Accompanied by the Country Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Engineer Alam Shahab, the GAAC President, Dr Eroes Rienhard, distributed relief goods during his visit to the flood affected areas of Madiyan. The food packages contained flour, pulses, rice, sugar, ghee, cooking oil and other food items.
During their visit to the flood affected areas the officials of the foreign NGO reviewed the destruction caused by the floods and gathered more information on how to provide assistance. He also met several flood affected people during his visit.
Addressing a gathering in Madiyan, Dr Eroes Reinhard, said that besides the distribution of relief goods, the projects initiated by the organisation, also include reconstruction and rehabilitation schemes in the area.
“The Pakhtun are brave people and I’m confident that in stead of looking towards others for help they will show resilience and start the reconstruction of their houses themselves,” Reinhard said.
Giving examples of his own country, he said that Germany had also faced similar situations but the German nation was able to overcome this because they took matters into their own hands.
He was confident that the Pakhtuns will follow the example of the German nation in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of their flood hit infrastructure. Speaking on the occasion, GAAC Country Director for Pakistan Afghanistan Engineer, Alam Shahab, said that the organisation had always extended support and assistance to the people of Pakistan in every crisis and it would continue to do so in the future too.
He also briefed the people on the relief activities initiated by the organisation in their respective areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 17th, 2010.
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