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Akhuwat has reached more than 1.9 billion rupees in micro-loans disbursement     Akhuwat is working in collaboration with PSIC     Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation has supported Akhuwat for its relief efforts in flood hit areas of Pakistan      Akhuwat is rehabilitating 10,000 flood affected families of Distt. Rajanpur      Presence in 38 cities      Model replicated by over 10 NGOs      Akhuwat working in collaboration with PUKAAR in Nowshera, KPK
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Flood 2010
AKHUWAT - RAJANPUR MODEL

Akhuwat, Pakistan's largest individual based, interest free micro finance programme, is rendering various types of services for the flood victims of District Rajan Pur, D.G.Khan, Mianwali, Nowshehra, Leyyah and Muzaffar Garh:

Immediate Relief: Provision of Food, Shelter, Drinking Water, Medicines, Tents and other necessary items of daily use. These items are being provided in collaboration with local volunteers and few other partner NGOs. Substantial funds have been arranged for this purpose and supplies of around Rs 5 million have already been distributed.

Permanent Rehabilitation: We feel that once the water starts receding and people start returning to their homes, the real challenge of rehabilitation will emerge. Akhuwat has decided to play an instrumental role at this point of time as well. It has envisaged as following:

  1. Akhuwat has adapted District Rajan Pur and has deployed 90% of its relief/rehabilitation resources in this area.

  2. Ten thousand families will be selected from this district for the purposes of rehabilitation.

  3. These families will be provided with Interest free loans (Qarz a Hasna) to start a business or to invest in Agriculture and Livestock.

  4. Loans will be utilized for starting the lost business, buying agricultural inputs and buying live stock.

  5. Loans will be given on the basis of social collateral. No physical collateral will be needed.

  6. The loans will be returnable on easy monthly or harvest related installment and according to the income and cash flow of the borrower.

  7. Five offices have been established in the district in and around towns like Rajan Pur, Jam Pur, Kot Mithan, Fazil Pur.

  8. The loans size ranges from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 30,000 depending on the actual needs of the family.

  9. The funds are being raised from civil society and philanthropists from within the country and abroad.

  10. Operations have already been started and interest free loans of PKR 52 million have been disbursed among 3382 families.

  11. Akhuwat is a non political, non communal, non sectarian organization.

  12. Any individual or a well to do family can join this programme by donating Rs. 20,000 only. This twenty thousand will, inshaAllah, keep on revolving among the poor and needy for all times to come. You may like to support more than one family by donating more money. The entire effort will need Rs 150 million.

  13. Civil Society Organizations, NGOs and Donor Agencies are particularly requested to join hands and collaborate with Akhuwat.

  14. Akhuwat has also started its rehabilitation activities in other flood affected cities Nowshera and Muzafargarh. Interest free loans are being disbursed among flood affected families of these two cities.

Following are the bank account details of Akhuwat (You may also pay through cross cheque payable to Akhuwat and send it to Akhuwat Head Office):

Account Title: AkhuwatAwami Pool
Account Number: 0222-0100172932
Bank Name: Meezan Bank Limited,
Bank Swift Code: MEZNPKKAXXX
Bank Address: 6-2/C-1, College Road, Township, Lahore.
Bank Tel: 092 042 3515 7184-86



Rajanpur Flood 2010 Pictures


Akhuwat has already distributed more than Rs. 1.1 billion as interest free loans to more than 99,844 families in 34 cities of Pakistan. RAJANPUR Model will be a unique and most inspiring effort in the history of rehabilitation through micro finance.

Please be a part of this volunteer effort and be a witness to a great movement in history of Pakistan. NATIONS ARE BUILT, NOT ON CHARITY AND DOLES, BUT ON HARD WORK, SPIRIT OF SELF RELIANCE AND MUTUAL SUPPORT. Let’s be a part of this effort, let’s be a part of Akhuwat. Let’s build Pakistan with honor and dignity. This calamity has provided us with an opportunity too.



 
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