Eid Greetings plus some thoughts...
Wednesday 8 September 2010 at 10:49 
Peace & Blessings be upon you all,
Eid Mubarak everyone. It’s been a blessed and rewarding month – God bless and reward us all.
I humbly request that we remember those less fortunate than us, namely our people in Pakistan who are still suffering as a result of the floods which took place just over a month ago.
The truth is that a month after the floods began, the effort is still focused on the first stage of relief,
rescue and
evacuation — this is unacceptable.
It is estimated that only 3% of needs are being met… As flood waters recede the death toll is likely to significantly increase as more bodies are found — disease will further add to this death toll. Over
72,000 children are affected by severe acute malnutrition in flood-affected areas and Conjunctivitis is spreading, with around 2 million cases reported in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone.
WFP estimates that 14% of the country’s cultivated land has been damaged, at a cost of around $3 billion. In
Sindh, over
7 million have been displaced, and some
6,800 school buildings have been damaged.
According to a UN survey in the 10 most affected districts over
72,000 large animals,
65,000 small animals and over
552,816 poultry have been lost, destroying the livelihoods of those people who depended on their livestock.
I’m very proud to say that Save the Children are doing a great job on the ground. I’m proud to be associated to an organisation that made sure they one among the very first to be present on the ground and to attend to the immediate needs of the flood victims.
Here are just a few example of the great work they’re doing:
- In 30 days, Save the Children has reached over 305,000 people through emergency medical care and distribution of tents, shelter kits, hygiene kits, food and other supplies.
- In Buner, over 2380 patients were treated by Save the Children health teams in the last week.
- In Jacobabad in Sindh, over 1000 families of UC’s Thull were provided with Shelter kits, Buckets and Blankets.
- Over 2857 children (1444 boys and 1413 girls) have benefited from art, play and psychosocial support in Save the Children’s Child Friendly Spaces.
This is indeed excellent work, but MUCH more needs to be done everyone, and it can only be done through the generous donations that come through by yourselves. I’m requesting ALL my supporters, friends as well as visitors who are reading these words to donate
now before it’s too late. You can donate by visiting
here or visit the
Save The Children site and
donate directly (please donate generously).
Much love and respect to you all.
Sami
www.samiyusufofficial.com
Honestly, the truth behind this long delay has been due to one simple fact and nothing more, which is the systematic daily efforts of certain individuals who have worked, and continue to work tirelessly to disrupt, delay and generally do anything to stop this album from reaching you. However, I’m happy to say that they failed – miserably.
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