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Day 1 - Arrived in Islamabad at 1330hrs, after a 15 hour flight, as PK702 had to make a diversion to emergency land at Istanbul Airport due to a technical error!!! Had a meeting with Head of the NRSP & Head of UOL in Islamabad, our two partner organisations in Pakistan, discussed our schedule for the next 3 weeks. I had already made the appropriate arrangements for 3 of our team members headed by Javed Malik, who departed off to Rajanpur near Sind (which is flat suitable terrain), to install 2 x water purifier units & to train the locals on how to use them, these units were donated by UK company based in Sheffield called “”Hi20””. The water purifiers would not be suitable at all in the northern regions due to the extreme cold temperatures, the mechanics of these units would freeze-up. The remaining 3 team members including myself, set-off along with UOL staff at 1600hrs to relief destination Raikot near Gilgit, travelled via Haripur, Havelian, Abbotabaad, Mansehra, Shinkiari & finally arrived in Balakot 2215hrs and took shelter in tents for the night.

Day 2 - Awoke at 0600hrs with few insect bites, Oh how wonderful :) ….. went to visit Baseerat family whilst in balakot, as they were one of the families we donated funds & built them a house after the 2005 earthquake, young child baseerat 7yrs old has had her right leg below knee amputated due to being involved in a car accident, (need to provide her with prosthetic limb). Also visited rest of families we re-homed between 2005/2007. Set off from Balakot 0845hrs, 30 mins into our journey the road at Malkandi had completely collapsed for at least quarter of a mile, due to a mass landslide, here we had to leave our existing vehicle, walked down a hill to the river kunar, we now had to cross to get to the other side, each one of us had to crossed via a pulley mechanism, dangerous but it had to be done, life-jackets welcome :), as the current beneath us was quite strong, once on the other side we had to walk another few hundred yards in the scorching hot sun. Then had to cross via the same mechanism to get back onto the other side, once back ove we then had to await a different jeep to transport us for the rest of the journey.

After out little adventure, back on the road 1030hrs, travelled towards Babusarpass through Jaraid, Ochree, Kaghan Valley, Naran Valley, after we passed into Kaghan the temperature began to drop as we drove higher into the mountains, we reached the highest peak Babusarpas at 1615hrs, which is where both the Kaghan & Karakorum mountain ranges meet, views absolutely amazing but freezing cold. Once over Babusarpas, road dropped downhill into the mountains, terrain incredibly narrows only able to fit small jeep, through Thak and finally reached Chelas at approx 2130hrs. Also spoke to Javed our team member in Rajanpur, they had reached there destination & were going to be carrying out there install once a suitable location had been found.

Day 3 – 7am departed off to small village Gais Balla in the foot of the valley of huge mountains, 8am we arrived at the main bridge to cross over the river, where we also met our local contact for the region of React and that was Sari Saab he accompanied us from here on, the main bridge which had collapsed & footbridge being built, had now come too far to turn back, we had to cross via a pulley mechanism with a dangling cage attached to zip wire, safety had just gone out of the equation J, with a approx 100ft drop below into the River Send, I sat in the cage and was manually zip-wired across, with the river underneath flowing ferociously. Once on the other side, we spent another approx 20 minutes climbing literally vertical boulders watching every footstep, once at the top onto the footpath, walked in the blazing hot sun for approx 40 mines to reach actual village, 10am arrived in Gais Balla.

