SINDH, PAKISTAN — Alhamdulillah, as many as 420 Pakistani flash flood survivors received staple food package Aid (sembako) on Monday (10/10/2022). The mandate from the Indonesian donors was immediately distributed that afternoon by Dompet Dhuafa Response Volunteers with the We Care Foundation at Soorjani Protection Bund, Sujawal District, Sindh, Pakistan.
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“This time, Dompet Dhuafa also distributed staple food packages to Pakistani flash flood survivors in Sujawal District. Alhamdulillah, 50 households, a total of 420 people as the beneficiaries, were very enthusiastic in welcoming us here,” said Narwan, Dompet Dhuafa’s DMC (Disaster Management Center) Response Team in Pakistan.
“The condition is indeed very concerning. Seeing the survivors, especially the elderly and young children, have to bear staying in shelters with nothing but sand as the floor, with little to eat under small rattan tents,” he said.
The distribution of food package Aid is also a donation from Indonesia Power, mandated through Dompet Dhuafa to be distributed to Pakistani flash flood refugees. The Dompet Dhuafa Response Team will also roll out Health Service Action (Aksi Layanan Sehat/ALS and set up a Communal Shelter for several families after distributing the basic food packages.
“We’re going to roll out ALS here. From our temporary assessment, many survivors have been infected with skin diseases and malaria,” Narwan added.
Previously, on Monday (26/9/2022), the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, also released the delivery of humanitarian aid at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, East Jakarta, for people affected by Pakistani floods.
Accompanied by the Head of BNPB (National Disaster Mitigation Agency), Lt. Gen. TNI Suharyanto S.Sos., M.M., Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy, as well as several NGOs including Dompet Dhuafa represented by Haryo Mojopahit as the Chief Executive of DMC, President Jokowi appreciated the concern of the Indonesian people.
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Yes, Dompet Dhuafa is one of the institutions/NGOs trusted by the government to help distribute Aid to Pakistan. Dompet Dhuafa itself has 3 (three) stages of aid distribution. Earlier, DMC Dompet Dhuafa had sent aid in the form of logistics through the cooperation of local institutions in Pakistan. Moreover, Dompet Dhuafa will build several pre-facilities, such as temporary and permanent housing, mosques/Musholla, and others. (Dompet Dhuafa/DMC)