by Goldie Frances*, posted Tuesday, October 18, 2005 (18 years ago)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (BP)--As an earthquake brutally shook under his feet, Awal Khan left his goats in the mountains and rushed home, only to find his house a mass of rubble. His wife and 12-year-old daughter had been inside.
“The walls and roof of the house caved in on them,” Khan said. “I took them and buried them. I dragged them out, and now they are in the cemetery.”
A Southern Baptist disaster relief assessment team found Khan standing on the edge of a road situated high above the town where his home once was. Reaching the town was not easy. Living in it right now is even harder. Shelter, food and medical care are scarce in this town, which prior to the earthquake had served as a supply hub for surrounding villages.
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Hearing the hurts
young Muslim boy listens as village leaders share their hurts with a Southern Baptist team assessing needs in a Pakistani region hit hard by the Oct. 8 earthquake.
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A Southern Baptist disaster relief assessment team found Khan standing on the edge of a road situated high above the town where his home once was. Reaching the town was not easy. Living in it right now is even harder. Shelter, food and medical care are scarce in this town, which prior to the earthquake had served as a supply hub for surrounding villages.
“Southern Baptist workers have assessed many of the affected areas and are responding,” said Philip Monroe*, a Southern Baptist disaster relief specialist serving in Asia. “The vast majority of the seriously affected areas are accessible only by helicopter, long walks on foot or long, dangerous drives in vehicles.”
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