Help Families of Guards of the Islamabad Marriott

Summary

Many guards of the hotel's main gate were tragically killed while trying to stop a bomber trying to enter the hotel. Their families are in need. Support their children's education and living expenses.

This project is no longer accepting donations.

Received $3,773 from 24 donations from people like:

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The guards have left behind wives and children, and in many cases were the primary earners in the family. Please support these families generously. CDRS will take care of their needs by helping them pay their living, medical and educational expenses.

Activities

-Education for children of the guards -Medical expenses of the families -living expenses and bills

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

By helping these families with their living expenses and children's education, we can help them through the difficult loss of their fathers, sons, husbands and give them a better chance to recover.

Project Message

My visits were frequent enough that I became known to many of the guards at the main gate of the hotel, who always greeted me warmly. They became friends so now I want to help their families recover.
- Todd Shea, Executive Director, CDRS

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Todd Shea
Executive Director
8020 N. Nob Hill Road
#201
Tamarac, FL 33321
Pakistan
7188095381
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Comprehensive Disaster Response Services
Chikar Rural Health Center
Chikar, District Muzaffaraba 131000
Pakistan
011-92-58840-42059
http://www.cdrspakistan.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in PakistanPakistan and can also be found under Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development.

For more information about Pakistan, read the Human Development Report on Pakistan or the Wikipedia entry for Pakistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 17, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 24, 2008