Topped up with the most precious stuff out here “”Water”” as we were so thirsty. Met up with Hurun Shah who lost his home & 32 relatives in the floods, including his most immediate 3 daughters & his wife. In total 42 people died in Gais Balla village. For the next 3 hours we spoke to the villagers about there situation, all houses in this village had been built very close together with small approx 3ft alley-paths between them. Villagers lives consisted of growing there own crops in there small patch of land and carrying out some form of manual labour work (if available) locally which was approx 2 hrs away in chelas. Find out that the women stayed at home with children & on a daily basis undertook all the crop work, looking after the livestock & taking care of there children, as well as the daily house chores, the main need in this village at present was the provision of 36 houses. Departed from Gais Balla 1530hrs, onto next village Gais Paein, Qari had organised a large local tractor to take us to the next village, we got about 5 mins ride on this and it broke down, we ended up walking the rest of the way in the heat, it took us approx 60 mins. On entering Gias Paein we viewed first-hand the damage the floods had done to the crop-land, left huge ridges in it. We as a team topped up with water again. After speaking to the local villagers we found out that the village had many houses that had been destroyed and the houses could not be built on the same area again due to the fact that the flood waters force had brought down lots of huge boulders which could not be moved without machinery & there was no way of getting building machinery over to this village apart from flying it in at a huge expense, so basically the villagers had to decide on alternate land to build there homes on. The main thing was the embankment was totally destroyed so this had diverted the natural route of the water & needed rebuilding ASAP, because over the next few months the water levels will rise and over-flow onto the land if the embankment is not built, the local Government body MLA has said he will contribute towards a new embankment and will build a quarter of it. Departed from village at 1730hrs, trekked over an hour in the dark with head-lamps & torches through the sandy & stony path, then had to do the 15 min vertical climb down, which was even more nerve-racking in the dark, to the zip wire pulley to get back to the other side to our jeep which was waiting for us. We travelled up further north to village Goonar Farm Raikot valley, arrived at approx 2045hrs, where we stayed the night.

Day 4 – 8am set-off from Goonar Farm to village Tatu in Raikot, this journey was yet another difficult one, as Tatu was located in the Himalaya near the foothills of one the highest mountains in the world Nanga Parbat which stands at 26,660 ft & lies just south of the Indus River in the Astore District of Gilgit Baltistan & the end of the Karakoram range, this village lies along the Raikot Nalla which emerges from Raikot Glacier. The terrain to Tatto Village is very tough. Except air-relief, hardly any outside civilisation can reach this area because of the dangerous single constricted jeep road at a extremely steep and high altitude. When we got about 15,000ft high up the mountain road, there was quite a gathering of people, we found out that approx 12ft of the actual road had totally collapsed due to landslide from the above mountain, that had then diverted the course of a natural mountain spring causing a muddy sludgy downpour. The locals had then decided to put a temporary measure in place, with health & safety out the window, until the road was re-constructed properly they had wedged a thin wooden log from one side to the other so a temporary walkway was formed, extremely dangerous to cross, cause one wrong footing or a slip could potentially fall down a 15000ft mountain drop, excellent !!! So now a decision had to be made by each individual whether to cross or go back, I along with the rest of the team had been travelling for the last 3 days to eventually reach this village, so decided to go ahead with it as I had come too far to turn back, & secretly prayed to the Great Almighty to get me across in one piece !!! I felt very scared & nervous & did not dare look down, I felt like a trapeze, was so relieved when I made it across & tried not think of what I had just done !!! Thanks the Great Almighty we all made it in one piece :)

We were then given a lift down into the village by a police vehicle that had just been stuck on the otherside since the landslide. We finally arrived in Tatu village at 1300hrs, Met the 1st family in Tatu who were living in tents, we learned that the village had suffered a flash flood which completely destroyed approx 12 houses and left some damaged but repairable. We were also informed that the villagers that had totally lost there homes had now decided to go upto there summer log cabins in village Fantori, I was gutted to hear this as we had come to meet them in person and survey there actual damage, so now it was a case of another 3/4 hour trek higher up into the mountains, upto fairy meadows and then further onto a village called Fantori or stay the night in the village in tents. At this stage after nearly 4 days of travelling like the rest of the team, I was physically & mentally exhausted & my legs told me that they would not take another step for me. After a quick warm soup-break which we all desperately needed, at the Jaile rest house. We all decided to set-off up to fairy meadows as no point in turning back now, I along with rest of the team had no choice but to trek up on horse-back with local guides as my legs had given up, the trek was treacherous to say the least as the path the locals used frequently had been destroyed in places by the flooding & land sliding, so in places I had to get off my horse Badal & walk it was an up-hill slog & whilst on the horse I watched it's every single footing and did not dare look down my left side which revealed an open 17,000ft mountain drop. We finally reached fairy meadows at approx 1730hrs it was now freezing cold due to the high altitude and it had fallen dark, we rested at our accommodation which was the Fairy Meadows Cottage a huge log cabin, which was predominately used by Nanga Parbat climbers, it had a real log fire burning to keep the place warm. One of the team members who was totally was freaked by the thought of riding a horse so was left behind on the mountain as he travelled up on foot with locals, we were all worried sick about him as it was now pitch black outside & we knew they had little light from torches, he finally arrived at the cabin another 2 hours later in one piece we were so relieved. What a day :) !!!

