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Dear Friends,

It was a Sunday evening. August 21, 2022. The rain had been pelting down for days. I had heard from people in villages that the night air now routinely crackled with the sounds of walls and roofs collapsing. I was anxious and on edge. I had spent much of the day arguing with privileged landowners trying to explain that they should let water be released through their lands to save people from losing their homes. My chest was tight and and my face flush with the anger of frustration of their refusals.

Dear donors, supporters and friends,

The year 2021 holds special significance for us because for the very first time since we started in 2008, we have added a new member to our board of trustees. Taniya Zaffar Khan is not new to the Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust and in fact has been deeply involved with our work for years. In November, we invited her to formally join our board so that we could better utilize her skills and expertise in improving our programs.

Dear donors, supporters and friends,

After the challenges of 2020 brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, we began 2021 with a focus on understanding the current needs of the communities we serve. As Pakistan went through repeated waves of the virus and subsequent lockdowns, we began to see rising applications for food assistance and our field team went door to door assessing how families were affected and how we could help.

Dear donors and friends,
As this difficult year draws to a close and our team reflects on the months gone by, we all feel grateful that we did the best we could during unprecendented global upheaval.

Dear donors and friends,
We hope that this newsletter finds all of you well and safe. As with everyone across the world, it has been a difficult year for us and the communities we serve due to the pandemic.

Dear donors, supporters and friends,
You may recall from our Summer Newsletter that we spent most of the first half of the year on improving our internal projects. We built the Imam Mangi Public Art Hall that now offers free arts and crafts classes for children and adults and also provides a space and materials for free form drawing and painting.

Dear donors, supporters and friends,
We began this year with two primary objectives. One, to build on the community infrastructure we have provided to the village and its surrounding areas in order to provide a greater variety of facilities for the public.

Dear donors, supporters and friends,
Welcome to your newsletter for the last six months of 2018. This year, we had two primary areas of focus. The first was expanding our family assistance program to other villages.

Dear donors, supporters and friends,
Welcome to your first newsletter of 2018. As you may have noticed, we have switched from a quarterly to a half-yearly newsletter to provide you with a more comprehensive update of what we have accomplished.