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MQ that paki dude is not maulana, but a topi baaz asif qasmi. I would advise to everyone to contact their local mosques or above mention organizations which are working with PIA for free delivery of the relief goods. Money should be sent given to a registered NGO only or President relief fund online. I think ARY is showing it HOW.
Please stay away from (**&&^) community leaders, specially qasmi/kalmoohi Anjum/Arifa and other nachoray and 420s.
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Keep in mind: It is recommended to sent money rather than items, as buying it locally will be cheaper
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As mad scientist said, its not the supplies that they need but blankets..money and food.
If you start any thing...let me know im willing to help too
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How many blankets/camps/infant medicines Pak will have for a 3M dislocated population???
Please collect the items at your work place as well. Send an email to HR or your manager asking them to send an apeal company wide to collect relief goods or if they want to donate money they can do it online (send URL).
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There are lots of ppl in toronto wanting to help out. Please just get together and do something. One person can start and lead others.
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We are doing it ourselves. I have gotten CAMP working on doing a big fund project (clothes, medicines, etc.) and we will do our first round for the PIA flight this Thursday and additional supplies will go to the Edhi Foundation in Toronto where they are also taking donations (clothes, medicines, etc.) which will be taken to Pakistan. I have also gotten work involved, making financial contributions to various charities.
Anybody who is interested in doing anything, you have the information above for the PIA flight. Just start calling up your friends, families, neighbours and start pooling supplies together. Contact the Edhi foundation in Toronto and see if they are still accepting supplies … as far as I know, they are.
Please don’t wait for someone to start something for you. Just do it yourself! You guys are capable of it!
They need immediate aid. There is no time to plan a fundraising dinner, although it is a nice thought! Not very practical at the moment. We have two days before the PIA flight leaves. Raid your closets and hit the stores for new supplies!
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hi! im from pakistan . and i want to tell u " sochoo mut aur woo kuch ker guzroo jo tum ker saktey hoo"
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Announced today by the Prime minister
*All public donations made to the South Asian earthquake relief effort will be **matched **by the federal government, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced Tuesday.
The matching fund is in addition to the $20 million dollars the federal government pledged Monday and a further $1 million made available to the Canadian Red Cross Society. *
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Really? That's excellent. So if you donate through the Canadian Red Cross Society it will be matched???
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^ I suppose so..
This is from their web site
Canadians have already donated $118,000 through the Canadian Red Cross to assist survivors of the massive earthquake Saturday that has left more than 20,000 dead and millions homeless in Pakistan and India.
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Canadians wishing to make a financial donation may donate online at http://www.redcross.ca/, call 1-800-418-1111 or contact their local Canadian Red Cross office. The 24-hour toll free line accepts Visa and MasterCard. Cheques should be made payable to the Canadian Red Cross, earmarked “South Asia Earthquake” and mailed to Canadian Red Cross National Office, 170 Metcalfe Street, Suite 300, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2P2
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Last time the government matched whatever donations were made on Care Canada's website for the Tsunami. Hmmm, they should put something up on their website if the government was matching it. Maybe tomorrow they will have something up with regards to this.
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TORONTO RESIDENTS !!!!!!!
**My good friend Nabeel in Toronto is getting items ready for airlift through PIA before friday. If anyone wants to contribute to this fund, please email him directly. Items being sent to Pakistan include (blankets, clothes, socks etc.)
His email address is [email protected]**
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Edhi and NAMF are both still accepting donations. The first flight will leave on Friday. They want to only take tents, blankets, medicines, baby items, surgical masks, etc. … all emergency stuff (basically everything in the e-mail pasted on page 1 of this thread). Please donate generously if you can. :flower1: (Shoppers Drug Mart currently has a sale on Pedialite and anti-septic medicines :halo: ).
According to the person who I spoke to at NAMF’s head office this morning, they WILL be taking clothes, but there is apparently going to be additional flights with PIA sending supplies to Islamabad in the next two or three weeks.
So, if you feel too rushed since we had fairly short notice for this first flight, you can take a few days to organize what you want to send for the next batch.
(P.S. Please note, the phone number listed on Edhi’s website for their Toronto location is WRONG. The guy seemed really annoyed when I called him this morning. I didn’t even have to say anything, he was like, “this is not Edhi” :mad: )
Please bear in mind that if you donate to Canada’s Red Cross, they will keep 15% of whatever you donate for their administration costs. Care Canada will keep 3.2% whereas International Development and Relief Foundation http://www.idrf.ca/ will apparently donate 100% of everything that is given. Also, this is a Muslim organization which is recognized by the Canadian government so they will match whatever is donated by them.
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good points mehnaz...i was sick yesterday and coudlnt get to a computer...my local musjid was collecting stuff...so i gave them whatever i had at home...
i didnt know about the red cross thing...i was going to donate to them....now i might donate to that muslim one..im trying to organize something at work here..im part of the social committee...any ideas anyone? preferrably something to do wiht being indoors...coudl involve food...the pple in my office love to eat.....by they way..thanks for everyone's help!! even a little bit goes a long way....
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My family and I have collected soo many bags of blankets and clothes. We dropped the blankets at NAMF last night. However, they didn’t take the clothing. Where is your CAMP located so i can drop those things off?
Also, my friends in waterloo has two suitcases full of clothes too. Does anyone know the waterloo drop off location?
Last but not least, I am actually thinking of selling those wristbands (livestrong types). Would any of you be interested in helping me out with this?
Thanks.
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Also, there is a fundraising iftar being organized on Sunday Oct 16, 2005 at Woodbine Banquet Halls. Linked with IDRF.
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guppie, I know NAMF is refusing to take the clothes. sigh Take it to Edhi instead, I believe they are accepting all donations.
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Mehnaz can you confirm on Eidhi if he is accepting warm clothes in good condition. I am expecting a VAN load of warm clothes from half a dozen family. All sizes and ages.
BTW those who saw last night's ARY transmission, Dr. Shahid Masood interviews Brd. Ehsaan who is distributing the reilef goods and asked what is the most needed thing. And he replied, TENTS, then blankets and other stuff.
BTW, I researched and found this:
Sports Check (store) has sale for tent "buy 1 get 2-1/2” and “no tax” for earthquake (2 tents for $60) victims.
So please encourage your family and friends to buy more and more tents as they are not available in Pakistan in big quantity, as per Pakistan Army and this is the item that they are asking people living in abroad to send through PIA and other AID agencies. They are going to have a tent city in Islamabad for over a Million people.
TENTS ARE THE MOST NEEDED ITEMS.
Jazzakallah!!!!!
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I can't confirm it as it was confirmed to me by someone else. Try calling them ... good luck with that considering their voice mail was full when I called. I was told by people with NAMF that Edhi will take clothes ... and that there is another shipment of clothes that will go out in a two weeks ... that was told to me directly by NAMF.
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Oh OK, I know someone who will go to Edhi tomorrow, so will figure out and post here.
I think PIA will take the next shipment on Tuesday, isn't it?