Naubedari: Helping those who really need it.

In the month of august a major catastrophe hit Pakistan. The flood that started from the north of Khyber Pakhtoonkhuwa and flooded down towards Punjab, Baluchistan and Sindh destroyed all that came in its way destroying thousands of towns and left millions of poor souls to leave their beloved homes and run for dear life. This is a natural disaster that is bigger and more devastating then any that has hit Pakistan ever in it 63 years of independence. One that has shook the very foundations of this nation. It was claimed that the earth quake that had hit Pakistan on the 18^th of October was not able to cause this massive scale of devastation. That was a catastrophe that the Pakistani nation when joined hands were able to not if over come at the least over see.

Their have been heated claims that the government has not done enough to help those who have been affected. It has also been a common believe now that even the general public has not shown the same enthusiasm that it showed years ago. The hands that joined in great brotherhood have gone numb. Great leaders such has Imran khan and media individuals such as Fakhr e Alam have yet to be seen doing what they did when the earth quake shook this nation. But in this heat there rose small groups of individuals and students whose hearts where drown seeing their brothers affected. One of these was a small group of students who have been actively working under the leadership of Murtaza Mustafa and Asad Ali (I) under the name of Naubedari (an unregistered charity organization) for those who needed help, and just when they saw millions “really” needed help they stepped out of their houses trying to gather as much as they could. They went door to door asking for whatever people were willing to donate. They knocked and people answered. It took them around 9 days to gather an approximate of 0.3 million rupees and more then a ton of clothing. People not only provided good cash but also appreciations that lifted their hopes and souls.  With these they were able to make boxes of basic food necessities including bread, salt, sugar, daal (), tea, water and some basic medicines.

 They then joined hands with a group of bayview high graduates who had also like them stepped onto streets and were able to collect a handsome amount of cash. Naubedari was then able to provide their allies with around 108 6 liters of pet water bottles. Naubedari also joined hands with the Rotaract club of Karachi helping them with food and water supplies. They were then able to help two small towns in the upper sindh district providing them indirectly through their own land lords or trailers that were taken by individuals themselves.

This effort did not satisfy the ever growing love and care for their brothers but when they were asked to volunteer at the Pakistan Air Force base at Shahrah e faisal they did not agitate. It has been 5 days since they have been regularly volunteering packing, loading and unloading tons of donations and they seem just not willing to stop. They spend 3 to 4 hours daily at the base working under trained officials trying their hearts out for their own badly injured nation.

The enthusiasm has not died and I doubt it ever will until such young souls live on the phase of this world. Young men who understand and feel what their brothers went through young men who have the “JAZBA” that made this country and the jazba that drives it till today.