HANDS plans to build 1,000 model villages for flood victims

HANDS to build 1,000 model villages that would accommodate 50,000 flood affected families.

KARACHI: Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS) has planned to build one thousand model villages in eight districts affected by the recent floods in Sindh and Balochistan, chairman of the NGO and eminent child specialist Dr. Abdul Ghafar Bllo said on Wednesday.

The floods affected 13 million people and for their assistance they set up 500 relief camps and provided relief including eatables and medical facilities to 175,000 people of 35,000 families, said Dr. Ghafar speaking at a function organized by Rotary Club of Pakistan.

He urged that 800,000 houses were destroyed or damaged in Sindh by the floods which is why they have initially decided to set up 1,000 model villages that would be built to house 50, 000 families.