Northern Team:

After 18 hours the truck full of ration packs reached a remote town in the north. Our team walked 20km to reach people as the road was badly damaged, planning to distribute 250 packs. Unfortunately they could only distribute 160 due to riots and the police were called in. The authorities provided guards to control the situation. The following day a man confessed “I was the one responsible for that sad incident. I feel guilty please forgive me.” He gave his details to the team and insisted they visit his home. Later the team told all the people ‘we are Christian and the reason we come to help you is because we love you and Essa (Jesus) told us to love one another.’  The team were able to distribute the rest of the food packs.

160 families returned to their badly damaged homes but others are still living in a local Christian School. As they left many expressed their thanks for your support and standing with them. They said, “We cannot forget this for the rest of our lives.” The team distributed food packs to a further 300 families and 115 patients received treatment.

In Ramadan it is forbidden to eat outside. After the distribution, team members were very hungry. It was afternoon and no food was available. Suddenly a man came to them and insisted they go to his home. He said “We have prepared a meal for you, I know you are not Muslim but you need food, please come to my home and eat.”

Sindh Team:

Thank God that the team leader is better and has returned to work.

Team members visited rural areas of Hyderabad and Kotri where the water level is still very high. Our target is to adopt 200 families and provide them with food and medical help for 2 weeks.  The Medical teams are mainly treating acute diarrhoea, acute respiratory tract infections, skin infections and high fevers.