Allah Ditta is poor Muslim brother. He lives in Qasur District. He is a shepherd by profession and his age is 45 years. He is the only earning head in the family and he is earning his living by grazing the cattle of others on daily wages. He is suffering from a liver infection and nervous disorder. He lacks grip of hands. Due to this problem Allah Ditta is unable to avail an adequate source of income.
The unending misery of victims of recent floods continues to take its toll across Pakistan. As part of our emergency response, MICT has so far targeted Mianwali, Layyah, Muzaffar Garh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajan pur and Dera Ismail Khan, where thousands of families are stranded under the open sky. Through our intervention, MICT has distributed urgently needed food to members of more than 1,000 families. But this is clearly not enough.
This has been the heaviest rainfall since the deluge of 1929. Thousands of homes have been leveled, infrastructure (bridges roads etc.) & businesses washed away, livestock drowned and crops ruined. 14 million people have been affected half of them being children The death toll from the country’s worst floods in living memory topped 1,800 as outbreak of water-borne disease emerged and penniless survivors sought refuge from the raging torrents. The devastating flood, which has played havoc with human life and property, has also inflicted a colossal $1 billion loss to agriculture in the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa alone. Losses to roads, bridges, housing, livestock and property are additional. The UN estimates losses ranging in billions of dollars.
The rapidly escalating catastrophe unleashed by the ongoing monsoon rains and floods in Pakistan once again puts numerous lives at stake in a country which has seen repeated calamities in recent years. The final toll from this latest natural disaster is yet to unfold. The Pakistan government estimates that anywhere up to 14 million people or more which is roughly equivalent to half of Afghanistan’s entire population, could eventually be displaced. At MICT, we are launching this appeal though LFT for immediate assistance to undertake badly needed relief work.
Saira Batoul Seyyed Naqvi has not had an easy life. Her father died 15 years ago, when she was only seven years old. The table below shows the situation of the family’s five children today:
Brother Syed Mohsin Ali lives in Rawalpindi and he is 61 years old. He is an experienced driver and doing job in a private marketing firm. Syed Mohsin Ali is supporting a family of five members.
Like in many developing countries, the unemployment rate in Pakistan is high. The website index mundi estimates that 15.2 percent of the workforce will be unemployed during 2010. This means that out of every seven persons, one person is unemployed. Unemployment not only condemns families to a life in poverty, it also causes many social problems. Unemployed persons may turn to unlawful ways to earn money out of desperation, they may turn to drugs in order to relieve the unbearable stress they are under, they may turn to domestic violence because they feel unable to cope with their family obligations.
Lady Fatemah Trust and Madinatul Ilm charitable trust would like to seek your assistance for meeting the educational needs of four students from poor family backgrounds who became victims of mindless violence in the Parachinar region of Pakistan, close to the Afghan border.
This report documents the successful conclusion of a joint effort sponsored by Lady Fatemah Trust and executed by MICT, to provide emergency food supplies to at least 6,000 people stranded in a region of Pakistan’s northern areas, after the formation of a natural lake in the Hunza valley.
Syeda Ismat Bibi lives in Bhon Chakwal. Her husband has died and she is working at homes to support a family of 4 members including 3 daughters and 1 son. All children are students except one daughter who is mentally weak.
Noor ul Nisa lives in Rawalpindi.Her husband has died and she is supporting her family by sewing clothes at home. She had an old sewing machine but now it is useless and she has no way to earn income to fulfil her household and educational expenses of her children.
The MICT was established in the year 2000 and is based in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. As is evident from its name, the Trust draws its inspiration from our Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (may peace be upon him) who urged his followers time and again to actively pursue search of knowledge.
He sold his land to meet his household needs and educational expenses of his children. At the moment he has exhausted his sources of income and facing financial crisis.
Most people think that cataract is an eye disease that comes with old age. Although many cataract patients are indeed over 60 years old, the statistics table for LFT’s eye program in Pakistan shows that 41.3 per cent of patients were in the 41 to 60 years age bracket, the age of prime productivity for most people:
An artificial lake formed in Pakistan’s northern Hunza valley near a village known as Ataa-abad is expected to break and flood the region by end of this month. In a public assessment given by Pakistan army’s top engineers, anywhere between 30 to 36 villages could be affected by the flood.
Brother Syed Rameez Abbas lives in Rawalpindi and he is 23 years old and he is an experienced taxi driver.
