The Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation was established in 2003 as a charitable, non-profit organization. Since then the foundation has been a major donor and participant in humanitarian causes in Pakistan.
Mission:
The MJSF aims at reducing poverty, illiteracy and disease from Pakistan by focusing its efforts in areas such as education, healthcare, social development and emergency relief.
Flood Relief:
Floods in Pakistan have played havoc with the lives of millions of people. Thousands lost their lives as the rushing floods swept them away, while others were injured and lost their homes and property within a matter of minutes.
The MJSF has designed a Relief Process that is simple but effective. The relief objective is to increase the rate of survival by providing items of basic needs such as food, clean water, and essential medicines.
The organization first surveys the areas of operation gathering data from local NGOs as well as from the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities. The second step is to send MJSF’s workers to the affected areas to carry out an independent survey.
The relief operations begin 24-48 hours after the survey, during which time the procurement, packaging and transportation of relief supplies takes place.
The basic relief items being provided to the affected areas include:
- 8 day food rations
- Clean drinking water
At present, the MJSF has surveyed selected areas in Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa and has delineated a relief schedule extending up to the 2nd week of August.
For more information about Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation, please visit their website.
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