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January 20, 2006: Trillium Hospital Neuro-Rehab/OT and Physio teams (Islamabad)

Sarah coaching local P.T., Rajeesh on stretching techniques for B.A. (75 y/o from Muzaffarabad with incomplete spinal cord injury).

Sarah coaching local P.T., Rajeesh on stretching techniques for B.A. (75 y/o from Muzaffarabad with incomplete spinal cord injury).

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January 16, 2006: Distribution of winterized tents and thermal blankets

Winding roads into the Himalayas, to the distribution area.

Winding roads into the Himalayas, to the distribution area.

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Women sit with relief supplies distributed to them by CMAT staff

Women sit with relief supplies distributed to them by CMAT staff

January 15, 2006: CMAT is pleased to report that it has successfully completed distribution of 1,000 badly needed winterized tents and 5,000 thermal quilts to Pakistan quake survivors. Out of the 400,000 tents that were deployed in the weeks following the October 8, 2006 quake, over 90% were not suitable for winter conditions.

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Dr. Omar Elahi sits with local children in Balakot, Pakistan.

Dr. Omar Elahi sits with local children in Balakot, Pakistan.

 

December 12, 2005: CMAT has learned of a new major quake in Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. Preliminary reports from CMAT field staff are that the quake was centered in a sparsely populated area in the Hindu-Kush Mountains with tremors felt from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, to Lahore. Muzzafferabad, epicenter of the devastating October 8 – 7.6 magnitude quake was largely spared, according to Dr. Omar Elahi, CMAT physician in a cell phone conversation from Abbotabad. Dr. Elahi, a Canadian citizen and resident of Toronto, has been assisting in the area since October 8 and survived the first quake himself after his dormitory collapsed.