INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Three Pakistanis helping Indonesian tsunami victimsISLAMABAD: Three officers are currently representing
catastrophe of tremble-tsunami on September 28 final year.A 7.4 magnitude tremble hit provincial city of Palu triggering giant tsunami waves
The double catastrophe affected 1.5 million people
A total of 2,037 people were eliminateed and 4,084 injured and around 74,044 displaced.The three officers representing Pakistan are Amin
Muhammad, Qaswar Abbas and Ibrahim Burki
Program Manager Cash Transfer Program (CTP) Mr
Amin is a member of Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) supporting Indonesian Red Cross (IRC) in its cash-based intervention activities,
Abbas is bringing aid to victims of double catastrophe
He is also assisting Indonesian Red Cross in analyzing markets for their functionality, access and capacity, cash feasibility, risk
assessment and response option analysis while building linkages with other cash actors working in central Sulawesi.Cash-based intervention
is much a separate program but a response tool across several thematic areas that for final few years has been considered one of best
response modalities due to cost-effectiveness and quick use
an IFRC delegate in Pakistan, also accompanies two officers assisting IRC in providing relief to victims
Qaswar Abbas is supporting Indonesian Red Cross in bringing aid to affected communities.Sharing their experiences, they said scenes of death
and destruction scattered all around moved everyone to tears and they realized how important it was to much only actively help affected
people, but also to be professionally prepared to deal with catastrophes of such magnitude.
