Dear PTPI Family and Friends,
I hope this email finds you all well. You may be aware of the recent flood disaster, the worst ever in Pakistan. I’m writing this to you after visiting some of the approachable areas affected by the flood.
The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 14 million – more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The death toll in this disaster is approximately more than 1,600 people so far in the floods that first hit Pakistan two weeks ago.
This is the time that we should help these people as much as we can. We can help in any manner, supplying food, water and clothes.
Adnan Shahzad and members of the Punjab, Pakistan Chapter with a member of the Tainan, Taiwan Chapter at PTPI's 2009 Asia Pacific Conference in Taiwan
We feel it is our responsibility to help, and therefore, as President of PTPI’s Punjab, Pakistan Chapter, I myself, along with some chapter and community members, have contributed approximately $4,000 USD to date.
We are making boxes that include water, wheat, cooking oil, beans, sugar and milk. Each box will be distributed to a family in need. Our goal is to make 500 boxes to start and this target can be achieved with the help of our friends in the community, as well as by requesting our international chapter friends to contribute to this great cause. We are trying as much as we can to help them survive.
Contributions may be sent to PTPI World Headquarters. If sending a check, please be sure to mention Pakistan in the memo section. If using a credit card online, donate to the International Friendship Fund and use the note section to indicate that the contribution is for Pakistan.
For further details, you can contact me by email at president@ptpipk.org.
Best Regards,
Adnan Shahzad
President, PTPI’s Punjab, Pakistan Chapter
Member, Board of Trustees, PTPI
Public Relations Officer, PTPI Asia Pacific Council
***SPECIAL THANKS***
Many of our chapters have already reached out to assist the people of Pakistan. Thank you to the following:
-Mr. Kyeoungsik Kang and the Cheonan, South Korea Chapter
-Mr. Charlie Cheng and the Tainan, Taiwan Chapter
-Mrs. Ruth Allen and the Greater Phoenix, Arizona USA Chapter
-Mr. Robert Inman Ragsdale III and the Atlanta, Georgia USA ChapterWe are touched by the strength of our global family. PTPI World Headquarters joins these chapters in contributing support.
