| Before the earthquake, Mr Nawaz lived on the hillside, behind a smallholding, in a modest two bedroom house made out of clay and stone with his wife and five children. Mr Nawaz was working with his eldest son, 17-year old Farzai, and their donkeys delivering sand to the town of Balakot. Mr Nawaz become trapped in a deep crack in the road and sustained a leg injury, but thankfully his remaining children were unharmed and survived the collapse of their school. However, he returned to find his wife dead, lost in the rubble that was once their home.
After the earthquake
Left with no assets apart from his horse and donkeys, two of which also perished, Mr Nawaz now lives at the foot of the hill where they once lived in a tent ten metres from his wife’s grave. There are 15 ‘rains’ a month and water leaks into the tent. Bravely soldiering on, he knows the importance his animals will play in any future his family could hope for. Foregoing any attempt to rebuild his house, he constructed a ramshackle shelter for his working animals.
Soon after, the Brooke mobile team visited Mr Nawaz and treated his donkey that had an infected facial wound sustained from flying debris during the earthquake.
The following day, the Brooke returned to Mr Nawaz with suitably sized metal sheeting to reinforce the shelter for his animals. With the treated donkey well on the road to recovery and some fodder provided too, the Brooke vets had ensured his animals would survive the winter, and thereby protecting his family’s future livelihood. |
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