Mobilink Employees Spread Warmth and Smiles Among Flood Victims
With temperatures plummeting to as low as zero degrees or below, winters this year have been harsh especially for flood affectees. Mobilink Foundation, the non-profit philanthropic arm of Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services, Mobilink, in continuation of its efforts for the flood affected people, distributed winter clothes amongst women and children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region.
The winter clothes distribution initiative by Mobilink Foundation will benefit more than 7,000 flood affected individuals across Pakistan. Around 2,000 warm clothes for women and 3,000 garments for children 12 years or younger will be distributed in the regions most affected by floods across Pakistan. Another 2,000 sweaters will also be distributed for infants between 1 to 2 years of age.
Fehmeeda Begum, a flood affectee from Nowshera after receiving the warm clothes said,
“The flood took away everything I had. I have been living in a tent with two of my children for last 4 months and I had no warm clothing to keep us warm in this cold weather. This is really helpful.”
Mobilink Foundation Torchbearers distributed warm winter clothes in far flung areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region including Nowshera, Charsaddah and Swat as well as Muzaffargarh and Sukkur in Punjab and Sindh where severe cold spells are currently underway.
On a visit to Pir Sabaq, Nowshera, Mobilink volunteer employees also interacted with flood victims’ families and their children. Here is a small video of their effort to spread smiles among the flood victims of Pir Sabaq,
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, in coming days a cold wave will continue in most parts of the country including KPK and Punjab due to a prolonged dry spell. Winters this year have been harsher in these areas with a difference of 4 to 6 ̊C as compared to corresponding temperatures last year. In the absence of proper shelters and warm clothing, thousands of young and old flood victims stand vulnerable to the harsh winter conditions.
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Great efforts and love how you not only distributed clothes but played with the children.
Keep up the good work
i agree cent percent with aisha, and i love the gesture with which the donations were made as can be seen in the video.
Bushra, you should check out
http://propakistani.pk/2011/02/01/mobilink-employees-spread-warmth-and-smiles-among-flood-victims/
They have pictures as well!
thank you aisha, just check it. the smiles on the children’s face show how desperate they are for outside help. and, the impoverished state of these flood victims calls for immediate help from all of us. mobilink, thanks a bunch for being there for our brothers and sisters.
your welcome bushra..
the pictures do give you another view into how mobilink went and helped the victims.
Glad i could help
@Aisha
I went thru the link and loved it! the site has some other interesting posts too btw.
As for this,i must say this is a side of the corporate world we havent seen much in our country. I really like the effort and the concern for the general population.
thanks aisha and boshra.i am also from pirsabaq nowshera.but how you both are thinking that is not true because thay came and just taking the pics only and stay with big familys.thay didnt see that how the poor people have past there 2 monts after flood.