News Story: HDF - APPNA Basti for Flood Affected families

Date: Jan 25, 2023

480.359x476.859 (Original: 275x273) HDF in collaboration with the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) is constructing 13 houses in the district of Rajanpur, Punjab for the Pakistan Floods-affected households. The houses are part of the APPNA Basti project with financial support from APPNA. The selection of tenants started with the initial assessment of all damaged houses in the selected location. As per criteria developed by the project team, APPNA Basti beneficiaries should be female widows with completely damaged houses. As per the criteria, 13 windows have been selected. On 7th January 2023, a groundbreaking ceremony was organized in the presence of community members and the project team. Dr. Mazahr Abbasir Head HDF Emergency Relief was present at the location along with the other HDF team members at the ceremony.


APPNA Basti Ground Breaking January 2023




Dr. Mazhar Abbasi (Head of the Emergency Response Project) and 

HDF Staff  Mr. Atiq Rahman (Regional Program Manager, Rahim Yar Khan),

Mr. Mohsin Ali (Associate Engineer) at the APPNA Basti groundbreaking



Project Groundbreaking Report 


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