Karachi: Need assessment at Manghopir

11th September, 2010 (Eid 1st day)

Eid Mubarak

As referred in the earlier relevant post, a team of our volunteers visited the Manghopir area for the need assessment of the IDPs that were reported to be present there. On Eid evening they visited the place and were able to meet the local contact of ours to have a discussion about the number of persons present there, their previous area from where they got displaced and the issues that they were facing.

They found out that the IDPs that are present there mostly belongs from Meharr and Khairpur Nathan Shah areas of Sind. They were referred to be scattered at various places in the Manghopir area including multiple surrounding Gothhs. Our local contact was asked to make a proper list of the people there in a family wise manner so that we may have a verification phase.

Now we would be waiting for the confirmation of the list availability so to start the verification phase there as per our defined protocol

Karachi – Purchasing Clothes and Slippers for Distribution in Khairpur District during Eid ul Fitr

Updates of 10th September 2010 (Chaand Raat) and 11th September 2010 (1st day of Eid ul Fitr)

As soon as we check out from our offices on last day of Ramazan, we went straight to different markets in Karachi in parallel to locate and purchase clothes and slippers for distribution in Khairpur district during the occasion of Eid ul Fitr. We visited Sadar, Bahadurabad, Haideri, SITE, Awami Markaz, Lalokhait 10 Number, Light House and Orangi. We spent all remaining day and Chaand Raat up till dawn of Eid ul Fitr in purchasing, loading and transportation of following items:

• 101 Men Kurta Shalwar Suits
• 208 Women Kurta Shalwar Dupatta Suits
• 83 Boys Kurta Shalwar Suits
• 68 Girls Kurta Shalwar Dupatta Suits

Apart from above mentioned items, we also booked following orders to be loaded and transported on early hours of second day of Eid ul Fitr:

• 106 Men Kurta Shalwar Suits
• 1080 Slippers for Men, Women and Children

Summing them up with donated items, we get following respective counts:

• 286 Men Kurta/Kameez Shalwar Suits
• 502 Women Kameez Shalwar Dupatta Suits
• 93 Boys Kurta Shalwar Suits
• 128 Girls Kameez Shalwar Dupatta Suits
• Approx. 500 Suits for Baby/Baba Children and Infants
• Approx. 1200 Slippers for Men, Women and Children

Total

• Approx. 1500 Suits
• Approx. 1200 Slippers