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Emergency Relief and Medical Camps in District Narowal Aug – Oct 2013

mwtrust — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:07:53 +0000

We continue to work with our partner NRDP in Narowal District, as a result of heavy monsoon rains that started in mid of August, 2013, Pakistan once again faced the heavy flash and riverine floods in four provinces resulted in to human life loss, infrastructure damage, agricultural and economy loss at massive level.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reports the monsoon rains have so far claimed 93 lives, affected more than 84,000 people, 145,000 acres of crops and damaged or destroyed more than4,000 houses. The humanitarian community is working closely with the Government of Pakistan and continuing to monitor the situation closely.

In result of floods National Rural Development Program initiated Multi Cluster Damage Need Assessment on MIRA tool of UNOCHA in the worst affected UCs and villages of District and Tehsil Narowal. It is reported by National Rural Development Program Flood response team that a high level of flood has on its peak due to heavy monsoon rains in Narowal District that have started in Mid of August. Continued rain showers has resulted heavy floods in famous rainy water channels Nullah Daik which is lying on the border between district Narowal and Sialkot, Ravi River, Nullah Baien and Nullah Basenter.

National Rural Development Program (NRDP) has initiated a well-coordinated humanitarian response in Narowal district and provides health care services to 25,617 people in 12 flood affected Union Councils through mobile health camps with the collaboration of Mercy Worldwide Trust

Medical Camps Jacobabad, Sindh Jul-Aug 2013

mwtrust — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:54:33 +0000

Working with our partner RSWDO in Sindh, Medical Camps were arranged with the Collaboration of health department Jacobabad, at village Mohammad Panah katohar Uc kot jango. A large number of male female and children attended the camp. The patients were examined, treated and give necessary medicines free of cost. Many female patients were also examined and treated at the medical camp. Also counseling was done at the camp. Due to recent rainfall many patients suffered from diarrhea, ARI malaria, and skin and eye infections. All the participants were also given water purifying tablets and preventive doses of Malaria. Many female suffered from anemia, these anemic women were given iron fluoric acid and multivitamin tablets.

Medical Camp Date, Location & Patients Treated:

26th July 2013 Village Dito Brohi UC Bachro – Patients Treated 176
6th August 2013 Village Mohammad Panah Katoher uc Kot Jango – Patients Treated 93
13th August 2013 Village Manik Jamali uc Garhi Hassan – Patients Treated 186
20th August 2013 Village Achar Khoso uc Garhi Hassan – Patients Treated 75

Healthcare Centre Palestine July 2013

mwtrust — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:41:43 +0000

Working in partnership with Palestinian Welfare House (PWH), we provided financial support, essential life saving equipment and medicines to the newly established Healthcare Centre in Jaballia, Palestine.

It is well known that the burden on the Palestinian health system is complex as the Gaza Strip is going through a difficult political, economic and humanitarian situation. Moreover, non-communicable diseases including heart diseases, cancer, diabetes mellitus and cerebra-vascular diseases had dramatically increased.

The siege imposed on Gaza has its grave consequences on the performance of the health organizations. Furthermore, injuries resulting from the recurrent Israeli incursions, lack of safety measures at the community and household levels and the internal Palestinian conflict constitute an additional burden on the Palestinian health system. Therefore, we established a Health Care Centre to provide basic health care services for the needy people in some priority areas in the Gaza Strip e.g. Jaballia.

The Healthcare Centre is located at Jabalia, and provides services for more than 80,000 persons, the people who live under the poverty line at that area over 70%, and unemployment rate over than 85%, The average number of independents for the family is seven persons.

Measles and Hepatitis Vaccination Medical Camps Baluchistan 2013

mwtrust — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:20:35 +0000

Mercy Worldwide working in partnership with Saach Foundation provided 5 x Ambulances in November 2012 to PPHI & Health Department, Baluchistan for relief activities in the flood effected areas. Two Ambulances deployed in Nasirabad District and three ambulances deployed in Jaffarabad District to provide flood relief and medical facilities to the affected people in these districts.

