Third CMAT Primary Health Care team arrives in Pakistan to provide medical relief in flood zone.

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CMAT Team 3 checked in at Toronto's Pearson Airport, and ready to leave for Pakistan! L-R: Huma Ali, Samina Ali, Michael Parker, Beverly Parker, Mark Wheeler, Tricia Mackay, Robin Welsford, Rita Jacques and Zohair Kaderbhai.

CMAT Team 3 checked in at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, and ready to leave for Pakistan! L-R: Huma Ali, Samina Ali, Michael Parker, Beverly Parker, Mark Wheeler, Tricia Mackay, Robin Welsford, Rita Jacques and Zohair Kaderbhai.

October 6, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams’ (CMAT) third Primary Health Care Team arrived in Karachi earlier today, and is travelling to work in Pakistan’s flooded region of Sukkur, in interior Sindh province. CMAT’s Primary Health Care team will provide mobile medical clinics for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps housing thousands of people, including women and children who would otherwise be unable to access health services.

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CMAT appeals for support for local residents displaced by the fire at 200 Wellesley St. East, Toronto

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The fire broke out in a highrise at 200 Wellesley Street East, at Bleecker Street in Toronto. Because of the intense heat and high winds, it took crews about two hours before they could reach the fire

The fire broke out in a highrise at 200 Wellesley Street East, at Bleecker Street in Toronto. Because of the intense heat and high winds, it took crews about two hours before they could reach the fire

TORONTO: September 28, 2010 – An estimated 1700 people have been displaced since Friday night’s six-alarm fire at 200 Wellesley Street East, Toronto Community Housing building, and won’t have access to their homes for the remainder of the week.

The building is a social housing structure operated by the Toronto Community Housing Corp., the largest such apartment in the city. Its residents count among Toronto’s poorest and most vulnerable residents.

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CMAT deploys second Primary Health Care team to provide medical relief in Pakistan flood zone.

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CMAT Primary Health Care Team 2 awaiting departure at Toronto's Pearson Airport: L-R Zarena Pash, RN; Denise Reimer, PCP; Jennifer Pritchard, Medical Resident; Drew Dorssers, PCP; Mark Crandall, RN. (absent: Lorren Locke and Kari Locke, RN).

CMAT Primary Health Care Team 2 awaiting departure at Toronto’s Pearson Airport: L-R Zarena Pash, RN; Denise Reimer, PCP; Jennifer Pritchard, Medical Resident; Drew Dorssers, PCP; Mark Crandall, RN. (absent: Lorren Locke and Kari Locke, RN).

September 24, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams’ (CMAT) second Primary Health Care, which arrived in Karachi a few days ago, is now working in Pakistan’s flooded region of Sukkur, in interior Sindh province.  In collaboration with Pakistani Federal and Provincial authorities, and other NGO partners on the ground, the team identified an area in Sukkur, Sindh Province, approximately a 500km north of Karachi. The immediate vicinity is home to 5-6 internally displace persons (IDP) camps, with population of several thousand.

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Canadian government announces a 3-week extension to it’s matching program for flood-ravaged Pakistan.

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Children in the southern Sindh region reach out to aid workers distributing food. Access to food and clean drinking water is one of the biggest problems facing flood victims.

Children in the southern Sindh region reach out to aid workers distributing food. Access to food and clean drinking water is one of the biggest problems facing flood victims.

September 12, 2010: The Conservative government announced Sunday it will continue to match Canadians’ donations to flood-ravaged Pakistan for another three weeks. House Leader John Baird told an Ottawa news conference the government will continue to match every dollar of private donations, extending its original six-week program that was to expire on Sunday. The government’s contribution goes into its own Pakistan Flood Relief Fund, which is distributed to both Canadian and international humanitarian and development organizations.

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