He is the only earning head for his family and he was driving a taxi on daily wages of PKR 300/days some months before but now he is unemployed and it is quite difficult for him to support a huge family of nine members.
Mr. Syed Tauqeer Haider Naqvi is a young person lives in District Khushab. Before some time his financial position was better as he had his own general store.In addition he was a small supplier of different edible items but due to a fraud by contractor he lost his money and sold out his general store items to pay off his loss.
The applicant Syed Imdad Hussain Shah is poor retired government servant and living in a slum area of Chakwal. After his retirement her was doing a job in a private organization but due to some problem he lost his job.
Now Imdad Hussain Shah is unemployed and is supporting a family of four members with his limited pension of PKR 4,000.
Lady Fatemah Trust is seeking financial support for a batch of 24 bright students from across Pakistan who are pursuing education at levels ranging from high school to university. These cases represent students who intend to pursue careers in business and commerce, veterinary sciences, engineering and information technology.
Syeda Batool Bibi is a widow .She is 53 years old. Her husband Syed Abrar Hussain Shah died in year 2003.After his death Syeda Batool Bibi is supporting whole family by sewing clothes at home.
Brother Muhammad Baran is a retired servant and experienced contractor and 64 years of age. He lost his son Shaheed Tanveer Hussain on19 August 2008 in a bomb blast at district hospital D. I. Khan. He was 21 years old; a student of Electrical Engineering.Muhammad Baran is supporting a family of 4 members
Brother Syed Zafar Abbas Shah is an experienced business man and a watch maker and 51 years of age. He lives in D.I.Khan and runs a small shop where he sells as well as repairs watches. Syed Zafar Abbas Shah is supporting a family of 5 members, viz. his wife, son and two daughters while one daughter is married.
Lady Fatemah Trust is seeking financial support for a batch of 24 bright students from across Pakistan who are pursuing education at levels ranging from high school to university. These cases represent students who intend to pursue careers in business and commerce, veterinary sciences, engineering and information technology.
Education Appeal from Pakistan to assist FIVE deserving bright students
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03-03-2010
Lady Fatemah Trust (LFT) is seeking financial support for a batch of 24 students from across Pakistan who are pursuing education at levels ranging from high school to university. These cases represent students who intend to pursue careers in business and commerce, veterinary sciences, engineering and information technology. While representing the potential of future success,......
18th Microfinance Grant Proposal for Microfinance Grant-Down Payment van Riaz Ali Ganish Hunza
28-02-2010
Brother Riaz Ali is a resident of Ganish (Hunza) Northern Areas. He is a driver by profession.
He left his education due to non availability of resources .His education is upto 8th class.
To meet his daily needs and to support his family he had to work as a driver in a private organization.
He is supporting a family of nine members including his wife, three children, two brothers, three sisters and his mother.
LFT Eye Program in Pakistan. The Eye Sight of More Than 2000 Patients was Preserved or Restored by this Program in 2009. 4,674 have been preserved since the start of this project
2010-02-06
Cataract, an eye condition that is easily treatable in the developed world, still is a leading cause of blindness in many developing countries. While treatment is available in most places, sufferers cannot afford its cost due to poverty. Thousands of patients needlessly become blind and unable to work and care for their families due to cataracts, and thousands of families fall into destitution. In 2009, LFT supported two different organizations in Pakistan that offer state-of-the-art eye care free of charge or at greatly reduced cost.
16th Microfinance Grant Syed Imtiaz Haider Naqvi - Taxi
2010-01-07
Brother Syed Imtiaz Haider Naqvi is a lives in Islamabad and is a retired steno Grapher and now working in a private educational institution. Now he is receiving a pension and a salary from private institution which is insufficient for his house hold and educational expenses. He has a family of thirteen members including 11 children and he and his wife.
15th Proposal for Microfinance Grant –Tea shop/Canteen. Sher khan-Chakwal
2010-01-07
Brother Sher Khan is resident of Chakwal and he was a small contractor. Now he is unable to get contracts and is facing financial crisis to meet his house hold expenses as well as education of his children. Brother Sher Khan is supporting a family of eleven members, his parent, wife, and eight children.
14th Proposal for Microfinance Grant –Plumber shop Tahir Naqash -Gharib Abad Rawalpindi
2009-12-26
Tahir Naqash is resident of Gharib Abad Rawalpindi and he is doing plumber work on daily wages. He faced many hardships in his early childhood because when he was of two years he father died and his mother married another man. His step father forced him to do work instead of studies. Due to his step father’s ill behaviour he left his home and came to Rawalpindi with a dream to make his future but he was unable to continue his studies as he had no source of income. Now he is married and has two children and hardly meets his house hold expenses.
