Ywam Relief Rapid Response Teams have been actively responding to various crises in Pakistan since 2005
Since 2005, YWAM Relief has been responding to the victims of disasters in Pakistan.
When the huge quake hit in 2005 even our own property shook and it was miles away! Rapid Response Teams took bus loads of relief packages to terrified survivors. We sent over a freight container of bedding, hospital equipment and medical supplies, bringing aid to hundreds still amassed on the slopes weeks on. Later we sent sewing machines to help displaced Quake victims move into self sufficiency.
In 2010 and 2011 the province of Sindh was inundated by catastrophic floods. We sent a team of female students from our Discipleship Training School to remote areas where they brought food aid, hope and prayer support to frightened women and children stranded in the open next to what was left of mud homes that had been washed away or submerged along with their crops and most of their livestock.
In 2013, we delivered aid and visited traumatised casualties of the bombing of the church in Peshawar, paying medical bills, purchasing bandages and praying with families in shock.
In 2017 the village of Shanti Nagar was almost completely destroyed during the worst expression of violence. We replaced a burnt out tractor so farmers could work again and we distributed key items according to need.
During 2020 we delivered Covid Relief to isolated casual workers in villages in mountains around Peshawar. Casual workers, who had depended on daily wages, were literally starving due to isolation rules. We brought fresh chickens, oil, flour, lentils and other necessary items to their small communities. They were so grateful for these acts of love and compassion.
