Physical Health Pakistan Project #1700

Support Pakistan's Disaster Affected Communities

by Comprehensive Disaster Response Services

Project Report | Dec 18, 2017
CDRS Youth delivers water, wheelchairs & clothing

By Justin Shea | Assistant CEO

The many wonderful young humanitarians of CDRS Youth continue to make us proud! Our Youth Leadership & Community Service Project is going strong with 23 chapters all over Pakistan. By respecting, encouraging and facilitating volunteerism in our young leaders, CDRS Youth is providing young people with the opportunity to make a positive impact on their communities every day... and they are doing an amazing job of doing just that!

Winter Clothing Distributions

Many underserved communities in Pakistan are in need of clothing and basic amenities. The CDRS Youth Islamabad Chapter has been distributing winter clothing, including sweaters, coats, socks, scarves, hats, mitts and other winter wear to needy people of many neglected areas.

The Chapter has been accepting donations of warm clothing, asking potential donors for any unwanted or old winter clothes, and delivering them to families and children that would otherwise be unable to afford them. They request that the winter clothing items be donated in clean and usable condition (i.e. no rips/tears). They are also kind enough to remind donors to check the pockets for any hidden treasures before donating.

Wheelchairs for Special Patients

CDRS Youth is also continuing to arrange wheelchairs for special patients, most recently in Gujrat, Swat and Mansehra. We are still accepting donations in kind or funds for more wheelchairs for special patients. All cases are verified by our team. We strive to provide a wheelchair to every man, woman, and child who needs one, but has no means to acquire one.

Providing a wheelchair to a person without mobility improves the quality of life for the needy person and the entire family. By gaining mobility, people with disabilities are able to interact with their family, friends and community by attending school, going to work, shopping and engaging in other community activities.

Clean Water now our #1 Priority

The CDRS Youth National Management Team recently made the decision to expand our water projects as the #1 priority activity for CDRS Youth. It was with this new priority in mind that the CDRS Youth Karachi Chapter participated in and was honored at the 3rd Karachi International Water Conference on November 21. The goal of the conference is to spread the word on the need for clean water and water sanitation protocols in many needy communities all over Pakistan.

CDRS Founder and Executive Director, Todd Shea, joined singing star and CDRS Youth Ambassador Umair Jaswal onstage during the Youth Session for the debut of "The Water Warriors Song," which will be made into a video and released soon. "Water Warriors" are youth who wish to help protect and conserve water and educate their fellow citizens on the importance of taking an active role to help keep water safe, clean and available to all.

Please consider joining our cause to help raise awareness and funds for more water projects, and bring more future Water Warriors to our struggle for clean water!

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Sep 18, 2017
CDRS Medical Camp & CDRS Youth Computer Lab Setup

By Justin Shea | Assistant CEO

Jun 9, 2017
CDRS Special Patients project: 2 Victims of Terror

By Justin Shea | Assistant to CEO

Muhammed and his children holding up their grades

CDRS has responded to many natural and human created disasters over the last twelve years. Our team is usually meeting the challenges of bringing an enormous amount of resources to an affected area of thousands in a short amount of time. Occasionally, however, we find an especially needy and deserving person suffering from an uncommon hardship, illness or injury.

The CDRS Special Patients project was started to ensure any poor person with an unusual affliction and absolutely no other means of affording treatment can receive the care and long-term financial support they need. We would like to introduce you to two of our patients who are very close to our hearts. Muhammed and little Hamid were the unfortunate victims of terror, sustaining life-threatening and debilitating injuries from bomb blasts for the crime of living their lives.

We have been providing support to Muhammed and his family for just over a year. Their lives were forever changed on Easter Sunday, March, 27, 2016. Muhammed was severely burned and completely paralyzed in a bombing that killed 75 human beings, including 29 children, and injured many more. The Taliban were targeting Christians and detonated a bomb in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in Lahore, where he had taken his son to celebrate the boy’s achievement of earning 1^st position in his class. Muhammed shielded his son from the blast, sparing him from serious injuries.

Muhammed is completely paralyzed, unable to speak, cannot breathe on his own and is blind in one eye. Unfortunately, he had not been receiving even the most basic medical care that a burn survivor requires when CDRS found him. He had also been the sole breadwinner for his family. Our team took immediate action to address his needs.

CDRS and our donors will be sponsoring Muhammed and his family for many years to come. He will need medical care for the rest of his life, including physical therapy and an attending nurse. His family’s needs are being met as well, including all costs for keeping his son and two daughters in school.

CDRS rescued little Hamid after he was injured in the bombing of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Shrine in Sehwan on February 16. The boy, who is only three years old, sustained a head injury and lost his father and eleven family members in the attack. He was airlifted by Army helicopter and then brought into the hospital by our team for urgent medical care. Hamid underwent two surgical procedures to remove fragments of shrapnel from his head and is now doing well. Our team members were at the child's bedside around the clock to make sure that he got anything and everything he needed.

CDRS is doing its part and more, saving and serving people just like Muhammad and little Hamid every day. The support our donors is invaluable to our important and noble work. Their kindness enables us to assist more innocent and suffering people In Times of Need. Every little bit helps and matters to the families who need us to be there for them. Thanks in advance for your generous support!

CDRS Youth volunteer Mustafa Ahmed tending Hamid

Hamid and Mustafa share a smile after healing

Hamid is looking forward to his own in a few years

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