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Currently Hidaya is executing relief efforts at four different locations in Pakistan with the help of over 150 of Hidaya’s employees and over 100 volunteers including several software development interns on the ground.  The website is updated daily for our donors to know what is being distributed.  For more information, kindly click on the links below:
 
Situation Overview
 
The deadliest weather related disaster of 2010 is continuing to unfold in Pakistan since July 29, 2010, where heavy monsoon rains have triggered flooding that has left over 1,500 people dead. The death toll may reach in the thousands as flooding has spread throughout the country and countless are missing due to flash floods and landslides.  On top of this, more monsoon rains and flooding are on the way according to Pakistan meteorological department which may continue till end of August.
Millions of homes in thousands of villages and towns have been destroyed.  According to  reports, over 13 Million people have been affected by this disaster - more than the 2004 Indonesia Tsunami, 2005 Pakistan Earthquake, and 2010 Haiti Earthquake combined and destruction is increasing each day.
 
 Infrastructure such as dams, power stations, roads, bridges, schools, agriculture wells, and drinking water hand pumps have been severely damaged or destroyed. 
 
 
Last Update: September 2, 2010.
 

Sitara-e-Isaar Awarded to Hidaya Foundation

The sister organization of Hidaya Trust, Hidaya Foundation was awarded Sitara-i-Eisaar (Star of Sacrifice) by the Government of Pakistan, in recognition of the results-oriented relief efforts of both the organizations during the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. It was awarded during a special ceremony held at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, DC.

 

In Keeping with our commitment to the communities in which Hidaya Trust operates, it hires its work force as an equal opportunity employer.  It means that employment decisions are based on merit and business needs and not on race, color, status in the society, ancestry, sex, age, religion, creed and marital status.