8 June 2009 – M&JS Foundation donates relief packages to IDPs in collaboration with Airblue

The Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation (M&JS Foundation) has donated a large quantity relief packages to the IDPs in Islamabad, Mardan and Peshawar.

 

These relief items were transported free of cost from Karachi to Islamabad in collaboration with Airblue.

 

The M&JS Foundation has also made cash donations to the Kashf Relief Fund which has been established to carry out relief work in IDPs high density areas. This fund is a collaborative effort by with the Kashf Foundation, Kashf Microfinance Bank, M&JS Foundation and Mandviwalla & Zafar Advocates. Through this effort, in the first phase approximately 275 relief packages were distributed amongst IDPs in Mardan and Buneer. These IDPs have been camping at various Govt. schools in the above-mentioned areas.

 

Three categories of packages have been distributed; first package category contains flour, ghee, lentils, rice, milk, etc; second includes all kitchen crockery items, and the third package category consists of all usable daily items such as water-coolers, washing powder, towels, etc.

 

The M&JS Foundation in collaboration with Hazara Phosphate has also adopted 2 camps in Haripur, that are housing 100 IDP families.

 

JS & Co. Ltd and JS Global Capital Ltd. employees have also donated 1-day salaries to the M&JS Foundation, to be used for IDP relief efforts.