personal accounts

News Updates

Submitted by Bilaal Ahmed on October 20, 2005 - 10:16am.     news | personal accounts | resource

The news coming out of South Asia does not seem to be getting better. The death toll is expected to rise significantly, tremors are hampering relief efforts and the winter weather may bring a second wave of deaths.

Click below for selected articles on the current situations:

Reuters: Kashmir quake the world's toughest relief operation

A Personal Account from a Friend

Submitted by Bilaal Ahmed on October 17, 2005 - 6:43pm.     personal accounts | relief

Below is a blog entry from a friend of mine Mustafa Hadi, who is also an Impak Co-Director.

Mustafa's narrative, both engaging and difficult to fathom, provides you a perspective from an outside volunteer working among extraordinary conditions alongside extraordinary people. 

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Chowrangi Magazine: Personal Accounts Appeal

Submitted by Bilaal Ahmed on October 16, 2005 - 12:13pm.     affected | fundraising | personal accounts
Dear Friends,

The Chowrangi magazine team would like to put first-person accounts of the earthquake, its aftermath, and relief efforts up on our website (www.chowrangi.org), as well as publish some in our upcoming issue (with
permission). Please send on any accounts and stories that you have received. We hope this will do some justice to the amazing love, courage and resilience shown by the people of Pakistan.
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