ABOUT FATIMA MEMORIAL SYSTEM
Fatima Memorial System (FMS) located in the heart of the provincial capital of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan is a third sector, not for profit, non-government organization working in the field of social development, health care, education, research & community development. Fatima Memorial System in one of Pakistan’s oldest and largest non-profit organizations. Fatima Memorial Hospital is registered under the Directorate of Social Welfare of the Government of the Punjab via the Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies Ordinance (1962) vide registration# DDSW-LD/88-214 and under the Societies Registration Act XXI (1860) vide registration number RC/422 and approved by CBR under Section 2 (36) of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001. Fatima Memorial Hospital is certified by the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy.

ABOUT NUR FOUNDATION
NUR Foundation is a non-profit organisation, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan. Founded in 2005, the vision of NUR is “Nurturing Lives, Building Futures.”

PAST EXPERIENCE OF FATIMA MEMORIAL SYSTEM-NUR FOUNDATION IN RELIEF ACTIVITIES

1. EARTHQUAKE RELIEF IN NWFP: 2005 TO PRESENT
   FMS-NUR was amongst the first organisations to respond with a relief and rehabilitation efforts for victims who suffered in the tragic earthquake which struck northern Pakistan in 2005. FMS-NUR received a certificate of commendation in this regard from the Government of Pakistan. Key elements of the relief and rehabilitation efforts included:
   
   • Medical Relief through a team of 83 doctors, nurses and paramedical staff from Fatima Memorial Hospital and its affiliated colleges of Nursing, Medicine and Dentistry. Fatima Memorial was one of the first hospital to arrive in Abbottabad during the acute phase, equipped with a team of Trauma specialists, Orthopaedic surgeons, General and Thoracic surgeons, Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgeons, Paediatric Surgeons, Gynaecologists, Anaestheologists, Nurses and Paramedical Staff. These team members served with all the strength of their hands, hearts and souls, to relieve the agony of their brothers and sisters in distress.
     
   • Medical care along with medicines were dispensed by our relief team through a network of hospitals in Abbottabad: CMH Abbottabad, District Headquarters Hospital, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Ayub Medical Complex and Gillani Hospital Abbottabad.
     
   • A field team headed by a specialist in family medicine provided medical care through a mobile dispensary to patients in Balakot and Jared.
     
   • Immediate medical care to over 2000 patients and perform over 1100 surgeries
     
   • Provision of food, clothing, tents, blankets, quilts, shawls, sweaters and shoes to quake affectees in Hazara Division.
     
   • On October 19, Fatima Memorial Hospital also constructed a temporary ward on the premises of CMH Abbottabad which operates till today as a 50 bedded permanent ward.
     
   • Our relief efforts led FMS-Nur to provide long term health care the affected population in village Jared (40 km from Balakot), and a mini-hospital has been set up in Jared which continues to operate to date
     
2. FLOOD RELIEF: OPERATION SHASHAAN IN BALOCHISTAN: 2007-2008
   In June 2007, FMS-NUR took the lead in channeling relief for flood affectees in Balochistan. The devastation caused by Cyclone Yemyin and the resulting floods which left thousands without food, water and shelter. To make matters worse the floods affected communities who were already based in underserved and remote locations.
   Within two days of the floods, FMS-NUR, dispatched the Coordinator Representative of the Outreach Program, Dr. Nasir Shah, to Quetta - the provincial capital of Balochistan to assess the needs and put a relief coordination system in place. As a native of Balochistan, Dr. Nasir Shah was not only able to rapidly assess the ground realities, but also put into place a systematic programme for relief in collaboration with the Government of Balochistan, Balochistan University (Quetta) and Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology (Khuzdar-Makran). Key elements of the relief and rehabilitation efforts included:
      a)  Provision of dry rations in the forms of a packet consisting of atta, biscuits, ghee, dates, pickles
      b)  Provision of clothes to the flood affectees
      c)  Provision of Medical Aid to Flood Affectees through a Health Center in Turbat set up and staffed by physicians from our sister organisation, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore. The center remained in operation for over one year following the flood relief efforts.