Day 5 – I was awoken by a bright light at 0600 which I did not have a clue as to what it was, until my eyes focused an I caught sight of snow, OMG it looked amazing literally like a Christmas card with enormous towering conifers covered in snow surrounded by huge mountains with Nanga Parbat at a distance. I opened the cabin door to find the snow was just under a foot deep. It was absolutely freezing as the fire had gone out in the night, at this point I became anxious beyond belief, just thinking about the fact of how were we going to get of this mountain in this deep snow ??? Everyone else was still asleep whilst I just sat-up in my sleeping bag panicking & thinking about team safety !!! We had team meeting and after speaking to the local guides decided to stay put hoping and praying for the snow to start melting. Meanwhile we informed that the locals would be continuing up and down the faltering mountain path as part of there daily routine, this would also help us back down the mountain, as there would be a track to follow.

I decided that I would attempt to go further into the mountains to the village of Fantori where the Tatu villagers had taken temporary shelter, to meet them & survey they situation, as otherwise it would be a wasted journey, along the way I was told there was a point where we I could get a mobile signal. So I ventured out on foot with another 2 local volunteers Aseer & Safi, the route to Fantori was breath-takingly captivating, cold but adventurous. About 40 mins into the journey we arrived at the mobile point and I rang home & spoke to my mum, I ecstatic to hear her voice & told her all was well and briefly mentioned our location, didn’t tell her we were virtually stuck on the mountain due to snow. We then walked on another 20 mins and arrived in Fantori, 1st house we arrived in was Fazal Rehman with his wife and children, living in awful conditions, told us they had lost there home in the flash flood in Tatu, I met his daughters Safaira 6yrs old & Amber 7yrs old, I felt quite emotional when I looked at there cold feet as they had no shoes & no coats. 2nd house we surveyed was Anwar Khan’s similar situation. Was getting late but travelled further to meet 3rd family Walayat Akbar similar situation as previous family. After this we set-of back to Fairy Meadows which took about an hour to get back to our cabin. Discussed the day’s finding with rest of team, who had been exploring the nearby area.

Day 6 – Awoke at 7am, had a team meeting to discuss weather situation, we decided to stay put till tomorrow. We went off to further survey families in Fantori. Every family we survey and came across had a similar story to tell as the previous family, overall it was a sad situation, as help from the outside world such as the government or anyone else would be highly unlikely due to this extremely difficult location.

