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A ceremony to handover the cheque took place yesterday at the King Crab Restaurant, Ashfield Sydney. It was followed by a dinner sponsored by Edhi Foundation Australia.
the dinner was attended by PEACC members (Councillor Saeed Khan, Khalil Allahwala, Dr Shabbir Haider, Bashir Malik, Uzma Malik, Hafiz Shahid Iqbal, Iqbal Zaki), Edhi Australia (Riaz Malik, Zia Qureshi, Pervaiz Buttar), Apheda (Peter Jennings, Candice Feuerring).
PEACC second team of Medical Volunteers, Craig Drury, Annette Keay & Madeleine Trewartha were also present.
The event was also well-attended by journalists including Rehan Alvi, Syed Zafar Hussain, Munir Mohammad & Arshad Siddiqui).
Mr Riaz Malik, President Edhi Australia received the cheque and thanked both PEACC and Apheda for trusting Edhi with making best use of these funds to assit the victime of Pakistan earthquake.
In handing over the cheque, On behalf of PEACC, coordinators Khalil Allahwala and Saeed Khan thanked the mainstream Australian community for their generosity towards the victims and their ongoing support.
PEACC also thanked Pakistan community members, all community organisations in general, Pakistan Association of Australia and Urdu Society in particular for their support.
PEACC and Apheda praised Uzma Malik for taking the lead in single-handedly organizing teams of professional volunteers to the affected areas in Pakistan. Uzma, a physiotherapist by profession, was also praised for her selfless work in treating the victims in Pakistan earlier in the year. Medical volunteers, who were leaving for Pakistan the next morning, were praised for their dedication in taking time to visit and treat effected patients as well as training professionals
PEACC also thanked APHEDA for their support in fundraising as well arranging logistics for volunteers teams.
About PEACC:
The Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Coordination Committee was created by volunteers from the Pakistan Community led by Councilor Saeed Khan and Khalil Allahwala, supported by a number of other community leaders and organisations, to coordinate a sustainable Australia-wide appeal for the victims of the South Asian earthquake.
As PEACC is not a registered charity organization as its primary role has been to encourage Australians to donate to charities of their choice to assist the relief work.
However, many organisations and individuals did want to donate to PEACC directly so we needed a charitable account. APHEDA helped us in this humanitarian cause (APHEDA is an international humanitarian aid agency of the Australian Council of Trade Unions). APHEDA also made it possible for us to fundraise within the Union sector.
About Edhi Foundation:
Edhi Trust established with mere Rs. 5000. What started as a one-man show operating from a single room in Karachi is now the Edhi Foundation, the largest welfare organization in Pakistan. The foundation has over 300 centres across the country, in big cities, small towns and remote rural areas, providing free medical aid, family planning and emergency assistance. They own air ambulances, providing quick access to far-flung areas. Edhi International Foundation with its branches in U.S.A., England, Australia, Japan, Bangladesh, U.A.E., and Canada, are engaged in humanitarian work.
Edhi provides humanitarian aid whenever and wherever it is required either due to earth quake, flood, civil war, drought and famine-stricken area etc.
Edhi has no boundaries....their relief programs are found in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Japan, Ethiopia, Armania, Philippines Bangladesh, Somalia, Bosnia... the list goes on and on and on.
