CHARITY
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Disaster Relief:
When disaster strikes in whatever manner, the affect on individual lives is devastating. Often those hardest hit will be individuals who are least capable of coping in the aftermath. They will often be struggling with their injuries and further burdened by the grief of having lost family members. These circumstances can reduce the most capable of individuals into victims requiring all manner of help.
Al-Khair Foundation maintains a rapid response resource unit in this respect. Whenever disaster strikes, the Foundation directs its resources into the affected area as efficiently as possible. Where another agency is operational in the area, Al-Khair Foundation will add to that agency’s resources.
Where disaster strikes and no other relief agency is to hand, Al-Khair Foundation will send in its own team. This was amply demonstrated in Kashmir, when in the aftermath of the earthquake of 2006, the Indian side of Kashmir was without any aid. Al-Khair Foundation was the first on the scene and has continued to provide aid to the area since then.
In the first tranche of aid, Al-Khair Foundation offers food, clothing, shelter, medication and emergency counselling for traumatised victims. The Foundation has been active in Kashmir, Sudan and Indonesia in this respect.
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