2010 Pakistan Floods

Pakistan Floods – The Relief Effort Continues

Posted on October 6, 2011. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, English |

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 [...]

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Pakistan 18 – Kotri 3

Posted on January 21, 2011. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, English |

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 [...]

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Pakistan 17 – CTF bring the Good News of Health and Shelter in Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan

Posted on January 17, 2011. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, English |

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 [...]

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Pakistan 16 – Update from Kotri 2

Posted on January 15, 2011. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, English |

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 [...]

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Pakistan 15 – A Visit to Jati

Posted on January 12, 2011. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry |

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 [...]

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Pakistan Floods 14 – Italian Episcopal Conference Approves Project

Posted on January 8, 2011. Filed under: (CEI) Italian Bishops COnference, 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Central, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry, Relief Network Collaborators |

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. [...]

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Pakistan 13 – Mushtaq Sends an Update

Posted on January 4, 2011. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry |

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 [...]

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Pakistan 12 – The Pastoral Formation with the OFMs begins

Posted on January 1, 2011. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry |

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 [...]

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Pakistan 11 – Working with the Franciscans in Hyderabad

Posted on December 28, 2010. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry |

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 [...]

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Pakistan 10 – Sindh – One Place Where CTF-SOS DRS is working

Posted on December 27, 2010. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry, Pakistan |

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) – [...]

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Pakistan Floods 9 – Meet our Local Collaborators – The Franciscans (OFM)

Posted on December 22, 2010. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry, Philippines |

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 [...]

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Pakistan Floods 8 – A Look Back – Meet Mushtaq

Posted on December 19, 2010. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry |

 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 [...]

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Pakistan Floods 7 – Building Houses in Hyderabad

Posted on November 10, 2010. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, English, Ministry |

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 [...]

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Pakistan Floods/Inondazioni 6 – Agenzia Fides

Posted on October 29, 2010. Filed under: 2009-09 Floods in Karnataka (India), 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Disaster Response, Ministry |

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 [...]

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Pakistan Floods 5 – A Visit to the Sindh District in Pictures [see map]

Posted on October 23, 2010. Filed under: 2010 Pakistan Floods, All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, English, Ministry |

Pakistan Floods – CTF Mission Map

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