Kimse Yok Mu has been helping flood victims since the first days of the disaster, taking donations from the Turkish public to the flood-stricken country; it has distributed 30 tons of supplies, from baby food to medicine. The organization has also been organizing iftar dinners for homeless Peshawar residents.
Pakistan’s social aid minister, Firdevs Ashik Avan, also joined the association’s volunteers for the iftar diner. The minister said Pakistan was going through a difficult test.
The association has been purchasing supplies from inside Pakistan due to the high cost of transporting items into the country. Officials from Kimse Yok Mu announced that aid efforts in the region will continue. Head of the association Mehmet Özkara stated that as long as the Turkish nation continues donating, they will continue to distribute hot meals in the region. He added that the effects of flooding in Pakistan have exceeded fears, noting that the scale of the aid should match this reality.
Özkara noted that two-thirds of Pakistan has been affected by the flood, saying the economic and social toll of the disaster will be felt by the entire country. He also explained that the vastness of the region devastated by floods makes it difficult to coordinate relief efforts. “We at the Kimse Yok Mu association sent our officials and volunteers on the fourth day of the disaster and started working immediately. Now our doctors are helping Pakistani doctors. We have set up two iftar tents in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab regions -- the two areas most affected by flooding. We will have an iftar for 1,200 people. This of course doesn’t end the troubles of Pakistan, but we are trying to do our best,” he said.
Özkara added that in the second of phase of their relief efforts Kimse Yok Mu wants to provide more long-lasting services, announcing that they will be constructing prefabricated homes in areas indicated by local administrations. He also said the friendship between the Turkish and Pakistani nations will grow stronger through the donations. He expects to see more donations as the disaster took place during Ramadan, saying aid thus far has been inadequate given the overwhelming damage caused by the disaster.
