The Zakat Foundation of America

Tent city estblished after eatchquake.

At approximately 9am local time on the 8th of October, 2005 one of the most massive earthquakes in modern history struck Pakistan and Kashmir.

This devastating quake measured a 7.6 on the Richter scale (similar to the 1906 earthquake which destroyed the entire San Francisco Bay area) and over 75,000 people are now confirmed dead with a total of over 4 million people directly affected by the earthquake.

From the first day of devastation, Zakat Foundation’s teams launched into action, sheltering hundreds and feeding thousands within 24 hours of the incredible earthquake which struck Pakistan and Kashmir. Our offices, in place year-round in Pakistan, were already stocked with food supplies due to our Iftar program. In Islamabad we were able to report that our orphanages were undamaged and not a single one of the orphans within were harmed. Our team concentrated on the establishment of two camps for victims. One in a converted sports complex, lent to us by the Pakistani government, and the other adjacent to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital to serve released patients and their families.