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Written by Lisa DeBenedictis
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The water was nearly 25 feet high.
"It smashed everything; nothing was left,” said Khadija Agha, an Afghan refugee living in Pakistan whose home was destroyed in the floods. The only possessions she and her family were able to salvage were a few dresses and some pots.
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Read more... [Surviving the Flood: One Woman's Story]
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Written by Lisa DeBenedictis
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Thanks to the amazing generosity of Barakat’s supporters, Barakat has reached our goal of $10,000 for the first wave of support for 400 people who have fled to Attock, Pakistan, after their homes were destroyed in the country’s recent monsoon flooding.
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Read more... [Barakat Relief Reaches Pakistan Victims]
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Written by Lisa DeBenedictis
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Noor Bibi has perfect vision, but she calls herself blind.
“Without literacy, I am the same as a blind person,” she explains. “I couldn’t read even a hospital’s board or a drugstore’s board. For this reason, I decided to become literate.”
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Read more... [For Afghan Women, Sowat is Middle Ground]
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Written by Lisa DeBenedictis
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Thousands of people are being displaced in Pakistan from what experts are calling the worst monsoon floods in more than 80 years. Of those, nearly 600 people have fled to the town of Attock in Punjab, the home-base of Barakat Pakistan's schools and programs since 1994. Donate Now.
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Read more... [Donate Now to Flood Victims in Pakistan!]
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Written by Lisa DeBenedictis
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The lives of four young women from Punjab, Pakistan are about to change drastically, for a grand total of $60 a month.
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Read more... [Scholarship Recipients Announced in Pakistan]
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