areas. Poverty remains widespread, with almost one in three Pakistanis living on less than $1 a day. In addition, over the past 20 years, Pakistan has hosted up to three million Afghan refugees.
The largest earthquake to hit South Asia in a century devastated the region on the morning of October 8, 2005. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake affected Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, destroying entire towns and villages.
Over 79,000 people died and an additional 3 million left homeless. Over 5 million people in all have been affected by this disaster. The earthquake’s epicenter was close to Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
Islamic Relief in
Islamic Relief’s central office is located in Islamabad and other field offices are located in other parts of Pakistan and in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Islamic Relief has been working in Pakistan since 1992.
Islamic Relief has successfully implemented many relief and development projects including drought relief in Balochistan, orphan support, prevention of blindness programs, and education enhancement programs. In addition, Islamic Relief has responded to disasters including earthquakes, droughts, cyclones and floods.
Islamic Relief had three offices near the earthquake-affected areas and thus Islamic Relief's emergency response team was able to reach the affected area within one hour after the earthquake hit.
Islamic Relief staff was on the ground within hours of the disaster, and immediately conducted a needs-assessment. Islamic Relief Pakistan's healthcare center in Neelum Valley began receiving and treating the injured soon after the earthquake. There are more than ten medical clinics operated by Islamic Relief in the earthquake-affected areas. Over 2,000 people were treated at the Neelum Valley center just on the second day after the earthquake.
Islamic Relief's earthquake response efforts have focused on the following sectors:
Shelter; Food Security; Health; Water Sanitation; Education; and Sustainable livelihoods.
Islamic Relief has distributed winterized tents, plastic sheeting, sleeping mats, medicine, food items, water cans, kitchen sets, and blankets/quilts among other things to earthquake victims.
Over 537,000 beneficiaries have been served by Islamic Relief's emergency earthquake response efforts
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