Association for Community Development - ACD

“I have no words,” Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said as she was woken up in the middle of the night to be informed she had won the Nobel Peace Prize. Here is the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s statement on Machado: “This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado has led the struggle for democracy in the face of ever-expanding authoritarianism in Venezuela. Ms Machado studied engineering and finance, and had a short career in business. In 1992 she established the Atenea Foundation, which works to benefit street children in Caracas. Ten years later she was one of the founders of Súmate, which promotes free and fair elections and has conducted training and election monitoring. In 2010 she was elected to the National Assembly, winning a record number of votes. The regime expelled her from office in 2014. Ms Machado leads the Vente Venezuela opposition party and in 2017 helped found the Soy Venezuela alliance, which unites pro-democracy forces in the country across political dividing lines. In 2023 she announced her candidacy for president in the 2024 presidential election. When she was blocked from running, she supported the opposition’s alternative candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. The opposition mobilised widely and collected systematic documentation that it was the true winner of the election. The regime declared victory and tightened its grip on power. Ms Machado is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize first and foremost for her efforts to advance democracy in Venezuela. But democracy is also in retreat internationally. Democracy – understood as the right to freely express one’s opinion, to cast one’s vote and to be represented in elective government – is the foundation of peace both within countries and between countries.”

Damages and Losses Report of KPK Flood affected Districts. UpTo 17-08-2025

بونیر کے تحصیل پیر بابا کے مختلف علاقوں جس میں بیشونئی شامل ہیں جہاں چالیس افراد جاں بحق اور درجنوں لاپتہ ہے قادر نگر،بٹی کلی جو پیر بابا میں ہے وہ بھی متاثر ہے
اس طرح کوٹ کلی،گانکشال،گوکند،ڈگر،چغرزئ بھی بارشوں سے متاثر ہے وہاں بھی درجنوں افراد جاں بحق ہوئے پیر بابا بازار کے تمام دکان تباہ ہوئے اور اس وقت اس میں صرف ریت مٹی اور بڑے بڑے درخت پڑے ہیں
بونیر میں مجموعی طور پر 190 افراد جاں بحق ہوئے ہیں جبکہ درجنوں لاپتہ ہے
سول انتظامیہ ،ریسکیو،پاک فوج،ایف سی،نجی تنظیمیں مقامی لوگ،مردان،صوابی اور سوات کے لوگ بھی امدادی سرگرمیوں میں حصہ لے رہا ہے
مردان صوابی اور سوات سے بڑے پیمانے پر لوگوں نے اپنی مدد آپ کے تحت کھانے پینے کے سامان دوائیاں اور کپڑے وغیرہ متاثرہ علاقوں کو پہنچائے
آج جاں بحق افراد کی اجتماعی نماز جنازہ بھی ادا کی گئی
لوگ قبر کھودنے اور تدفین سمیت لاپتہ افراد کی تلاش میں مصروف رہے اور علاقے کی فضاء سوگوار رہی
متاثرہ علاقوں کی رابطہ سڑکیں تباہ ہوئی کے جس کی عارضی بحالی کا سلسلہ بھی جاری ہے بجلی،انٹرنیٹ اور پینے کی صاف پانی کا نظام بھی درہم برہم ہوگیا ہے

*DC Office Swat*:*

Family Size Tent. 300
Mattress. 300
Tarpaulin Sheet. 200
Plastic Mats. 300
Kitchen Set. 300
Blankets. 300
Life Jacket. 100
Mosquito Nets. 400
Search Light. 100

**DC Office Buner* :

Kitchen Sets. 500
Gas Cylinder. 500
Sleeping Bags. 500
Tarpaulin Sheet. 200
Plastic Mats. 500
Search Light. 250
Solar Lamp. 500
Mosquito Nets. 500

*DC Office Shangla**

Winterize Tent. 500
Family Size Tent. 500
Mattress. 500
Kitchen Set. 500
Plastic Mats. 500
Sleeping Bag. 500
Mosquito Nets. 500
Tarpaulin Sheet. 200
Solar Lamp. 300
Pillows. 500
Search Light. 100

*DC Office Buner**

Winterize Tent. 500
Family Size Tent. 1000
Mattress. 300
Hygiene Kit. 500
Tarpaulin Sheet. 500
Solar Lamp. 500
Blankets. 1500
Mosquito Nets. 1000
Kitchen Set. 1000
Plastic Mats. 1000
Pillows. 1000

Dear Partners,

We would like to inform you that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is dispatching a logistics truck to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) to support communities affected by the recent disaster.

All collected relief stock will be handed over to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) KP, who will manage the distribution to the affected areas.

You are warmly welcomed to voluntarily contribute to this relief effort. Contributions from our partners will be highlighted at the national level, recognizing your commitment to humanitarian support.

If you wish to participate, please reach out to us at your earliest convenience so we can coordinate accordingly.

Thank you for your continued support and dedication to those in need
Sincerely,
Raja Pankaj
Assistant manager NGOs
NDMA

Humble Announcement!

Humanitarian colleagues and charitable individuals/Groups!

As per communication with DC office Buner, the fatalities are currently 91, however the local contacts and activists responded the toll may reach upto 200.
The district administration and volunteers are engaged in rescue operations, where the entire situation/figures and damages will be clear till Monday.
The emergency needs are
1. Tents
2. ⁠clean drinking water
3. ⁠Cooked food
4. ⁠solar lights

Regards