[Peace] Dinner funder raiser for Flood Victims in Pakistan / Aug. 21 (Saturday)

[Karen Medina]

Upcoming Events:
Pakistan is currently experiencing the worst monsoon floods in living
memory, and receiving very little humanitarian aid. Flash floods and
landslides have killed at least 800 people and affected over one
million in northwest Pakistan, according to a local official. The
flooding began more than two weeks ago in the mountainous northwest
and has spread throughout the country. Some 20 million people and at
least one-fifth of the country's land mass have been affected.

Event: Iftar* Dinner funder raiser for Flood Victims in Pakistan:
Date/Time: August 21, Saturday 6pm
Location: Research Park Gateway Building, 1800 S. Oak St., Champaign, Illinois

Hosted by PGSA – UIUC (Pakistan Graduate Students Association at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Tickets are $30 for one, $50 for a couple, $65 for a family of three,
$75 for a family of four
Tickets can be purchased from Barbara Kessel, barkes at gmail.com
Donations are also accepted
Also: Osman Sarood (217-819-9492) or Qazi Aurangzeb (217-417-9821) to
purchase tickets or ask further questions
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/PakistaniGraduateStudentsAssociation/
Cosponsors: Islamic Relief**, CIMIC, CU-Interfaith Alliance, First
Mennonite Church, CU-Friends Meeting, MSA, MAS, Intercultural
Friendship Foundation.

--   Notes of explanation
* Iftar (Arabic: إفطار‎), refers to the evening meal when Muslims
break their fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Iftar is one of
the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community,
with people gathering to break their fast together. Iftar is done
right after Maghrib (sunset) time.
** Islamic Relief is an independent NGO founded in the UK in 1984 and
is an international relief and development organization comprised of a
family of 15 Aid Agencies that, as a whole, aims to alleviate the
suffering of the world’s poorest people. They are inspired by their
Islamic values and envisage a world where communities are empowered,
social obligations are fulfilled and people respond as one to the
suffering of others. Islamic Relief is a member of the UN's Economic
and Social Council and it is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in
Disaster Relief. IR is also a member of Bond (British Overseas NGOs
for Development) and is part of the global Make Poverty History
coalition which is campaigning to end extreme poverty.