A non-governmental organisation is rebuilding a village for the flood affected people in Mardan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The village will be rehabilitated by Human Development Foundation (HDF) in collaboration with the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA) under its ‘Misali Basti’ (model village) project.
The groundbreaking ceremony was performed by Dr Atiya Khan, chairperson HDF North America (HDFNA) and Dr Zeelaf Munir, President APPNA at Samar Bagh Village on Thursday, says a press release issued by the Foundation here today.
It was attended by prominent personalities, including heads and members from civil society organizations, media and government.
According to the release, it will be a people-centric village where all the basic amenities of life, including educational facilities, healthcare, clean drinking water and a healthy environment for the
local community will be provided.
The foundation’s chief executive officer Azhar Saleem said, the destroyed village will be fully rehabilitated in three years with the assistance of the community at a cost of over Rs73 million.
He added that the construction of the model village would pave the way for similar initiatives in the country. In this regard, he announced that the groundbreaking
ceremony for the construction of another model village in Jamshoro District of Sindh will be held in January 2011.
Dr Khan said that she was glad that HDF gave APPNA the opportunity to collaborate in the rebuilding of the village, as it would have been very difficult for the local community to deal with the disaster on their own.
Sabir Rahman, President Village Development Organisation, said that the local community is very happy with the development work.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 31st, 2010.
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