Flood relief for Pakistan - The construction cost for one brick house is € 350,00

This family received a new house

HELP International keeps on forwarding donations for the flood victims to Bishop Yaqub in Lahore.

Since the beginning of winter Bishop Yaqub and his co workers from ‘Christ for Pakistan Ministries’ are engaged in construction work, building small brick houses for the flood victims. As these houses can be very easily constructed, quite a number of them have already been finished and handed over to families that lost everything in the flood.

Bishop Yaqub is a man of integrity and cautiousness who is devoted to help his people. HELP International is grateful to be in contact with him since he knows best where one should help first and is not afraid of getting his hands dirty.

The United Nations has rated the floods in Pakistan as the greatest humanitarian crisis in recent history with more people affected than the South-East Asian tsunami and the recent earthquakes in Kashmir and Haiti combined (Neil Tweedie, ‘Pakistan floods: disaster is the worst in the UN's history’, The Telegraph 09.August 2010)

Months after the floods many families still are homeless. Especially children, elderly and sick people are suffering from the cold temperatures during winter time.

Each brick house that can be built will serve as a shelter for a whole family.

In the name of Bishop Yaqub and Pakistan’s flood victims we would like to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for your donation!

Bank Account:

HELP International e.V.

Deutsche Bank PGK Hagen

BLZ 450 700 24

Konto 26 26 26 5

IBAN: DE50 4507 0024 0262 6265 00

SWIFT-BIC: DEUT DE DB450

Reference: Flood Relief Pakistan

Pakistan - Relief Work Update

Short Update fromthe relief work of Pastor Yaqub, October 3^rd Pictures of a relief good transport >>

OnOctober 3^rdat midnight a team of 5 left with a truck full of relief goodsas there was an urgent call for help from 100 christian families thatare flood effected and in severe need.

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Pictures of the situation >>

Aswinter has started in Pakistan, people who have lost their homes needshelters to live in! Pastor Yaqub has started a house buildingproject in the city of Kot Addu. “We start with building 8 homes …we have bought 26 thousand bricks and employ 16 masons.”

Banking Account:

HELP International e.V.

Deutsche Bank PGK Hagen

BLZ 450 700 24

Konto 26 26 26 5

IBAN: DE50 4507 0024 0262 6265 00

SWIFT-BIC: DEUT DE DB450

Intended Purpose: Flood Relief Pakistan

Thank you very much for your financial help!

Good start for our help in Pakistan

Many thanks to everybody, who helped us with our request for Pakistan! Here is a first reaction from pastor Yaqub Masih, who is coordinating the help on site. Read about the beginning >>

“From the money you’ve sent, we loaded a truck with food, water, medicines, clothes, shoes & pots. On the 30th of August we’d got a call from Pastor Warus from Kasur District. He asked us to visit that area which is effected by the River Sutlej. So we went there. On the way our truck was stuck in the mud, but guardian angels were with us and we made it!

We saw water everywhere in that place. We visited different villages and distributed all what we had; we saw the joy on the faces of the people. They were so thankful!

We prayed for all the donators and we shared the word of God with the people who were Muslims and Christians. Everybody received a food package, a bag of clothes, shoes and pots for eating. Through this the families can survive for one week.

Whenever we receice money, we just run to the market without wasting time, to buy relief goods and then go to the effected areas. We are travelling day and night. The whole church is always at service to putting together the relief packages.

I recently received a phone call from South Pakistan from a friend, Pastor Tariq, who is crying for help. He is busy with feeding 136 families.
Thank you for your prayers and your financial support for Pakistan!”