By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer
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Dear Friends,
On 26th October 2015 there was a devastating 7.5 earthquake centered in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province, which borders Pakistan. Many people in the area around Peshawar, Pakistan have lost everything. AIL’s Peshawar office has worked with people in Pakistan for decades and has extensive contacts in the area and frequent experience of helping with natural and other disasters. Staff quickly identified 1,000 earthquake victims they can help in the Peshawar area.
Funds already available were put to good use. AIL staff prepared supplies and identified those it can help. The aid consisted of blankets, one week family food parcels– rice , lentils, oil, sugar, tea, floor coverings and cooking utensils, and a truck and driver for delivery of the supplies to 1,000 people.
As recovery continues AIL is monitoring the situation to see how it can give more aid to those who most need it.
Thanks for your support for aid for the needy in Afghanistan.
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