Pakistan Relief Ingo

Pakistan Relief was established in 2003. It is a volunteer-based Humanitarian Assistance Division of Wilderness Pakistan which is a non profit non governmental organization. Our influence and effectiveness is dependent upon our members, volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries. We work for all people, without any consideration of race, creed or religion. We focused upon a neglected sector called “Emergency Response”. This deficiency has left our nation deficient in the essential preparedness required to cope with natural disasters. This need was particularly evident when our Emergency Response Team went to Bam, Iran to conduct Earthquake Relief Operation. After this experience, we knew that we must activate ourselves and our nation to have comprehensive First Aid Training. This awakening helped us to appear, fully prepared, on the disaster scene in the far flung hilly areas of NWFP, Azad Jammu and Kashmir on the 8th October 2005. Our Emergency Response teams were dropped into the mountains by the Army Aviation helicopters. We often teamed with foreign NGOs. Collectively we treated more than patients. Hostile weather conditions and difficult terrain made this operation difficult and dangerous. However, our experience in such terrain and preparation increased survival rates of the victims and reduced the risk to our volunteers. In the past, as the good will ambassadors of Pakistan, we have responded in neighboring countries like Iran, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Nepal. In the future we wish to help people in need around the world. Our devastating earthquake, the most terrible disaster of the country’s history, provided our organization with the vision to prepare for the next disaster, wherever it may be.