Day 7 – After another early start at 7am, we had a quick team meeting, and came to the mutual decision to attempt to travel back down the mountain to Tatu. We set-off back down on the treacherous narrow mountain path, me on horse-back on Baal with our dependable guides, on the journey down there were quite a few extremely dangerous areas where I got off my horse and walked for a distance then back on the horse once in the clear, along with everyone else I became tired and cold. Eventually after a few hours trek we reached the Jaile rest house which we were so glad to see in full view finally. After a break we further trekked into Tatu to meet the villagers that had a few tents up. We met Saiid Akbar Wald Tali, we spent time talking to this family in there poverty stricken situation, we took Saiid to one-side and gave him Rs:5,000 from our donor ( Rs15,000 was donated to us from a UK donor who had given it to us directly in the Pakistan rupee money). Further on in our trek we met Walayat Khan, who was very persistent and adamant we came to his house, his wife made us a cup of tea and boiled some eggs, they had there livestock of chickens and goats which had survived due to grazing around the mountain. I drank the tea but could not eat the eggs just thinking of the fact that these eggs were a part of there main family meal for the day, instead I distracted myself by trying to play with the children Liaba, Sammy, Reshma & Karishma who showed me around there home, the children were obviously very poor & living in a temporary damaged house, as there own home had been totally destroyed. Gave this family Rs5,000 from our UK donor.

We then travelled further into the village and actually the poorest man in the the whole village which was Sher Wali, we gave him the last Rs5,000 of our donors money, which he was extremely gratifying for. We then arranged for photographs with the SUFC flag. Set-off back in a jeep upto the landslide which was still continuing the locals men had turned into a temporary dangerous foot cross-over, the current jeep had to stay on the other side we had to cross over & arrangements had been made for another jeep to pick us up on the other side. Had a rough journey in the jeep back down the mountain terrain back to Goonar farm. Stayed the night at Qari Saab’s home.

Day 8 – Had an early start again around 07.30hrs, before we departed we met young lady Arifaa with query ??? polio flaccid leg. After examining Arifaa’s leg I decided that we as charity would try an help her by referring her Naya Qadam in Sihala Islamabad which is an ongoing case at present. Before we set-off from Goonar Farm we found out that BabuSurpass was completely closed off due to snow, so we had to go the longer way around to reach Islamabad. We travelled through Chelas on the Karakorum highway through the Himalaya mountain ranges via Sazin, Patan, Dasu, Kamila, Madyan, Besham, had a quick lunch pitstop at 1400hrs at Besham, (from Besham we could see India’s line of control) then onto Shrinkaar, Thakot, Batagram, Batal, Mansehra. Arrived in Mansehra at 00.30hrs. Along the majority of this journey we virtually no mobile signal opposed to a poor one in certain areas. Managed to make contact with our team in Rajanpur, mobile signal really poor though, there installation had gone smoothly so they were heading back home over the next 48 hrs. We changed vehicles at Mansehra then travelled on via Abbotabaad where we had a quick tea-break, onto Haripur, Taxilla, and finally arrived Islamabad at 04.15hrs.

Day 9 – Back up at 06.30hrs to meet our colleague Dr Rabnawaz from Islambaad airport, his flight was delayed by 5 hours, meanwhile arranged a meeting with NRSP for later that day. Finally collected our colleague and left the airport 12.30noon. Had quick lunch break and then onto meeting with NRSP discussed our findings in a detailed format with a definite interest in Tatu & Gais Balla reconstruction projects. Also talking about now that we had surveyed Gilgit area, to further explore flood effected villages in Neelam later on in the week. Caught up with administration work and planning for the rest of the day.

Day 10 – Departed for Lahore late morning, meeting with UOL. Arrived in Lahore late afternoon. Had a detailed meeting with UOL regarding Tatu & Gais Balla reconstruction of houses, school & medical unit. Then had a team meeting and decided what we were going to commit to. We finalised & committed to all reconstruction in the village of Tatu which consisted of reconstructing 14 x houses + 1 x primary school + 1 x medical unit, Gais Balla reconstructing 36 x houses. Futhermore discussed a food drop for these villages as winter had loomed unpredictably early this year. Spoke to Javed he and the rest of team heading back to UK today.

Day 11 – Spent the morning costing the projects, which were concluded. We then started costing the food drop for the Tatu, Gais Balla, Gais Pine & Gais Balla Nalla so in total x 4 villages, food distribution would be done from Goonar Farm units as this was a central meeting point, that the local villagers could travel to, as it was impossible for us to get food trucks upto the villages. Once costings & food package contents confirmed this was a definite to go ahead over the next few days, all dependant on how long it would take the food trucks from Lahore to Goonar Farm. Departed Lahore arrived back in Islamabad at 02.00hrs.

