UGOOD received prestigious Award and Certificate from CDA for UGOOD distinguish relief effort in Earthquake 2005 at Conventional Centre in Islamabad
United Global Organization Of Development-UGOOD has been awarded one of the prestigious award and Certificate from Capital Development Authority-CDA at Conventional Center Islamabad on August 12, 2007, for collaborating and working with CDA as a partner and fully sponsored E-Block for almost eight months to Earthquake 2005 affected of Kashmir and NWFP.
UGOOD has sponsored accommodation, food, medical, schooling etc. for almost 520 families of Earthquake affected areas of Kashmir and NWFP.
UGOOD was assigned with the responsibility of administration and management of Block-E of the earthquake relief camp. There were 10 blocks in this tent city and each of them was administered by different NGOs. A total of 15,784 earthquake effected people belonging to various areas of Kashmir and NWFP were officially residing at H-11 Khema Basti (Tent Village).
Following is the detail of various activities and facilities that were provided in H-11 Khema Basti (Tent village) by UGOOD
1- POPULATION
There were 128 tents in this block with an average of 8 persons living in one tent. Every person living in this tent village was to be registered with CDA and NADRA, and the record of all the residents is available with these authorities, however, there are some unregistered people as well. The detailed statistics of the population at Block E are appended below, it is mentioned here that these figures are based on the data collected by UGOOD officials and is the latest
Males |
257 |
Females |
248 |
Children |
568 |
Total |
1073 |
Orphans |
47 |
Widows |
27 |
Disabled |
39 |
Elderly(60+) |
42 |
1.2- SHELTER/ACCOMMODATION
The people were living in the tents and were provided with mattresses, Blankets, bedding etc. Three layer water proof tents are useful in the cold weather. The space, lighting, washrooms, water and sanitation facility was provided by CDA. However, UGOOD had to provide managerial support for maintenance of these facilities.
1.3- FOOD AND HYGIENE ITEMS
Food was distributed on weekly basis and it consisted of dry items, vegetables, meat, milk and fruits etc. Hygiene items like soap, toothpaste etc were also distributed weekly along with the food package. The food and hygiene items that being distributed at Block E by UGOOD were adopted from UN standards guidelines for food distribution.
1.4- MEDICAL CENTER
UGOOD was the only NGO providing full time medical facility with male and female doctors in the tent city at Sector H-11 Islamabad. Daily turnover was usually more than 120 patients and UGOOD provided free of cost medicine to every patient on the spot.
1.5- PSYCHOTHERAPY AND TRAUMA TREATMENT
UGOOD realized that the psychotherapy and trauma treatments are a necessity for the mental rehabilitation of these destitute people. For this purpose UGOOD arranged trauma treatment sessions with the help of some renowned psychiatrists. Consolation sessions for males, females, children and elderly were conducted twice a week at a special tent dedicated for this purpose.
1.6- UGOOD SCHOOL
170 children of classes 1 to 6 were enrolled in the tent school that was being run at the camp village by UGOOD. It was ensured that good quality education is provided to the children. Books, uniform and all other study material was provided by UGOOD and teachers were also paid salary. Here is the description of children and teachers etc.
1.6.1- CHILDREN DETAILS AT THE SCHOOL
S. No |
Classes |
Number of Children |
1 |
KG |
21 |
2 |
Nursery - A |
31 |
3 |
Nursery - B |
31 |
4 |
Class 1 |
20 |
5 |
Class II |
25 |
6 |
Class III |
17 |
7 |
Class IV |
9 |
8 |
Class V |
10 |
9 |
Class VI |
6 |
Total |
170 |
1.6.2- STAFF DETAILS AT THE SCHOOL