Aid Refugees Fleeing Fighting in Swat Valley

Pakistan earthquake

Summary

CHI project partner AIL is providing food and dishes to Swat Valley IDPs living in tents in Katachagari and Nasir Bagh camps near Peshawar. AIL is also planning to provide sewing training to women. project reportread updates from the field

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

CHI’s project partner, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), has been providing health and education to Afghan refugees in Pakistan since 1995 and assisted earthquake survivors in Northern Pakistan with food, school supplies and training. AIL is now helping some of the 3 million Swat Valley IDPs living in camps near Peshawar with food, supplies and training.

Activities

AIL is providing food and dishes to Swat Valley IDPs living in tents in camps near Peshawar and is planning to start sewing classes for women in the camps

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $23,380
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $26,619
Total Funding Goal: $50,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Our emergency programs for Swat Valley IDPs will provide nutrition for the IDPs and training which will help females to support their family.

Project Message

We left our home because of the fighting with nothing. Now we have a tent and a place to sleep but not enough food.
- Mohammad Omar, father of family from Swat Valley

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sakena Yacoobi
Founder & Executive Director
Creating Hope International
P.O. Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
Email:

Project Sponsor

Marketplace 2005

Organization

Afghan Institute of Learning
Afghan Institute of Learning c/o Creating Hope International, PO Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
http://www.creatinghope.org/ail

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in PakistanPakistan and can also be found under Disaster RecoveryDisaster Recovery.

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 March 12, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 4, 2005

Latest Update from the Field

Spring Update

By Sondra Johnson - Project Administrator, March 12, 2010 10:30 AM

As funds come in, AIL evaluates the needs of Swat Valley refugees living in the Peshawar area. AIL plans to make another distribution of aid in late Spring.
Other AIL Accomplishments in 2009 included:
• AIL trained over 1,800 Afghan teachers in pedagogy subjects, leadership, human rights, and school health. These teachers went to their classes and directly impacted over 500,000 students teaching these important subjects.
• Nearly 23,000 students (primarily women and children) attended classes at AIL educational learning centers.
• Over 362,000 Afghans received medical treatment and health education from AIL’s 6 health clinics and community health worker program.
• In January 2010, AIL expanded humanitarian aid efforts with the harsh winter and reached out to 22 families in need. AIL staff delivered to each family quantities of rice, cooking oil and tea. Most heads of the family were widows with children from Herat, and were recommended by community members.
• In February 2010, flooding in the Enjil district of Herat destroyed many family homes, and AIL responded with a concerted effort of initial food aid.
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