GBP 5.85 per month (average) will meet Education fee, Travelling, Uniform, and Stationery for 68 students wishing to complete and or start education at University, Secondary or Primary School
2009-12-20
Dera Ismail Khan or DI Khan (as very commonly referred to) was founded towards the end of the fifteenth century by Ismail Khan, a son of the Baloch adventurer Malik Sohrab. The original town was swept away by a flood in 1823, and the present town stands four ... Tank was the oldest tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan district and it was given district status on July 1, 1992, with a view to develop it. Two major tribes – Bhittani and Mehsud – live in Tank district, along with the Kundi, Gandapur and Jaat tribes. The city has telephone, telegraph, and internet facilities- although telegraph has recently been abandoned in line with the government policy of transitioning away from telegraph communications throughout the country
Proposal for Microfinane Grant-Syed Tanveer Abbas Shah Jaffri ~ Motorcycle Rickshaw
2009-12-15
Brother Syed Tanveer Abbas Imamia Colony Shahdara Lahore. He is education is middle. He is a driver with experience of eight years. Presently he is driving a rickshaw on daily wages and hardly earns his livings to fulfil his daily. The income is hardly PKR 350 per day approx. Which is very low as compared to his daily expenses? PKR 450 per day.
Ninth and Tenth Micro finance Project in Kuram Agency, Pakistan Twenty four Families with 153 members in the family benefited from this Phase no 9 and 10 Total no of families: 88 with 489 members have so far benefited
2009-12-01
Background Kurram Agency which is dominantly populated by Shia community is in the grip of sectarian violence since April 2007. The major killings took place on 16-11-07 and since then the sectarian killings have continued. Over 200 people have been killed and many more wounded. To provide financial support to deprived people of Parachinar MCT has already been conducting a financial support program with the generous support of LFT. Under this program monthly relief had been distributed among the families of Shuhada and injured. Families Detail Initially 88 families (77 non Syed and 11 Syed) have been identified by the local religious leadership for the financial relief program .The number of affected families has increased due to recent turmoil, which will be taken care of in due course.
Proposal for Microfinance Grant General Store-Muhammad Bashir, Bhon District Chakwal
2009-11-13
Mr. Muhammad Bashir is an elderly person lives in, Bhon, District Chakwal. Before some time his financial position was better but due to some circumstances now he is suffering from worst financial crisis, even he is unable to fulfill his house hold obligations and educational expenses of his only son.
Proposal for Microfinance Grant Brick carriers (donkeys) for Muhammad Kazim with fourteen dependents
2009-11-13
Brother Muhammad Kazim was resident of Dera Ismail Khan, his family was compelled to leave their native village, and now they reside at Bhakkar. Brother Muhammad Kazim and his coworker family members are supporting a joint family of eighteen members, consisting his own family and his brother’s family plus his parents and sisters.
Proposal for Microfinance Grant - Chinese Auto Rickshaw for Mumtaz Hussain
2009-11-13
Brother Mumtaz Hussain lived in Dera Ismail Khan and was a rickshaw driver on daily wages. Due to unfavourable living conditions and insecurity he migrated that place with his family to Bhakkar. Now he is in worst financial crisis due to low wages to fulfil his day to day obligations and educational expenses of his daughter. He has to look after a family of five persons, including his parents, wife and a daughter.
13th Proposal for Microfinance Grant General Store-Muhammad Bashir, Bhon District Chakwal
2009-10-27
Mr. Muhammad Bashir is an elderly person lives in, Bhon, District Chakwal. Before some time his financial position was better but due to some circumstances now he is suffering from worst financial crisis, even he is unable to fulfill his house hold obligations and educational expenses of his only son.
Proposal for Microfinance Grant – Syed Sikandar Ali Naqvi Joint Computer Accessories Business
2009-10-27
Brother Syed Sikandar Ali Naqvi is an experienced business man and 53 years of age. He is private business man by profession (computer accessories) he is a graduate and has vast experience in computer accessories business. He left his business in search of better future and left for Dubai there he was doing well but due to current economic slum he lost his job.
