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Friday, January 14, 2011

Report on the Order of Preacher's Pakistan Relief

Here is a brief report on  what we have done and what we have stared to do.

Phase One: Flood Relief already offered:

A.    We helped through Pakistan Television Relief program:          200 Families
B.     Financial Help for  Medical Camp help in Noshera:                  100  Families
C.    Financial help for  Kot Addu  victims c/o Major Superiors
Relief trip from Lahore:                                                                200 Families
D.     Financial help for Medical Campy in Rangpur:                        100  Families
E.     Financial help to Dominican laity in Khushpur
 and Warispura :                                                                             70  Families
F.     Financial help to Victims of floods in Lahore  city:                      20 Families
G.    Financial help to the Victim of floods in Sindh
and Faisalabad:                                                                             80  Families
H.    Flood relief offered in Kot Adu in November                            100 Families

All together we have offered flood relief to 870 Christian, Muslim and Hindu families if different parts of Pakistan.


Phase Two: Construction and Repair work

Our second phase  is of constructing 30 new Houses and get 70 Houses repaired rehabilitation  started  in September  and will be completed in January 2011.
Here are the details of the new houses we are constructing and repairs of the houses   we are doing.  We decided to build houses in the following areas. The cost of building a new house is   about Euros: 2,500 and the cost of repairing a house is around Euro: 500 to 800

Construction Work of  New Houses

1.      Construction of  6 houses  of Christian families in Lahore c/o Fr Siddique M. Sunder OP
2.      Construction of 5 houses in Warispura c/o Fr Iftikhar Moon OP.
3.      Construction of the house of  Javed Saleem in Ranjpur c/o Fr Yaqoob.
4.      Construction of the house  of Fr Yaqoob’s sister in Khankah Dogran
5.      Construction of the house of Fr Marcus Daniel OP  family in Kushpur c/o Fr Iftikhar Moon OP
6.      Construction of  the house  of Fr Roccus Patras OP family in Khushpur c/o Fr Iftikhar Moon OP
7.      Construction of  the house of Thomas Munshi in Khuspur c/o Fr James Channan OP
8.      Construction of the house  of Ms. Clara in Khushpur c/o Fr James Channan
9.      Construction of  the house  of Joseph and Paul in Khuspur c/o Fr James Channan
10.  Construction of  the house of Kamal c/o Fr Siddique m. Sunder OP
11.  Construction of the house of t Javed, the driver of Justice and Peace of Commission c/o Fr Yaqoob Shahzad OP
12.  Construction of the house of the driver of Pastoral Institute, Multan.
13.  Construction of the house of the sister of Fr Pascal Paulus.
14.  Construction of the Church in Ibn-e-Mariam Colony, Warispura c/o Fr Pascal Paulus


Repair Work of Flood Damaged Houses

1.      Repair and construction of  15 houses in Sajjawal Colony in Sind Province, c/o Fr Younas Shahzad OP
2.      Repair of the houses of 26 lay Dominicans in Khushpur c/o Fr Raphael Mehnga OP
3.      Repair of the center of Dominican Laity in Khushpur c/o fr James Channan
4.      Repair of the house of Fr James Samuel OP in Rangpur.
5.      Repair of the house of Thomas John in Khushpur
6.      Repair of the house of Sadiq Jalal in Khushpur
7.      Repair of the house of Mrs. Kanwal in Lahore
8.      Repair of a  house c/o Sr. Merceline OP in Gujrawala
9.      Repair of a  house c/o Sr. Josephine OP in Gujranwala
10.  Repair of  a house c/o Sr. Surraya Joseph FC in Lahore
11.  Repair of the house of Sr. Sabina’s family in Khushpur c/o fr James Channan
12.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Margaret in Khusphur
13.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Mr. Sadiq Ranja in Khusphur
14.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Mr. Yousaf Sandhu  in Khusphur c/o fr James Channan
15.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Celine James in Khusphur
16.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Rashim Sadleaf in Khusphur
17.    Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Maria Gracia in Khusphur
18.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Viro Michael in Khusphur
19.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Magdalene  in Khusphur
20.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Martha William in Khusphur
21.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Martha Ghani  in Khusphur
22.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Clara Joseph  in Khusphur
23.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Nusrat Joseph in Khusphur
24.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Safia Bibi in Warispura
25.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Ms. Nasreen Khaliq  in Hasilpur
26.  Repair of the house of a lay Dominican Mr. Tariq Masih in Warispura
27.  Repair of the house of Mr. Suneel in Khusphur
28.  Repair of the house of Mr. Samuel in Khushpur
29.  Repair of the house of Mr. David in Faisalabad
30.  Repair of the house of Mr. Suneed in Faisalabad
31.  Repair of the house in Alvin James in Khushpur
32.  Repair of the house of  the sister of Fr Yaqub Shahzad OP in Hafizabad
33.  Repair of the house of the sister of Fr Patrick Peter in Khuspur
34.  Repair of the house of Mrs. Shareefan in Warispura
35.  Repair of the house of Bro. Emmanule Fazal in Sajjawal, Sindh.
36.  Repair of the house of Mr. Sardar in Okara
37.  Repair of the house of Mr. Nazir in Renalakhurd.
38.  Repair of the house of Mr. Sarfraz Masih  in Lahore.

This way all together we have will build  30 new houses and will  help 70 houses to have major repairs.  There are still hundreds of thousands of people who are in grave need of clothes, blankets, medicine, food and to get their house repaired of rebuild.

Thank you very much for your generous contribution for  making the Dominican Vice Province in Pakistan  to help the heavy rains and floods victims in Pakistan! God bless you for your generosity and solidarity with us!

Reported by:


Fr James Channan OP
Prior Vice Provincial
Ibn-e-Mariam, Vice Province Pakistan
153 Ali Block
New Garden Town
Lahore 54600 Pakistan
Cell: +92-300-8730 669
December 17, 2010

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