NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT

In 2010, the village of Choti Zereen and several surrounding villages were flooded as several embankments were breached. R.D.O came forward to assist those whose homes were flooded. They were provided with buildings where the affected were lodged and a daily supply of cooked food was dispersed in 76 camps. Prominent organizations like MAP, a U.K based Non-Profit Organization affiliated with Oxfam came forward to assist R.D.O in this endeavor. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia donated 1000 tents through the Ambassador to R.D.O; Red Crescent, Al Huda International, CCP Foundation (Lahore) Gurmani Foundation, NDMA, etc. also came forward to contribute. In this way, R.D.O was vital in disaster management in this region.

Battling Covid-19

The philosophy of R.D.O is to come forward in any crisis or disaster-like situation in this backward region of South Punjab. Along with the continuous support for deprived families in health, education, and food support and expansion and integration of the youth in vocational training, R.D.O finds itself at the doorstep of another crisis of Corona which is deeply affecting the lives of people from these regions as they rely on daily wages to a large extent. Therefore, R.D.O once again mobilized to disperse dry ration to poor families of the labor class in a safe and sanitized environment. We targeted 70 families initially and through donations from family and friends succeeded in distribution to 1500 families. We hope to continue and expand this endeavor substantially. R.D.O also organized the dispersal of dry food to 350 families donated by a non-profit Organization called Akhoowat in the city and suburbs of Dera Ghazi Khan in June 2020 during the peak of the covid pandemic.