Fourth Phase of supporting 12 students complete their higher education. (Total students supported so far 32)
2009-10-26
Lady Fatemah Trust (LFT) is seeking financial support for a batch of nine students across Pakistan, identified by us as offering the promise of future success. According to MICT, our partner in Pakistan, seven of these students include those already enrolled in different tiers of higher education institutions while the remaining two students are in high school prepping for college education. Our latest appeal follows our previous requests in the past year as we have sought to build up support for students in distress across Pakistan. Just as for our previous appeals, MICT has carried out a detailed scrutiny on the ground, confirming the circumstances surrounding each students mentioned in this appeal.
Third Phase of supporting nine students complete their higher education. (Total students supported so far 20)
2009-09-04
Lady Fatemah Trust (LFT) is seeking financial support for a batch of nine students across Pakistan, identified by us as offering the promise of future success. According to MICT, our partner in Pakistan, seven of these students include those already enrolled in different tiers of higher education institutions while the remaining two students are in high school prepping for college education.
Appeal for Fifth Micro-Financing Support Project “Purchase of an Operational Workshop and adding Additional Equipment”
2009-08-31
Economic recession and spiral rise in cost of living has devastatingly effected the lives of most of the low income group families. The large family structure, joint family system, and even more than one earning member in a family have left them in turmoil and agony. Young talented youth with technical background and skill in hand, do not have enough resources even from there jobs to support a reasonable living, for themselves and their dependents. There is a strong need to support such youngsters who have drive, talent, skill and lack just a meagre financial need, which if provided can help make them self employed and independent, thereby enabling them to become self sufficient and self sustaining, besides releasing the economic burden of a member of the society.
Appeal for Microfinance Grant – Muhalla Tulsa Road Lala Zaar, Rawalpindi
2009-08-30
Hashim Ali lives in Lala Zaar, in Rawalpindi. He is unable to walk due to a medicine infection in 1998. Hashim lived with his parents but after their death he lived with his brother. But in April 2009 his brother died and responsibility of his brother’s family fell on his shoulders.
Proposal for Microfinance Grant – Shah Said Bulhoo, Chakwal
2009-08-25
Syed Munawar Kazmi lives in the slum area of Shah Said Bulhoo, in Chakwal district. He needs to support a family of 7, including his elderly sick mother. He has had numerous labouring jobs on a daily basis and not been able to secure a reliable income to support his family sufficiently. Syed Munawar also has to support his younger brother and all 7 of the family live in one room, with no separate kitchen or bathroom facilities.
Proposal for Microfinance Grant of Ox – Kotli Satian, Rawalpindi
2009-08-25
Syed Tusadiq Hussain Kazmi, lives in a small village of Kotli Satian in Rawalpindi and due to death of his father had to leave his profession of an office clerk in the Pakistani Army and come back home and look after his mother, his sisters and his own family. Given that he had to resign he left the Army without any benefits and upon returning to the family has had to struggle and Alhamdulillah through determination he has been able to secure a future of his sisters by ensuring that they married into decent families.
MICROFINANCE INTIATIVE – GOATS FOR WIDOW AND POOR FAMILIES IN GOHRA/NARWARA VILLAGES IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN
2009-06-21
Lady Fatemah Trust through its’ partner, Pravalli Welfare Trust would like to distribute 2 goats to 12 families in remote hilly villages of Gohra/Nawara, district of Abbottabad in North West Frontier Province in Northern Pakistan. Each family will receive 2 goats and any produce and income derived from this set will be kept by the family. This original set of goats will begin a chain of income generation opportunities for other widow and poor families in that the kids that are born will be given to another family to provide income and food. Any kids born from this second generation will be given to another family and so on.
Current situation and Economic embargo in Parachinar. Appeal from 88 Families with 489 members for Micro Finance.
2009-06-16
Parachinaris are basically agrarian people and have some family members, working in UAE and other Arab states, sending back money to their families in these poverty stricken areas. The Taliban and their allies have employed a strategy of starving out the local population and have cut off the area from the rest of Pakistan by occupying crucial points on all incoming roads and declaring all people buying from or selling to Shias as "infidels" deserving death.
Education Appeal from Pakistan to assist ELEVEN deserving bright students
2009-03-28
Trust has received an appeal from the our Partners in Pakistan to assist the following 11 bright students to complete their education. Two of the eleven students are orphans whereas others are from troubled area of Parachinar and Kurram Valley.
Making World Visible to Blind people LFT pledges to give IOL and OT worth PKR 478,455.00 to MMH
2009-03-11
Blindness and low vision cause loss of productivity and livelihood. They have a profound effect on the economic well being of individuals and their families, their individual independence and the quality of life. Cataract blindness develops at an earlier age in developing countries often striking people in their early 40s.It also affects females more than males, because of their inability to seek services on their own.
