Helping hand: Boom Boom Afridi pleases the crowd again

He has helped raise money for flood survivors in Sindh.

KARACHI: International cricketer Shahid Afridi visited the field once again on Friday. But this field trip was different from those in which he entertains the crowd with his flamboyant batting style.

Basic Human Rights, an international NGO, had organised a visit for the superstar to flood-hit villages in Mirpurkhas and Badin, where it had been implementing its One Room Shelter project to help out victims of the natural calamity.

“I appreciate the project, which is helping most vulnerable families rebuild their homes. Last year I helped the NGO raise funds for this project and it was good to see the outcome of that effort through the field visit,” he said.

Part of the visit was also for him to discover the ground realities and the pressing needs that need to be addressed. Afridi mingled with the survivors and came across children suffering from waterborne diseases because of a lack of access to clean drinking water.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1^st, 2012.