Ottawa's Pakistani-Canadians mobilize relief efforts for flood-hit country ottnews ottawa
Sadaf Ebrahim is the president of the Canada Pakistan Association for the National Capital Region.
Baig, an Ottawa resident, said hearing from her sister and watching visuals of the country she left 27 years ago stirred her to action. She's helping organize a series of collection drives across the city for those affected."It's very hard. I cried a lot. I cried a lot. Then I [decided to] stand up. I say, no, this is not the time to cry. It's time to stand up and help them the way I can. Whatever I can do, I should do.
Shabana Baig’s sister owns and operates a hospital in Nowshera, Pakistan. The hospital was inundated after the Kabul River flooded. This prompted Baig to help with relief efforts."In this difficult time, I wish I could be in Pakistan. But there is a lot we can do while living in Canada," she said. The drives will also collect items the displaced families will need including clothing and hygiene products.The Canada Pakistan Association will hold collection drives every weekend until October 3, when a 40-foot container full of relief material will be shipped to Pakistan. The collection sites are in Kanata, Barrhaven, Orleans and Findlay Creek.Shamoon Irshad drove up to the collection site in Kanata to donate clothes.
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