While Sitting in Our Cozy Rooms, Let us not Forget the Earthquake Victims

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October 8, 2005 was a Saturday. I tend to wake up late on Saturdays. On this particular day, I suddenly felt as if my bed was shaking (and it is a solid wood structure). My first thought was that my naughty nephew is doing something and wants me to get out of bed. However, on looking around I could see him nowhere. I decided to turn and go to sleep. Again, I felt the bed shaking and this time my foggy brain told me to get out and run down where everyone else was. I told them I felt the bed shaking, my husband said he thought the chair was shaking and my nephew too had felt it. I decided to switch on the television. Sure enough there was a quake but the News channels at that moment were grappling with the issue of where the epicenter was?

We all know about the devastation that followed. Dr. Irfan Noor is one of the volunteers working in Pakistan’s affected areas and here is what he has to say:

So many hospitals and health facilities were damaged, and yet people still need the same basic day-to-day health care they needed before the earthquake.

We have lost track of these patients; people with heart disease, diabetes, and chronic illnesses. We also want full and proper care for pregnant women.

The full story can be read at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4347374.stm

Nature’s disasters strike at random and bring forth untold miseries. And the least we can do is to donate some money. There are others who are actively working with the victims. Even if all of us cannot do so, we can at least donate some money, it is the easiest thing to do.

I am putting down a list of charities that I have taken from www.desipundit.com

CARE
Oxfam
UNICEF
World Vision
Humanity First
Hidaya Foundation
SEWA International
International Rescue Committee
Pakistan President’s Relief Fund
The Human Development Foundation
The Association for the Development of Pakistan ’s Earthquake Redevelopment Fund

Of course, this list is short but please donates anywhere you feel like. There are people who need our support and the money donated could be as small as what we spend on a pizza! Still, if a lot of people do so, we will be able to make a difference.

If you wish, please join this call in support of the recent earthquake victims. You can find the details here

http://www.desipundit.com/2005/10/22/blog-quake-day/#more-1431