SWAT: Flood affected people said that they were thankful to Malala Yousafzai for extending generous help to their families after the floods hit them worst and washed away their properties and agricultural lands.
The aid contained food and nonfood items along with hygiene bags which were gifted to Malala Yousafzai by the secretary general of Muslim World League (WML) Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al Issa, for the flood affectees of Swat.
The relief package was distributed by the Islampur Cottage Industries Association Swat among the 5500 flood affected families of Swat, Shangla, and Kohistan districts.
“On August 26, a devastating flood hit our village, washing dozens of houses and our entire agricultural land leaving us at the mercy of Allah. Luckily, we sensed the threat in time and had vacated our houses, so we saved our lives, but the floods deprived us of everything,” said Irshad Khan, a flood victim of Gabral.
He said he was affected by the floods for the second time, as the 2010 floods also washed away his house and inflicted heavy financial losses.
The flood affectees said that philanthropist organizations immediately reached them after the devastating floods hit the area. “We are grateful to Malala Yousafzai, who reached us during a very hard time. The in-time aid is a blessing for us as we were short of food items,” said Mumtaz Haji sb, a flood-affected person in Kedam area of Bahrain tehsil.
“The aid was given as a gift to Malala Yousafzai by the Muslim World League, which we distributed among the flood affectees of five tehsils of Swat district and one each of Shangla and Kohistan districts. We prioritized widows, orphans, and transgender people in the distribution list,” said Hazir Gul, the executive director of Islampur Cottage Industries Association Swat.
He thanked the donor agencies for extending help to the flood affectees. “We are thankful to the district administration for assisting in the distribution of the relief packages.
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