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HDF 2006 Report To The Community
IRS Form 990 for 2005 Tax Return
Make Your Ramadan ZAKAT Donation!
PAKORA: Most Popular Iftar Item among Pakistanis
Eat Healthy this Ramadan!
Latest Online Poll: How will you Share Ramadan with your Co-workers this year?

Kashmir Earthquake: One Year Later
HDF & EARTHQUAKE: One Year Later
One Year On, Kashmir Earthquake Haunts Survivors
Life Remains a Challenge in Pakistan's Earthquake-hit Areas
“How Bad was it?”
Baby "Earthquake Khan" gives Pakistani Village Hope
A Year After Pakistan's Quake, a Mother Weeps

Assalamu alaikum,

It was 8:50:38 am, on October 8, 2005, an Earthquake of a magnitude of 7.6 struck the Himaliyan region of Kashmir. In seconds, entire cities were reduced to rubbles, burying millions alive.

The scale of this tragedy, in which 86,000 people perished and 3.3 Million left homeless, defied our darkest imagination. This weekend saw the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake.

One year on, about 400,000 people face a second winter without permanent shelter in the mountains and valleys of northern Pakistan.

One year on, HDF is still on the ground helping Kashmiris re-build their homes, hopes, and lives. We still have a tremondous job of development ahead of us!

Ask yourself today: What have I contributed to re-build and restore a family in Pakistan today? Ramadan is the time to take action!

2006 has been a busy and eventful year for HDF. We invite you to review our illustrative 2006 community report.

Peace,
HDF Team

HDF 2006 Report To The Community
Find out how HDF has changed lives and communities in Pakistan over the past one year! HDF is more than an organization—it is a movement: your movement; our movement. It will become as strong as we together make it.[read more]

HDF & EARTHQUAKE: One Year Later
The amount of generosity and outpouring of support was truly overwhelming. Our organization was swamped with people who were looking to help. Whether it was volunteering, donating goods or pledging financial support, people were determined to do something to help those in need.[read more]

One Year On, Kashmir Earthquake Haunts Survivors
"I can feel the mountains shaking. Houses and buildings start crumbling all around me," 35-year-old Syeda said outside the tin hut she has been living in for almost a year."Whenever I think of the zalzala it sends a chill down my spine," she said using the local word for an earthquake. [read more]

Life Remains a Challenge in Pakistan's Earthquake-hit Areas
The remains of landslide due to the earthquake still exist in the mountain like scars embedded on healthy skin. Even after twelve months, survivors continue to live in relief tents or shelters made from corrugated iron.There is little change in Muzaffarabad.[read more]

“How Bad was it?”
As soon as people find out that I was recently in Pakistan, they all have the same question: “How bad is it?” For them, I have the same answer: “You can’t imagine.” Photographs and even video footage can’t do justice to the total devastation I witnessed. [read more]

How will you Share Ramadan with your Co-workers this year?

PAKORA: Most Popular Iftar Item among Pakistanis
Five years after the January 2001 Gallup Poll results about Iftar food in Pakistan, Pakora still seems to be the most popular food item at Iftar in Ramadan. As one Pakistani lady once remarked, "I wonder what Ramadan would be like without my Pakoras!" [read more]

Eat Healthy this Ramadan!
During the holy month of Ramadhan, our diet should not differ very much from our normal diet and should be as simple as possible. The diet should be such that we maintain our normal weight, neither losing nor gaining. [read more]

Make Your Ramadan ZAKAT Donation!
Ramadan is the best time to pay your annual due, Zakat, to the poor and needy. HDF stretches every dollar of your Zakat to a perpetual benefit to entire communities! [read more]

Help a Family Achieve Dignity for Just 50 cents a Day!
Your tax-deductible donation of just $15 per month will help us provide services for a family of eight. $30 per month supports two families. That’s just a dollar per day to help two families reach for dignity and well-being. Won’t you take a moment to donate now?

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The mission of HDF shall be to facilitate a non-political movement for a positive social change and community empowerment through mass literacy, enhanced quality of education, universal primary health care and grassroots economic development.

Date/Time Last Modified: 6/28/2002 5:32:02 PM

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