Masjid Aal-e-Imran Water Supply Project Hasil, Chakwal, Pakistan
2009-02-23
Following the beginning of a successful implementation of the Bibi Sakina (AS) Water Supply project in surrounding areas, The Lady Fatemah Trust has been requested to build a well for Masjid Aal-e-Imran in Hasil, Chakwal. Previously this area has had a potable water supply, but due to political forces and financial difficulties the village has not had access to clean water for the past year. The Masjid’s water connection was through this scheme and has also been severed.
Masjid Aal-e-Imran Water Supply Project
2009-02-16
Following the beginning of a successful implementation of the Bibi Sakina (AS) Water Supply project in surrounding areas, The Lady Fatemah Trust has been requested to build a well for Masjid Aal-e-Imran in Hasil, Chakwal. Previously this area has had a potable water supply, but due to political forces and financial difficulties the village has not had access to clean water for the past year. The Masjid’s water connection was through this scheme and has also been severed. Potable water has been found 250 feet below the surface, but the water 120-150 feet below the ground is very dirty. To make sure that the contaminated water does not mix with the pure water, a steel pipe will be put at the correct depth to shield the well.
Family Support Program Report (Affected families, Parachinar)
2009-01-25
The main thrust of the family support program targeting the regions of Parachinar and Kurram valley emerged from the widespread insecurity across this region in 2008. The fast deteriorating security conditions and bloodshed of defence-less men, women and children during the past year, threw up the need to provide immediate support to the victims on the ground.
Appeal for Education Sponsorship of Orphan children, Shuhada Dera Ismail Khan
2008-12-14
Dera Ismail Khan is one of the 24th districts in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. Headquarter of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan. The district has an area of 7,326 km and a population of about 853,000 out of which the Muslims are about 200,000 (0.2 million). The district of Dera Ismail Khan is bounded on the east by Punjab province, to the southwest by South Waziristan district, and to the northwest by Tank and Lakki Marwat districts. District Dera Ismail Khan is backward area with most of the population lives below poverty line. Despite being situated on the bank of Indus River, the area is dry and very hot. The city lacks basic urban infrastructure. There is very little agriculture and virtually no industries.
Bibi Sakina (AS) Water Supply Project - For Water Scarcity Areas of Islamabad and Surrounding Districts
2008-11-11
Pakistan is a country where water is a scarce commodity. Recent surveys commissioned by various international agencies and the Pakistani Government have concluded that the deserts of Sindh and Balochistan, and dry areas of Pakistan in high altitudes do not have enough safe, clean, drinkable water to sustain their populations. The ferocity of the problem increases every year as the underground water levels recede; predominantly due to the effects of climate change – increasing global temperatures are evaporating reserves quicker than before, and less rainfall means water resources are drying out in the long term.
95 Cataract Patients treated in Kashmir and Pakistan during June 2007
2007-07-15
One of the greatest bounties Allah gave to man is the bounty of vision. Vision enables us to perceive the world around us. In numerous verses, the holy Koran refers to vision and to light, as opposed to blindness and darkness. Vision and light enable us to perceive reality and distinguish truth from falsehood, while blindness and darkness make us helpless and unable to perceive. LRBT FREE Eye Care {The Graham Layton Trust} was founded to combat blindness and restore the eyesight of persons suffering from blindness due to treatable causes, but who cannot obtain treatment due to poverty. LRBT’s hospitals in Mansehra and Mandra, are located in Kashmir perform cataract surgery with modern methods, including implantation of intra-ocular lenses, completely free of charge.
Pakistan – Kashmir Earthquake Appeal
2005-10-16
Pakistan – Kashmir Earthquake Appeal "And whoever saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the entire people." (Holy Qur’an, 5:35) On the 8th of October 2005, a devastating earthquake (depth 10km) hit Southeast Asia, with its centre in Muzaffarabad, 95km northeast of Islamabad. The worst affected areas were within a 100km radius of the epicentre, around Kashmir. In Pakistan, the latest death toll estimates from DFID suggest 25,000 with 63,000 injured. At least 2 schools collapsed with 400 children buried. In India official reports estimate 1,300 dead and 4,500 injured. Approximately 4 million people have been rendered homeless, thousands are missing, and as aftershocks continue and weather conditions worsen, this figure will inevitably rise.
