Georgetown : The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) last week delivered 100 housing units, a school, a health centre and a mosque to the people of the Dera Gazi Khan village in Multan, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, which was ravaged by floods two years ago, of which Guyana contributed US$30,000.
Guyana’s contributed the aid to the flood-stricken people of Multan in August 2010 through the OIC. This money went into rebuilding D.G. Khan Village. Last week, when Cameroon’s OIC representative, Ambassador Tijani, handed over the project, he thanked Guyana for its contribution in the building the village. Cameroon contributed generously to this project and took the lead in rebuilding the village.
The D. G. Khan villagers were among the worst victims of the disastrous floods that hit Pakistan in July 2010. The project was launched by the OIC secretary general Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, who had announced OIC pledges at the donors' conference for the benefit of the victims of the Pakistan floods.
The OIC thanked Cameroon for contributing the largest share towards the financing of the project.
Multan is a historical city with deep-rooted culture that was once the crossroads of many civilizations. Multan is known as the City of Sufis or City of Saints because of the large number of shrines and Sufi saints from the city. The city is blanketed with bazaars, mosques, shrines and ornate tombs.
Guyanese generosity to Pakistan dates back to 1947 when Guyana was a British colony. The Guyana Sadr Anjuman under the leadership of R. B. Gajraj raised BG$936 for refugees who poured into Pakistan.