Day 12 – At 0730hrs set-off to Neelam Valley travelling through Malpur, Muree, quick tea break at Muree onto Dhirkot quick lunch break here, onto Chikar, Gari Duputta, Muzafarabaad had quick break here, then travelled onto Shaheedguli, Sayedpur, Machyaza, the next area road route Kundal-Shahi was absolutely horrific for nearly 2hrs our driver could not drive any faster than 15/20mph the road was so broken and rocky, arriving finally at Atmaqam at just after midnight. Here thankfully our journey ended the day, arrangements had been made for us to stay the night here.

Day 13 – 06.15hrs left Atmaqam to travel onto Kel in Neelam Valley, via Kerano, Dwarian took a short break here, then onto Sharda finally arrived in Kel at 12.30noon another dreadfully rough journey. After a short break walked further into Kel to view flash floods consequences. Got to Nareen Nalla, which was now now filled with approx 150ft of rubble stone, the force of the water just brought along everything in its way. Further on in Shounter Nalla, found out that 11 x hydro turbines were destroyed by the floods, making drinking water difficult to access. Once back at Kel office, later in the evening we were call into a community meeting to discuss our findings of that day. Was also informed lady called Maggie from a charity based in Edinburgh, was building foot-bridges in Neelam, was given her contact details. I contacted her and arranged to meet up with her, as she was in Muzafarabaad at present.

Day 14 – Set-off at 0730hrs through Neelam Valley, the jeep took us further 20 minutes into the valley from there on it was by foot or horse-back. We trekked through a rough terrain witnessing first-hand destroyed schools and homes, after 35 minutes we arrived at the 1st village Bhagnu where we were met by local villagers who told us there distressing stories. We then trekked on for another 40 minutes to 2nd village Chariyaa, met the local villagers who were happy to see us. After trekking further for 30 minutes into the valley we arrived at 3rd village Dokrian again we met the local villagers who sadly told there account. Then onto our final village after another 35 minutes walking we arrived in Dhumail Pyn. Here we had a short break, and then spent time surveying the villagers, the majority were women and young children as the men were all away at work in various cities in Pakistan. The women were living in difficult conditions, there life was based around there children, husbands, crop-work, cooking and basic running of there home. As most of the schools had been destroyed in the valley the children were missing out on vital education, spent there time playing or helping there mothers with crop-work. We then set-off back, after a 2+ hour trek arrived in Kel approx at 1945hrs. Had meeting with Aftab Attulah, gave him our feedback after meeting the villagers, that we could not see re-constructing houses viable as the villagers that had lost there homes in the flood’s had been living in there homes which had been originally built on someone else’s land. So basically there was a huge on-going issue about the land and there was no clear concise information. Overall alot of work to be done in Neelam, but lacking co-ordination at present.

Day 15 – 0600hrs Set-off back to Islamabad via Atmaqam. Had arranged to meet with Maggie as would be passing there vehicle on our journey back. Met in Pateeka and exchanged project details and further contact details. Once we had a mobile signal on our journey, we rang NRSP head office and arranged a meeting for the next morning at 0900hrs. Finally after a long journey we arrived back in Islamabad at the next morning at 0330hrs.

Day 16 – Attended meeting at 0800hrs at NRSP office, we discussed that we were not considering building houses due to land issues. We then went onto discussing re-building of schools and vocational centre. We requested for quotations to be done so we could analyze the costings.
Set-off to Charseda for the day arrived at 1100hrs, stopped at the main checkpoint and quizzed by the police, after questioning us they insisted they came with us. We arrived at the NRSP camp at 13.30hrs, met the staff there. Walked around the camp with an entourage consisting of armed police officers and the camp children. Spoke to the flood survivors living in appalling conditions, basically before the floods these people were tenants and workers for local landlords, they were working as farm-hands and making a basic living and supporting there families now they had lost this income due to crop damage and lost homes too very sad situation. They had no access to any medical facility or schools. The NRSP were providing them with food and water temporarily. We then went onto visit Agra Bala about another 15 minute journey, again a similar situation. Arrived back in Islamabad at 2000hrs. Confirmed with UOL about our food-drop.

