Please help support relief efforts in Pakistan

A man marooned by flood waters, alongside his livestock, waves towards an Army helicopter for relief handouts in the Rajanpur district of Pakistan's Punjab province on August 9, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer).  See more photos and information about the floods at the Boston Globe website http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/continuing_pakistani_floods.html

In times of crisis, help is welcome from all sides.  Recent flooding in Pakistan has displaced millions of people and caused untold damage and hardship.  Members of the Pakistani community have been extremely generous contributors to Ayacucho Mission and to the people of Peru both after the 2007 earthquake, and on a year-to-year basis.  Just as we reached out to people in need in Haiti, I hope supporters of Ayacucho Mission will help the people suffering in Pakistan.

For more information on relief efforts, please visit http://www.shinehumanity.org or contact Dr. Faisal Khan at faisalkhanmd@gmail.com.

Details on sending contributions can be found at: http://www.shinehumanity.org/donate.php

Below is an invitation for a fundraiser being held in the Los Angeles area this weekend.  You can support relief efforts by attending this event, or by contributing directly to Shine.  Please give generously.

The Indus Overflows …

A Gathering to Learn, to Converse, and to Help

SATURDAY 28^TH August

7 P.M.

15960 ALCIMA AVENUE
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA, 90272

With 20 million people displaced and vast tracts of agricultural lands and livestock destroyed, the flooding of the Indus is the largest catastrophe in Pakistan’s history. We must respond knowledgably, intelligently, and with collective strength.

Speakers from Doctors Without Borders and SHINE Humanity will describe the state of preparedness of their healthcare professionals to contain possible epidemics that could affect millions, now and after the floods abate.

IFTAR & DINNER comprising dishes from traditions along the length of the Indus

Live Sufi music

RSVP, and for more information:

HINA ABIDI: 310 454 9934

SALMAN NAQVI: 949 231 9678

SHAILA ANDRABI: 909 263 2383

DURAINAZ FAROOQUI: 626 403 2940

This is a fundraising event