Disaster Relief & Rehabilitation

Flood Relief Efforts

In 2022, MAK Welfare Trust collaborated with Akhuwat Foundation to distribute 2,000 ration bags worth Rs 10 million among flood- affected families in DG Khan, Punjab; Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Khairpur and Thatta, Sindh; and Pasheen, Balochistan. The ration bags contained a variety of food items for approximately one month of sustenance for a family of six to seven individuals.

Through its sister concern, Premier Diverse Learning Concepts (PDLC), a project that works for school improvement, MAK Welfare Trust also provided shelter to 400 families at a government-adopted school in Kolab Jial, Sindh, along with food supplies and basic healthcare facilities for a month.

A week-long donation drive for clothing and bedding was also organised across more than 1,100 campuses of Beaconhouse, The Educators, and Concordia Colleges nationwide. The collections of these were donated to Akhuwat Foundation’s Clothes Bank.

Additionally, relief and reconstruction efforts valued at Rs 30 million were undertaken to support flood-affected families in the hardest-hit regions of Pakistan. This initiative also involved the construction of 100 houses across 16 villages, offering much-needed shelter to approximately 700 individuals. Overall, the initiative successfully reached over 10,000 beneficiaries.

Covid-19 Response

In 2020, the MAK Welfare Trust and the Kasuri family contributed Rs 40 million towards covid relief for the procurement and distribution of essential food items as ration packs, mainly to daily-wage workers and their families. These ration packs included necessary food supplies to help sustain a family of five for approximately one month, and over 13,000 households in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, and Kasur were reached.

Some of the trustees of the MAK Trust, the Kasuri family, also donated Rs 20 million to the Prime Minister’s Covid-19 Relief Fund.

Relief Operation for IDPs

A relief operation worth approximately Rs 6.5 million was launched for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2009, when Pakistan faced a massive refugee crisis during Operation Rah-e-Nijat, the Pakistan military’s air and ground offensive against militants in South Waziristan.More than 120 volunteers were engaged in humanitarian work at the camps set up in Mardan. These activities were targeted around aiding 3,000 to 5,000 families in five to six weeks. Cash, medicines, sleeping mats, pedestal fans and hand fans, dry food, water coolers and shoes were distributed among the IDPs. Financial assistance and necessities were also provided to about 250 IDP families sheltered at the Lutheran Church in Mardan.

Nepal Earthquake 2015

The severe earthquake that hit close to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, in April 2015, resulted in approximately 9,000 fatalities and left many thousands injured. This catastrophic event also led to the damage or destruction of over 600,000 structures in Kathmandu and surrounding areas. In response, the MAK Welfare Trust contributed by donating tents valued around Rs 2 million.