How Pakistanis banded together to help flood victims

A relief camp set up by Al Khidmat Foundation, the charity wing of Pakistan’s prominent socio-religious organisation, the Jamaat-e-Islami [Courtesy of Al Khidmat Foundation]

Islamabad, Pakistan – It was a distress call for help from a stranded friend in Pakistan’s southern Balochistan province that planted a seed in the mind of Anum Khalid, a 23-year-old student of architectural engineering at Multan city’s Bahauddin Zakariya University.

Khalid recalls her friend calling her in July and telling her of the devastation caused by the record floods in Lasbela, a city in Balochistan. During the conversation, she mentioned she was suffering from menstrual pain and had no means to manage it.