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On October 8, 2005, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the northern part of Pakistan and Kashmir destroying villages and towns, killing over 75,000 people in Pakistan and 1,300 persons in Indian-Administered Kashmir, and leaving several million persons homeless.
Mercy-USA for Aid and Development's Response:
Reconstruction of an Earthquake-Damaged School in NWFP, Pakistan
From September 2007 to June 2008, Mercy-USA and its local partner Humanity Hope are building a new high school for girls in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. The original high school was severely damaged in the devastating October 2005 earthquake.
The new high school, which will be located in the village of Shamdhara in the Mansehra District of NWFP, will serve approximately 250 girls from this village and several surrounding villages. The campus will consist of a building with ten classrooms, another with an examination hall and laboratory and a third with administrative offices. All structures will be earthquake resistant, utilizing a light steel design.
 
Medical Treatment
From October 14, 2005 to March 31, 2006, Mercy-USA for Aid and Development (M-USA) supported the medical teams sent by Canadian Relief Foundation (CRF) to Pakistan to treat injured and sick survivors of this devastating earthquake. During this period, these teams treated over 18,500 patients (including 3,108 children under the age of five and 2,047 elderly patients over the age of 60) at three permanent hospitals, three field hospitals and 40 mobile clinics that serviced remote villages in Pakistani Kashmir.
Services provided by these teams included major and minor surgery, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, primary care and vaccinations, as well as, technical training for local Pakistani health care professionals. For detailed statistics on the health care services provided by these medical teams, please click here.
Emergency Shelter
From November 2005 to January 2006, Mercy-USA, through CRF and the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America, distributed 1,200 winterized tents to 1,200 homeless families (about 6,600 persons) and 7,000 thermal blankets to over 3,150 families (over 16,000 persons) in the Azad Kashmir (AK) and Northwest Frontier (NWFP) Provinces of Pakistan. See below table for specifics of these distributions:
During October and November 2005, M-USA, through our partner in India, United Economic Forum (UEF), distributed
about 3,700 corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) sheets (traditionally used as roofing material) to 285 families (about 2,000 persons)
living in seven villages (Bada Chadan, Choti Gwallan, Jambhur Patnan, Nambla A, Singtung, Thajal Pawdia and Uri Proper)
in Indian-Administered Kashmir. These families used the CGI sheets along with wood beams that they retrieved from their damaged
or destroyed homes to build semi-permanent shelters to protect them from the harsh winter weather.
Please Help!
Please help provide a brighter future for children still affected by this devastating tragedy! You may send your tax-deductible (US Federal Tax ID No. 38-2846307
and Canada Revenue Agency Business No. 89458-5553-RR0001) contribution immediately through our secure online donation form,
or mail it to the address below:
In the US:
Mercy-USA for Aid and Development
44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201
Plymouth, Michigan 48170-3869
Or in Canada:
Mercy USA for Aid and Development (Canada)
Fiesta RPO, PO Box 56102
102 Hwy #8
Stoney Creek, ON L8G 5C9
Kindly indicate "Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction" in the memo section of your check. If you have any questions
or wish to donate over the telephone, you may call us at 1-800-55-MERCY (1-800-556-3729).
Thank you for your caring and concern.
PS Many companies will match the donations of their employees. Please ask your company if it has such a matching gift program.
PPS Dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient,
Mercy-USA for Aid and Development receives grant funding from the United States Government and various United Nations agencies.
M-USA is also a registered PVO (Private Voluntary Organization) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and is a member of the American Council
for Voluntary International Action (InterAction).
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