The floods in Pakistan caused tremendous suffering. Unprecedented rainfall and uninterrupted flooding triggered by climate change wreaked havoc across most of Pakistan during the monsoon season, inundating more than one-third of the country. All four provinces were affected, and tens of millions lost their homes. WF-AID will be working with the Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Foundation towards the upliftment of communities under the Pakistan Flood Emergency Appeal.
The floods caused total or partial damage to 2.1 million homes across Pakistan, a staggering statistic. Families have been returning to their places of where their homes once stood to assess the damage caused.
Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Foundation generously pledged USD $500,000 towards the rebuilding of 400 homes in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh.
Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Foundation has further generously commited USD $500,000 for a range of Economic Upliftment projects towards families who lost all means of a livelihood during the unprecedented floods. This will enhance and stabilise the beneficiaries income to support their families. The team is in consultation with local ground partners and advice is also being sought from economic experts.
A few initial options explored are:
Skills development programme
Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Foundation have partnered with The World Federation over many years donating millions of dollars towards a range of charitable causes both within the Khoja community and for wider communities having direct impact to the most vulnerable in society.
Commenting on this recent pledge, the President of The World Federation stated:
‘Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Foundation have been a rock solid donor partner to The World Federation playing a major role towards many humanitarian and community related projects for over a decade. This particular donation for Pakistan Flood Relief opens a new chapter in the relationship as it is based on high quality deliverables with boots on the ground, deliverables that are measurable and provide a direct analysis of social return of investments. The Foundation is focused on taking charitable causes to new heights. We at The WF and WF-AID team sincerely appreciate the foundations generous pledge of USD $1,000,000 towards building homes and providing economic support to those most impacted by the floods in Pakistan’
Mrs. Fauzia Jaffer commented:
‘We are committed to providing humanitarian support with self help projects to those who are willing to work hard to rid themselves, their families and their local communities from poverty. We enjoy working with The World Federation’s strong & competent team to fulfill our combined vision for helping people in need globally. Our prayers for those who have lost so much in the Pakistan floods.’
