CWS staffer Shahzad Hashmi at Camp Maira
Photo: Chris Herlinger/Church World Service

CWS staffer Shahzad Hashmi, at Camp Maira, in the North West Frontier Province.  The camp is located on the Indus River, at the foot of the Himalayas.  Until recently, when the country’s army began disbanding the tent villages, this was the largest camp in the country for displaced quake families--more than 21,000 people.  Now fewer than 100 families remain.  People whose homes and lands were lost in slides are waiting for word from the government on where to relocate. CWS provided the first 1,000 tents at Camp Maira, courtesy of Finn Church Aid. 

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