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Earthquake Relief Information: Donate Goods

[For all practical purposed, this section is no longer relevant. At this point, it is much more useful to donate funds to relief agencies operating in earthquake affected areas in the long haul.] The 3-million-plus people left injured and homeless after the earthquake are in desperate need of shelter, warmth, food, medicine and surgical help. The list of items needed (highlighted below) is updated many times a day so please check back regularly. Items required urgently are marked in bold. Please donate all you can, as much as you can, as quickly as you can. Thank you for all your help.

Donate Goods
Goods needed:

Dry Rations, etc:

  • Water, milk (dry & liquid), juices, tea
  • Rice, lentils, canned foods
  • Biscuits, bread, rusks
  • Dates, dry fruit
  • Sugar, salt
  • Cooking utensils (all kinds)

DO NOT SEND:

  • Water, water purification tablets,
  • Clothes

Shelter, clothes, etc:

  • Tents, blankets, tarps
  • Shoes, socks, clothes
  • Sweaters, jackets, shawls
  • Burial shrouds (kafans)
  • Candles, matchboxes

For children:

  • Toys, papers, color pencils, crayons

Medicines, medical supplies:

Islamabad-Based

Rural Support Programmes Network
RSPN has representatives in villages throughout NWFP, the Northern Areas and Kashmir so they know first-hand what kind of aid is needed. They also have access to helicopters.

  • Drop point: House 7, Street 49, F-6/4
  • Contacts: (+92-51) 282 1736, 282 2476; RSPN's website

Sungi

  • Drop point: House 7A, Street 10, F-8/3
  • Contacts: Sungi Islamabad: (+92-51) 228 2481, 228 2482; (+92-320) 511 8885
  • Volunteers required (note: volunteers are required to help bury people as well)

AMAL (Collecting for Islamic Relief & Sungi)

  • Drop point: House 7, Street 62, G-6/4
  • Contacts: Nighat Rizvi: (+92-300) 500 3175; Imran Rizvi: (+92-300) 855 1208; Mehrunnisa Yusuf : (+92-300) 500 2657
  • Volunteers required to help sort and pack items

International Rescue Committee

  • Drop point: House 33B, Street 16, F-7/2
  • Contacts: (+92-51) 265 4086, 265 4087

Attique Khattak's Relief Efforts

  • Drop point: House 64, Main Margalla Road, F-6/3
  • Contacts Attique Khattak: (+92-300) 500 0550, (+92-333) 520 0500; Azeema Cheema: (+92-300) 971 6567

Children's Resources International

  • Islamabad drop point: House 66, Street 89, G-6/3; (+92-51) 287 7941-2
  • Karachi drop point: 192-P, Block 2, PECHS, Karachi; (+92-21) 438 6967
  • Contacts: Mr. Afzaal A Sheikh (Manager Administration) at (+92-300) 559 3674; CRI's website

Communist Party of Pakistan (Attock Branch)

  • Drop point: Communist Party Secretariat, House 1426, Fateh Jang Chowk, Attock Cantonment
  • Contacts: Engineer Jameel Ahmad Malik (+92-300) 954 3331; Muhammad Iqbal & Daud: (+92-57) 261 1426

Islamabad Rugby Football Club
Emergency rations for Abbotabad, Balakot and Mansera. Please contact the people listed below for details.

  • Drop point: House 13, Street 20, F-7/2
  • Drop point: House 8, Aga Khan Road, F-6/4
  • Drop point: House 319, Street 16, F-10/2
  • Contacts: Zohair Haider (+92-333) 528 9108, Sahir (+92-300) 856 9423, Vex (+92-300) 526 9498

LMKR

  • Drop point: House 29, Main Double Road, F-10/2
  • Contact: (+92-321) 517 5806

Local Mosques
Most local mosques are collecting funds and supplies, get in touch with them too.


Local Schools, Colleges and Businesses
Most local schools, colleges and businesses are collecting funds and supplies, get in touch with them too.

Shipping

National Logistics Corporation
NLC is offering free transportation of relief goods from NLC Staging Sections in Karachi, Hyderabad (Khairpur, Sukkur), Bahawalpur, Multan, Lahore, Gujranwala and Chaklala Airbase (Islamabad).

  • Karachi contacts: (+92-21) 920 5462, 920 584 6344; Brig. Perzada (+92-333) 215 8611, Col. Kirmani (+92-333) 211 6191
  • Gujranwala contacts: (+92-431) 386 1054, 386 4240; Col. Ashiq (+92-300) 864 6145
  • Lahore contacts: (+92-42) 751 2312, 751 2330; Maj. Atif (+92-300) 840 9644
  • For more information go to: NLC's website

PIA / Air Blue / Aero Asia / Bhoja Air
All Pakistani airlines are shipping good to affected areas for free. Air Blue is also donating Rs.100 per ticket if you book it online.


ARAMEX SMS Couriers
ARAMEX is delivering relief goods throughout Pakistan free of cost to the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society.

  • Karachi contact: Ground Floor, Kawish Crown Plaza, Shahrah-i-Faisal, Karachi
  • Lahore contact: 24 Zaman Park Colony, Lahore
  • Islamabad contact: Room 17-18, Muhammadi Plaza, Blue Area, Islamabad
 
Lahore-Based

Pakistan Army

  • Drop point: Fortress Stadium Lahore

Nur Foundation / Fatima Memorial System
Started by members of the Pakistan Community on Orkut, the Nur Foundation is now working with FMS which has sent 20 doctors to affected areas.


Suleman Ghani's Relief Efforts

  • Drop point: 14 Golf Road, GOR I, Lahore
 
Belguim-Based

Meera Ghani's Relief Efforts

  • Drop point: Place du Beguinage, No. 8 1000 Brussels, Belgium
  • Contact: (+32-48) 508 1016
 
Other Contacts

Ansar Burney Welfare Trust

  • Contacts: (+92-300) 824 3459, (+92-301) 824 3459

Rotaract Club 3270

  • Contacts: (+92-300) 946 4209; (+92-333) 422 7114
  • Karachi contact: (+92-333) 229 8048

National Academy of Youth Trust

  • Contact: (+92-3330 311 4726

Khidmat-E-Khalq Foundation

  • Contact: (+92-21) 632 8464

Al-Khidmat Foundation

  • Lahore contact: (+92-42) 543 3038
  • Islamabad Contacts: (+92-51) 227 7343, 287 7933
 

[Last updated: 7:25 PM - Saturday, 25 February, 2006; Site Version 3.2]

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