After detailed damage need assessment, Fatima Memorial Hospital has adopted a settlement of 400 families in a flood hit area near Dera Ghazi Khan in South Punjab during the first phase of its project.
There are currently 1000 primary school going children in the setllement adopted by FMH for a complete relief and rehabilitatation project.So far FMH has already funded for a baseline survey and provided medical relief, food, clothing and Eid Packages in this acutely flood affected area. The school needs to be rebuild. The children are living with their families in temporary shelters and are hopeful of starting their school soon.This project will save the academic future of these children.
FMH has been providing non formal education for over 20 yrs. Because the recent floods are a prolonged calamity, it is vital to start provision of education immediately to flood affected pupil. FMH will carry this side by side with other relief work.
The project will educate 1000 primary school going children of Union Council Ghous Abad, in Dera Ghazi Khan, which is the need of the hour. It will help save the academic future of this generation.
"Out there is where my school used to be. I want us to move to a city where I can go to a school but my father would not leave his fields and land behind "
- Ahmad Mustapha, A student of Grade 5 in Union Council Ghous Abad
Total Funding Received to Date: $860
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $39,140
Total Funding Goal: $40,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Lahore,
Punjab,
Pakistan
http://www.fmsystem.org

