2010 Pakistan Floods
Pakistan Floods – The Relief Effort Continues
The Church in one of the country’s largest Catholic villages has established a water filtration facility to curb water-bourne disease. Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad presided over the blessing of the St. Camillus Clean Drinking Water Center in Khushpur, home to seven thousand Catholics, in Punjab province. Camillian Brother Mushtaq Anjum joined two priests, nuns and villagers at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan 18 – Kotri 3
Dear Confreres, Greetings of peace and good health! CTF brings Shelter and Health in Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan Today it was a long but another fulfiling day. I was wearing my Camillian habit with red cross. It captured attention and surely many wondered what this red cross could mean… It was a silent witnessing. Slowly but [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Pakistan 17 – CTF bring the Good News of Health and Shelter in Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan
Mushtaq Anjum, MI December 8, 2010, was a long but another fulfilling day. I was wearing my Camillian habit with red cross. It captured attention and surely many wondered what this red cross could mean… It was a silent witnessing. Slowly but gradually, so many including religious congregation are learning about our Congregation. Wherever, I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Pakistan 16 – Update from Kotri 2
Dear Confreres, Today, almost the whole day, I went to the possible locations where we will hold medical camps. I was with Mr. Attashad from Caritas Hyderabad. I met also Mr. Shamas Shamoon, the Executive Secretary of Caritas Hyderabad. He happily agreed to send Atta with me and promised to help us if needed. We [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Pakistan 15 – A Visit to Jati
Pakistan 8 – A Look Back – Meet Mushtaq Pakistan 9 – The Franciscans – Meet Our Local Collaborators Pakistan 10 – Sindh – One Place Where CTF-SOS DRS is Working Pakistan 11 – Working with the Franciscans in Hyderabad Pakistan 12 – The Pastoral Formation with the OFMs begins Pakistan 13 – Mushtaq sends [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan Floods 14 – Italian Episcopal Conference Approves Project
On November 20, 2010 the Italian Episcopal Confernece approved the Pakistan Floord Relief Project submitted by CTF-SOS DRS through CTF Central. The relief efforts until that point have been supported primarily by CTF Central, SOS DRS, the Philippine Province of the camillians and ProSA – an NGO of the Lombardo-Venetian Province of the Camillians located in Milan. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan 13 – Mushtaq Sends an Update
After speaking with Mushtaq while Marco Iazzolino and I were in Chile, he writes us an update on how things are going in Pakistan. Let us keep him and the people he is serving in our prayers. Dear Fr. Scott and Marco, Greetings of peace and good health. Thank you for your call. It was/is an [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan 12 – The Pastoral Formation with the OFMs begins
20 million people were displaced by the floods in Pakistan. CTF-SOS DRS is providing many of them with medical care, shelter, pastoral care and humanitarian support. Please help us help those affected by the floods in Pakistan Mushtaq writes: Dear Confreres, Today it is another fruitful day. As scheduled, we conducted pastoral care training for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan 11 – Working with the Franciscans in Hyderabad
20 million people were displaced by the floods in Pakistan. CTF-SOS DRS is providing many of them with medical care, shelter, pastoral care and humanitarian support. Please help us help those affected by the floods in Pakistan Mushtaq writes: Dear Confreres Today I, together with Fr. David, OFM, Caritas personnel, and OFM youth volunteers, revisited [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan 10 – Sindh – One Place Where CTF-SOS DRS is working
Mushtaq, a Camillian from Pakistan who is the mission coordinator of our efforts in the wake of the floods, sends us an article on the situation in Sindh, a desperate one that led us to help construct houses and provide other relief in the area. PAKISTAN: Sindh flood victims “forgotten” DADU, 16 November 2010 (IRIN) – [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan Floods 9 – Meet our Local Collaborators – The Franciscans (OFM)
Pakistan Floods 8 – Meet Mushtaq On November 16, already in Pakistan for a bit and after the visit of Fr. Aris, Mushtaq writes about the Franciscans that he has met in Hyderabad. They have become important local collaborators. Here is a look at this early part of the mission in Pakistan as the relationship with the Franciscans develops [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan Floods 8 – A Look Back – Meet Mushtaq
Pakistan 7 – Building Houses in Hyderabad Here is the e-mail that got our response to the floods in Pakistan underway - an effort that now includes reconstructing houses, medical camps, training people to provide pastoral care, etc. Stay tuned for more updates – and enjoy meeting Mushtaq. Please pray for him, our efforts and those [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan Floods 7 – Building Houses in Hyderabad
Pakistan Floods – CTF Mission Map Pakistan 6 - in Italiano, Fides – un riassunto, dengue Pakistan 5 - In Sindh, with pictures Pakistan 4 – Fr. Aris and Mushtaq move on Pakistan 3 – In Kotadu Fr. Scott As so often happens in disasters, one of the major issues facing those who survive is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan Floods/Inondazioni 6 – Agenzia Fides
Pakistan 5 - In Sindh, with pictures Pakistan 4 – Fr. Aris and Mushtaq move on Pakistan 3 – In Kotadu Casi e 29 Decessi per la Dengue Appello di un Camilliano in Visita alle Regioni Colpite Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Più che il colera (99 casi accertati) è la dengue a preoccupare gli [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pakistan Floods 5 – A Visit to the Sindh District in Pictures [see map]
Pakistan Floods – CTF Mission Map
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