Earthquake – Kashmir

When the earthquake struck the northern parts of Pakistan, on 8th Oct 2005, many NGOs rushed to the site to provide emergency relief. Blood Donation Camp in Karachi, 2000 Bags of Blood Collected and sent to Earthquake areas. The HOPE team also took part in the relief activities and A 17 member team of HOPE comprising of Physicians, Surgeons, Lady Doctors, Gynecologist, Paramedics and Social Works set up medical camps in Mansehra, Abbotabad, Batal, Chattar Plain, Balakot, Baseyan 4000 patients treated, further medical and development activities are continued both in the health and education sectors in the earthquake areas and visited these areas atleast thrice. With the assistance of UNICEF, HOPE started a new project for rehabilitating the nutrition status of children under 5 years and pregnant and lactating mothers. With the onset the earthquake and displacement of families, children have been the main sufferers and a majority of them have become malnourished. HOPE is working with LHVs and doctors working in the Basic Health Units (BHUs) as well as other health facilities, providing them with the nutritional supplement containing of micronutrients and monitoring their growth. Activities will also involve counseling mothers in their villages and working on various health related issues of children and women. Two offices have been set up- one in Muzaffarabad and the other in Bagh District. HOPE is providing services in Muzaffarabad and Bagh Districts as well as Neelum Valley.

The NGO, HOPE took an active part in Relief activities of the Earthquake in 2005. Blood Donation Camp in Karachi, 2000 Bags of Blood Collected and sent to Earthquake areas.