[NIFL-WOMENLIT:3352] relief to Pakistan

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:45:08 -0400 (EDT)
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all - apologies to those who have already seen this on the Rethinking
Schools list

- janet

This is a chance to give direct relief to families in Pakistan through
Teachers Without Borders a non-governmental  organization onthe ground in
Pakistan. Forward this message to teachers,  women's organizations, and
others asap. Thanks.

*The easiest way is to buy a tent at www.overstock.com
<http://www.overstock.com> Type TENTS in Looking FOR Cloumn You can buy a
tent for as low as $ 66.00. This week the delivery fee is only $ 1.00.
Please have them mail the tent to

PODA Earthquake Relief 111 East 7th Street Apt. 67 New York, NY 10009 Ph:
212-477-1996

We are sending a cargo to Pakistan on Nov. Ist. (Pakistan airlines is not
charging any cargo fees and these tents will reach Kashmiri families a day
after arriving in Pakistan). If you need a tax deductible receipt for it, we
can send it to you from Teachers Without Borders.     Thank you very much
for your timely help. Sameena sameena nazir <sameena_travel@yahoo.com >
wrote:

Dear Friends: This is Sameena Nazir from Pakistan. I need your urgent
attention to our latest update below. Please take a few minutes to read and
help if you can. Please also pass on this message to others you know who may
be able to help. Thanks. ----------------------

UPDATE: Monday, October 16, 2005 Our Pakistani NGO, PODA has sent two teams
to the worst hit areas of the earthquake in Kashmir.

Women's needs assessment. PODA's is organizing an assessment to leave for
Muzzafarabad (Kashmir) later this week. This women led team of PODA staff
will assess the gender-specific needs of women victims of the earthquake.
Due to the reserved social and cultural situation in most of the hard hit
areas and due to lack of female social workers in mountain areas, women's
needs are not coming out clearly in the relief efforts. We have received
reports through our contacts in the earthquake region that women are facing
problems telling male doctors about their medical illnesses due to the fact
that most of them do not feel comfortable being examined by male doctors and
because most emergency doctors and nurses on these site are not equipped to
handle women's health issues. In addition, most women are in dire needs of
female sanitary items and undergarments. Pregnant women need special care
and nutritious food but those left without any male family members are not
able to fight their way through huge crowds of needy people that surround
air supplies and other relief good caravans. PODA is making this an urgent
priority to reach women surviviors and to deliver them their essential needs
items and food and to help facilitate medical care for them. Most women are
also not leaving to get urgent medical care for themselves because they have
children and other family members that are injured and women do not want to
leave them. Reports on any HR violations will also be looked into. Artisans
Needs Assessment:

As many of you may know, one of our projects for Women's Economic Rights is
to teach rural women about access to income generation skills. For the last
three years, PODA has worked with Kashmiri artisans to teach rural women in
our project areas how to recycle paper to make Kashmiri Papier-Mashie
handicrafts. All our teachers came from Kashmir. PODA offices in Pakistan
are working round the clock to locate and rescue Kashmiri artisans who have
worked with PODA and any others who need urgent help.

Last week, PODA sent its first assessment team, led by our senior art
teacher, Mr. Afzal Shah to make contact with his fellow Papier-Mashie artist
teachers to assess their needs for help and to bring back as many of them
who want to take refuge in PODA project villages in low land areas. Mr. Shah
left for Muzzafarabad last week and reached the worst hit areas after four
days of traveling (normally it takes seven hours). He will return by the end
of this week. PODA will host all artisan teachers who may come with Mr. Shah
along with their families. We are already identifying host families for them
in our project villages.  Our top priority is to help them spend winter in
safe areas and to rehabilitate and start their artwork and children's
education.

MOST URGENT NEED: TENTS

The earthquake that hit South Asia on October 8, 2005  (scale 7.6) was the
worst for this area in 100 years. The earthquake has devastated human beings
and homes in hundreds of miles area. Over 50,000 people are reported dead in
Pakistan and over 2 millions are homeless as of today. The worst hit areas
are Pakistani side of Kashmir and Himalayan range mountains in Northern
areas of Pakistan. These are very difficult areas and it will take some time
before all injured people can be brought down to lower grounds. Right now,
we need to get help to them wherever they are in the mountains. In 20 days,
there will be snow all over these mountains. Those who have survived the
earthquake may become victims of snow. The most urgent need right now is
TENTS. Pakistan is completely out of tents and a shortage of tents is also
being reported in India. We need your help to urgently send TENTS to trapped
victims in Pakistani mountains who are living in open air right now. This
includes thousands of children, women and elderly.

There are two ways you can help: 1.       If you have a TENT (any size, any
kind, used or new) please donate it. If you can afford to buy and donate
one, please do. Mail it to: Pakistan Earthquake Relief For PODA C/o Teachers
Without Borders (TWB) 2880 74th Avenue, S.E. - Mercer Island, WA 98040-2635
Phone: (206) 230-8126

TWB, our USA based partner NGO is trying to get a donation of Container
Shipment from DHL. The container will leave for Pakistan in a few week most
probably by the first week of November to take essential supplies before
winter.

Please send as many TENTS as you can. We also need blankets and medicines
but if you can only send one thing, send a TENT. It is top priority.

2. You can make a cash, check or credit card donation to help PODA purchase
and deliver essential and urgent items to earthquake victims. Donations are
being accepted at

www.teacherswithoutborders.org <http://www.teacherswithoutborders.org>  -
click on Earthquake Relief.

TWB will send a tax-deductible donation receipt for each donation made in
USA and will send you documentation for it. Your donations of money will
allow PODA to buy and deliver the following urgent items: - Clean drinking
water, painkillers, bandage, and disinfections medicines for injured -
Children's medicines for fever, cough, sore throat, baby food items -
Women's sanitary items, medicines for pain, cramps, energy bars, vitamins
for pregnant women - Blankets, warm clothes for winter - Phone cards,
renting of vehicles to help connect trapped families with relatives and
friends in Pakistan and abroad

Thank you

Sameena Nazir

Lilly Rivlin 463 West St. Apt. 510 NYC, NY 10014 lilith@att.net
www.LillyRivlin.com <http://www.LillyRivlin.com>

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