From November 2012 to April 2013, work was carried out on the the following projects:

Medical Camps

57 free Medical Camps established treating over 60,000 patients

Preventative Measures for Measles

Measles continues to be a problem in Sindh due to a weak routine immunization program. Since 2010 there have been a number of outbreaks in flood affected areas. The situation worsens in winters due to overcrowding and the airborne nature of infection transmission. Displacement affects more easily children and poor nutrition leads to lowered immunity which further increases the vulnerability of children. Lack of access to life saving healthcare during emergencies further compounds the impact of the disease leading to high mortality among infected children. We established 17 Vaccination camps in Sukkur, Sindh treating 22000 patients.
Screening and Vaccination of Hepatitis.
Around 12 million people in Pakistan are suffering from hepatitis B and C, with Balochistan topping the list followed by Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

In March 2013, camps were established In Jafarabad, Balochistan proving screening and vaccinations for over 3500 patients

Medical Camp Ghadari, Pakistan

mwtrust — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:09:11 +0000

6th May 2012, in partnership with Al-Sarwar Foundation, we setup a free pain management camp in Ghadari , Jhelum. All the Doctor’s, Nurses and local volunteers provided their services free of charge to over 500 people that were treated. The ambulances were utilized to bring people from their local villages to the camp site and in case of an emergency the patient was taken direct to the Hospital in the main city.

Objectives for the Free Medical Camp

Provide medical service and consultation to the villagers at their doorstep
Provide quality medicines, vitamins, antibiotics free of charge
Increase awareness of basic hygiene and preventative health care;
Determine the percentage of most common diseases among the villagers and assess their most pressing medical needs

The volunteer Doctor’s, Nurse’s and organizers used the camp as an opportunity to raise awareness on basic medical issues, hygienic and unhygienic behaviors, and preventative health care. The villagers responded positively to the discussions and expressed their appreciation that an effort was being made to bring attention to such issues. Overall, the medical camps ran smoothly and were deemed a success by all involved.

MW Trust is grateful to Al-Sarwar Foundation without whom this camp was not possible, they made all arrangements and provided all the Doctor’s, Nurse’s and local volunteers. Food was served to each and every patient that attended the camp.

Our sincere gratitude and thanks to Al-Sarwar Foundation, Mr Aijaz Kiyani, Brig. Dr Asif Gul Kiyani and all the local people who gave their time without them it would not been possible to have such a successful Medical Camp

The Convoy Team Reunion Event

mwtrust — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:56:24 +0000

The Indus Valley Convoy team got together for a charity dinner event in Luton, UK, on the 20th April 2012.

Below are some pictures from the event:

Medical Camp Lehri, Pakistan

mwtrust — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:45:01 +0000

31st March 2012, in partnership with Al-Sarwar Foundation, we setup a free pain management camp in Lehri, Jhelum. All the Doctor’s, Nurses and local volunteers provided their services free of charge to over 390 people that were treated. The ambulances were utilised to bring people from their local villages to the camp site and in case of an emergency the patient was taken direct to the Hospital in the main city.

Objectives for the Free Medical Camp

Provide medical service and consultation to the villagers at their doorstep
Provide quality medicines, vitamins, antibiotics free of charge
Increase awareness of basic hygiene and preventative health care;
Determine the percentage of most common diseases among the villagers and assess their most pressing medical needs

Medical Camp – Dina, Pakistan

mwtrust — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:34:32 +0000

We held our first free medical camp in Madhu Khalas, Dina, on the 3rd February 2012, utilising our fleet of ambulances. All the Doctor’s, Nurses and local volunteers provided their services free of charge to over 370 people that were treated. Food was also provided to the patients that attended the camp

Objectives for the Free Medical Camp

Provide medical service and consultation to the villagers at their doorstep
Provide quality medicines, vitamins, antibiotics free of charge
Increase awareness of basic hygiene and preventative health care;
Determine the percentage of most common diseases among the villagers and assess their most pressing medical needs