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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Fakhruddin
[mailto:fakhruddin@fli-online.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Emil perder<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Emergency crisis in communities in Northern Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Pakistan
has been hit by the worst flood of its history. According to OCHA - UN,
the number of people affected is higher than the combined total of the Tsunami
in South East Asia, and the earthquakes in Kashmir and Haiti. Our
government says that we have gone 50 years backwards. The infrastructure
of the country has been severely damaged. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Forum
for Language Initiatives (FLI) is a non-government and non-profit organisation
registered with the government of Pakistan, working to enable the language communities
of northern Pakistan to preserve and develop their mother tongues.
Although this organisation is not involved in relief work, it has set into
motion an initiative because the language communities with whom It works have
been severely affected by the floods and are in a great deal of suffering. So
far, the situation in the area where these language communities live is the
worst. Their sources of livelihood: small terraced fields,
vegetable and fruit gardens and livestock have been washed away by the flood.
Single approach roads to the narrow valleys in the mountains have been
completely damaged. One has to travel for days to come out from the
valley to get any food. Many people partnering with FLI in
community development programmes have lost their homes, property and most
of their personal belongings, and at least one multi-lingual education school
has been destroyed. FLI wants to help out the most affected people
and would like national and international organisations, governments, communities,
and individuals to support its efforts in this humanitarian crisis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In
addition to the death toll, there is a real threat that many more people
waiting for rescue and relief will lose their lives due to lack of food, clean
water, shelter, and medicines. Our government is already facing a
number of crises and cannot cope reaching out to every community.
FLI is hoping to reach out to the people first with survival kits, i.e.,
tin sheets, basic food, drinking water, medicines as well as cash as in some
cases the above mentioned items cannot be easily sent from other locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>You
can see more photos and videos of flood devastation in FLI target areas of
Upper Swat Valleys: Kalam and Bahrain, through the following links:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.fli-online.org/">www.fli-online.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/user/flipakistan"
title="blocked::http://www.youtube.com/user/flipakistan">http://www.youtube.com/user/flipakistan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPdxEU75UYk"
title="blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPdxEU75UYk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPdxEU75UYk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2vNTEzkf_g&NR=1"
title="blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2vNTEzkf_g&NR=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2vNTEzkf_g&NR=1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If
you are willing to help, or need more information, please contact FLI’s
Assistant Director at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>e-mail: <a
href="mailto:Fakhruddin@fli-online.org">Fakhruddin@fli-online.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>phone: +92 (0)51 211
1990 </span><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>[during working hours:
8:00-4:30]</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> +92 (0)345 94
20 406 </span><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>[mobile]</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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