Day 17 – At 0400 hrs set-off to Goonar Farm Chelas, to meet the food trucks and carry out food-pack distribution. After a virtual non-stop long gruelling journey we arrived at Goonar Farm at 0200hrs in the morning. Food trucks had already arrived few hours before us, they had been travelling for 4 days to get there.

Day 18 + Day 19 – Early start again at 0730hrs, once at distribution unit found out that the trucks had been unloaded during the night, everyone had worked through with short break to get the stuff unloaded and set out ready.
Each 30 day food pack per family of four contained : 40kg Atta flour + 4kg lentils + 2 kg sugar + 1 kg salt + 2kg ghee + 4kg rice + 1 kg tea + pack of spices. There were 16 of us volunteers that helped carry out the food pack distribution.
We distributed : Tatu villagers 557 people =246 food packs + Gais Paein 1015 people = 394 food packs + Gais Balla 597 people = 222 food packs + Gais Balla Nalla 1202 = 450 food packs. So in total we gave food packs to 3371 people = 1312 food packs. Overall the day went smoothly but we did get a few individuals turning up that were not registered in our list, they waited till the end off food distribution and were given limited left-over food packs.

Day 20– Set of at 5am travelled back from Goonar farm to Islamabad. Another long day.

Day 21 – Day full of meetings. Meeting with NRSP re construction in Neelam Valley, collected school / centre / livelihood quotations for team analysis. Meeting with UOL to discuss Raikot construction projects and collected quotations. Meeting with ARY digital and GEO television channels to update them with projects. Administration of finalisation of projects. Worked through quotations did our own calculations of each project. Organised final meetings for tomorrow.

Day 22 – 1st meeting today with OUL finalised our construction projects: we committed to the construction of the the following :
Tatu building 14 x houses + Tatu 1 x medical unit + Tatu 1 x primary school.
Gais Balla building 36 x houses.
Arranged and drew up contract of agreement between us and issued 1st payment for phase 1 construction.

2nd meeting today with NRSP finalised our construction projects: we committed to the construction of the the following :
Neelam Valley 1 x Girls School + 1 x Womens Vocational centre + 10 x new business shell for shops with new business grants.
Arranged and drew up contract of agreement between us and issued 1st payment for phase 1 construction.

A day out to the seaside was organised and arranged by WorldAid volunteers, in conjunction with the Park View Day Centre. The day was completely free of charge as it was funded, for the elderly patients and along with there carer's. The group thoroughly enjoyed this day as the patients on a daily basis spent majority of there time at home, due to a range of health problems and disabilities.

Community day out organised by WorldAid volunteers. Excellent day out which promoted integration, social skill building. People from all differing backgrounds went along to experience, the Birmingham culture.

Birmingham - Community Cohesion Day out, we organised day out for females from diverse ethnic backgrounds, that promoted community cohesion and integration. Encouraging active community social involvement. Overall successful great day, feedback was to re-arrange another day like this next year !!!

The Hope Not Hate Bus, visited Rotherham on Day 2 of its national tour. WorldAid volunteers, strongly supported the campaign by attending with a group of diverse children from the surrounding community, at the Rotherham United Football Club at Millmoor the site where the bus was available for the reinforcement of the message of HOPE NOT HATE.

An emergency appeal was launched by WorldAid locally in Rotheham. People were been forced to leave their homes, due to severe flooding across England. Approximately 900 people utilised emergency shelters in Sheffield, and about 700 left the villages of Catcliffe, Treeton and Whiston, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, due to the Ulley Dam, fears of it walls collapsing. Total raised was £1102.00, which was directly utilised on buying basic and essential necessitaties, such as a kettles/toasters/microwaves, for these families.

