Presented to

Alliance of Pakistan Floods Relief Efforts

On tlie Occasion ofits
United Community Effort to Assist Flood Victims
WHEREAS.
WHER'AS,
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Several community based organizations in Houston. Texas. USA; came to establish a
collaborative name,d the '"Alliance (if Pakistan F100d.f Relief Efforts". to serve humanity
in dire needs, suffering from 2011 floods in Pakistan, This body was formed to send
funds. and in-kind donations to benefit the resi dents suffering from floods in Sindh
Pakistan through member organizations working in the lield. where more than 7.50
million lives have been totally disturbed and projected to remain disturbed in weeks and
months to come,
To have an effective Houston response to flooding in Pakistan. a broad-based alliance of
25 organizations & associations and 12 Community Based Media Partners. The AlliaJlce
of Pakistan Hood Relief was fomlcd to raise monetary and in-kind donations of
useful nutritious food & essential hygiene items. to be sent /i'om Houston to Pakistan in
goodwill buckets: and
I I was decided to have an initial working committee for the Alliance, By the Grace of
God: Saeed Sheikh (Coordinator). Talat Talpur (Treasurer), Mian Nazir (In-Kind
Donati on Coordinator). and lLyas Hasan Choudry (Secretary and Community & Media
Outreach) and two persons, wh.o are members of the Alliance Organizations : Bobby
Refaie and Cristal Montanez Baylor are in Pakistan; and will act as Liaison for the
Alliance there; and
Organizations ;.l ' Pakistan Prime Minister' s flood Relief Fund 2011 , Association
of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) South Texas Chapter.
Hashoo Foundation USA. Helping Hand IUSA1for Relief & Development (i-lHRD),
Houston-Istanbul Sister City Association (IIISCA) - Houston-Karachi Sister City
Association (HKSCA). Imran Khan Foundation (IKF). Pakistani-American Association
of Greater Houston (PAGI-I) - Pakistani-American Council of Texas (PACT), Pakistan
Chamber of Commerce USA (PCe-USA). Raindrop Helping Hands, Raindrop Turkish
House, Red Cross, Sindhi Association of North America (SANA), Sun Charity, Voices
Breaking Boundaries (VBll) and Media Partners: Pakistan Chronicle, Pakistan 10urnal.
Pakistan News, Pakistan Times, Radio Houston. Radio Light Of Islam, Radio Shalimar
and the Muslim Observer were integral parts of this effort; and
By the Grace of God. Alliance has worked hard on both the tasks. gathering more
than $76.000 in monet ary donations: and. Saturday December 3, 20 II will be
accomplishing an in-ki nd donation undertaking. with the final preparations of a
40-Feel Container at Pakistan Center in Southwest Houston ($100.1)00+ worth of
items collected)
NOW, THERl.'PORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, 011 hehalf of the ("()nstitllellh of the
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