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Pakistanis join to help relief efforts for Swat refugees

by René | May 26, 2009 at 02:43 pm

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Interesting blog from private citizens in Pakistan who have joined in a effort to provide relief to the displaced citizens from the SWAT valley.

Our Swat Relief drive on Day 3 [Saturday] was hectic to say the least. We [Hasnain, Youshey, me & Faris] left Peshawar around 9am without breakfast, our aim was to start bright and early to first head to Bagheecha Deri where around 150 bags had been delivered a night before stored safely in Inam’s house.

The Teeth Maestro blog also has posted lots of photos.

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René

at 09:57 on May 28th, 2009

Local people banding together to help. Raising money, bargaining for bettter deals on relief supplies, including pans, dishes, etc. doing their best to make sure women and children get some.

Things like that happened after Hurricane Katrina. Florida people got there before Salvation Army (1st relief efforts), Red Cross or even FEMA, with water and ice, first aid.