Blackpool : Integration/Socialisation, we organised day out to the seaside, for people from diverse community sectors, who live in isolation. Encouraged single parents to come along and socialise and meet new people. From the feedback we gained, it was a enjoyable, fun day out.

London Southall – Community Cohesion Day out, we organised day out for females from diverse ethnic backgrounds, that promoted community cohesion and integration. Encouraging active community social involvement. Overall successful, enjoyable day out.

We managed to raise another £18,500.00, for this 2nd mission, as we just continued to recieve donations after returning from our 1st relief mission. Departed for our relief mission, with a team of three volunteers, to visit and assist victims in the earthquake effected areas. Travelled to Balakot via Mansehra, and Gari Habib Ullah, through weather conditions that were heavy rain / mud slides, 6 hour journey. We met with the survivors of earthquake that were still living in temporary shelters, 16 months after the cataclysmic disaster. Not much has improved apart from more temporary shelters being built, living conditions are extremely depressing and healthcare is only available, those people that will have to pay for all treatment. Viewed houses being built by the University Of Lahore and school site that is being rebuilt. The earthquake debris has not been removed, people are living there life around it.

Bagh visit via Muree, Borban, Devalsharif, Basiya, Kwala, Chamankort, Dhirkort and Arja – 8 hour journey. We stayed at the NRSP camp in central Bagh. We travelled up the mountains 15,000 feet high to Malort and Thub and Ghania-a-baad, there we met with orphans of disaster and visited the only hospital up there,which was the MSF hospital. Also visited the portable MSF hospital in central Bagh with excellent health care facilities free of charge for the poor and poverty stricken people. This hospital has been doing excellent works since the disaster October 2006, as the District Bagh Hospital was completely destroyed by the earthquake. We were met at Bagh camp by principal of Surrol Sunrise School, which was the first school in Bagh to be temporarily restored again by funds donated by WorldAid in November 2006. We visited the Sunrise school and met and chatted, with children ranging from the age of 5 to 15 years old.

Subsequently departed off to Muzafarabaad in heavy rain/muddy weather, via Sudhan Gali which was at a peak of 20,000 feet high with ground laid by six inches of snow, traveled via Chakaar, Hatian Balaa, Ghari Duppata, 5 hour journey. Onto NRSP Basic Health Unit at Langarpuraa, Muzafarabaad, also viewed Lifelong learning school in Muzafarabaad. Prosthetic limb centre for earthquake amputees in Muzafarabaad.

During this relief mission , WorldAid supported and provided too the following causes :

Behbud Vocational Centre - Young teenage amputee and disability group that were affected by the earthquake :

Started housing construction in Balakot, with a view to completion summer/autumn 2007.

started networking with government officials immediately, to find out the update of the situation, also team members out in the field in Bagh camp to find out what exactly is required, starting working along side the NRSP (Pakistan based organisation, who set up base camp in bagh to help the victims)
after extensive research, we provided steel sheeting for temporary housing shelters in the following regions : Bagh village of Nica Nara, Balakot, Battal & Elahi in Mansehra, Muzaffrabaad
food drops up in mountains of Bagh to villages : Southern Gali, Surrol, Bani Pasari
emergency medication supplied to Al-Shafa hospital Rawalpindi & Melody Centre for Spinal Injuries Islamabad
initiated and set-up, the first of three temporary schools in Bagh, in Surrol & Southern Gali & Bani Pasari

Tsunami – launched an emergency appeal locally in Rotherham, December 2004, to help the tsunami victims, raised in total £15,450.

Water Appeal – to build wells in water deprived areas around Pakistan in total raised £11,200

Iran Earthquake Appeal – raised funds via an emergency appeal for the earthquake victims in total £17,300.

Afghanistan War Appeal – raised funds for the civilians that were suffering in the war- organized a charity meal and raised £6,284.00