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BBC Black Country 3 Feb 11
A village in Pakistan devastated by flooding has been renamed Midland after a Walsall charity raised money to help rebuild it.
Walsall-based Midland International Aid Trust raised £113,000 to help the 20 million people thought to be affected by the monsoon floods last year.
The village of Lal Pir, now named Midland, had been cut off by water…
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BBC News 26 Aug 10
A Walsall aid worker says greater co-ordination is needed in the distribution of supplies in the worst-hit areas in the Pakistan floods.
Mohammed Aslam is the founder of Walsall charity International Aid Trust and has travelled out to the Muzaffargarh region of the country.
At least 1,600 people are thought to have been killed with the north west part of Pakistan worst affected. Britain has raised around £35 million in aid so far…
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BBC News 3 Aug 10
An appeal to raise £2m for victims of the flooding in Pakistan raised £100,000 in 24 hours.
Birmingham-based Islamic Relief Worldwide appealed for the cash to provide assistance to survivors…
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Express & Star 4 Mar 10
Walsall doctor Muzaffar Hashmi packed his bags and took two weeks holiday from his job in accident and emergency at Walsall Manor Hospital and on 22 January 22 and went on a three-day journey to Haiti where the earthquake affected about three million people…
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Walsall Advertiser 4 Feb 10
A seasoned Walsall fund-raiser admitted he is overwhelmed by the way the borough has responded to a Haiti Disaster appeal. Two weeks ago, Mohammed Aslam, chairman of Walsall-based Midland International Aid Trust, launched a disaster fund with the support of the Advertiser to provide immediate aid to the 1.5 million left homeless from last month’s earthquake…
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Jayne Howarth’s Weblog 29 Jan 10
When the earthquake devastated Haiti, I was shocked, appalled and overwhelmed. What could I do? I have no skills, no medical expertise, nothing that would benefit these wretched people. But social networking focused my thoughts….
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Bobby Bridge Walsall Advertiser 21 Jan 10
A Walsall charity has launched an appeal to raise £25,000 for victims of the Haiti earthquake which has claimed upwards of 200,000 lives. Chairman of Walsall-based Midland International Aid Trust Mohammed Aslam MBE flew out to the devastated Carribbean country today to provide urgent medical, food and water care. And now volunteers are urging the borough to get behind their immediate life saving mission…
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Mercury 14 Jan 10
Gordon Brown has urged Britons to donate to an emergency appeal for Haiti after the Government pledged more than £6 million in aid…
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B'ham Mail 2 Oct 09
Search and rescue experts from West Midlands Fire Service have flown out to Indonesia in a battle to save lives following the earthquake disaster…
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Birmingham Post 18 August 09
World class Pakistani cricketers, Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan, were in Birmingham to highlight the humanitarian crisis in their country…