Comprehensive Disaster Response Services

Mission

The mission of CDRS is to provide quick, efficient and compassionate medical and humanitarian relief and disaster recovery operations to the people of the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan, with concentration of efforts in the Chikar area (a population of approximately 150,000 people within 4 union council jurisdictions) and outreach programs to remote villages in the devastated Jhelum and Neelum Valleys within District Muzzafarabad, Kashmir

Programs

Medical Relief Program with 4 facilities in 3 union councils, Medicine Delivery program for Districts Muzaffarabad and Neelum (Provides transit), Health Education Program For Schoolchildren (Provides Educational and Entertaining and Community Health Fair events at main facility), Development/Operational Assistance Program for Newly established Government Rural Health Center and UNFPA Gynecologist in Chikar (Provides human resources, logistics, equipment, medicines, supplies, food, accomodations)

Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Pakistan Earthquake Medical Relief Clinics

Personnel Overview

Muhammad Afzal Makhdoom - Director Of Operations
Afzal was a college student (MBA) when the earthquake happened. His home was completely flattened; he and his family barely made it out alive. Afzal pulled his aunt out of the rubble. When The Canadian Army DART Team began looking for interptreters to work with them on helicopter rescue missions, Afzal volunteered. Brilliant and dedicated, Afzal has been working to help his community ever since.

Raja Muhammad Arshid - Medical Director
Dr. Arshid was employed at a hospital which was destroyed. He began treating patients in his home village of Chikar, seeing as many as 600 per day during the worst days. Under the most difficult circumstances, Dr. Arshid won the respect and admiration of dozens of volunteer physicians who responded. In March 2007, Dr. Arshid was chosen to head the new CDRS supported Government Rural Health Center

Aneela Kishwer - Head Nurse (R.N.)
After the earthquake, Nurse Kishwer volunteered at a medical facility which treated thousands of victims. After four months, she joined the Greenstar Organization and worked in devastated Jhelum valley. The CDRS team deployed Nurse Kishwer and was very impressed with her skills and great compassion for patients and hired her as one of its first employees

Personnel Statistics

Timothy Todd Shea,
Executive Director
Founded in 2006
Employees: 29
Volunteers: 20

Financial Statistics

Budget (2006): $ 147,113
Maximum Budget: $ 241,716
Overhead: 0 %
Other funding sources: 2006 operations were funded by Direct Releif International of Santa Barabara, California ($116,426.00) and private donations ($35,757.82). 2007 operations will be partially funded by UNICEF
Religious Affiliation: Non-denominational