About
DISASTER. It strikes anytime, anywhere. It takes many forms — a hurricane, an earthquake, a tornado, a flood, a fire or a hazardous spill, an act of nature or an act of terrorism. It builds over days or weeks, or hits suddenly, without warning. Every year, millions of South Asians face a disaster, and its terrifying consequences.
On October 8th, 2005 SA Relief was established as a “grassroots” forum to help coordinate, manage, and validate data in relation to the Earthquake that hit Northern Pakistan and India at that time. Since then SA Relief’s focus has expanded to all disasters affecting South Asians.
SA Relief will help coordinate, manage and disseminate data relevant to disasters in and around South Asia. Our support ranges from providing Web and IT infrastructure support to forging relationships between donors and relief organizations at ground zero.
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Abdulrahman “AR” Rafiq @arrafiq (Founder & Exec Coordinator) is a technology consultant, entrepreneur and social change agent from Karachi and Silicon Valley. He has over 9 years experience working in the Hardware design (Signal Integrity & High-Speed board design) space at Cisco Systems. He is currently the CEO & Founder at Inspurate Systems, a Web and Mobile Solutions firm providing development and design services to small and medium enterprise. AR is also the founder & U.S. Coordinator at SA Relief, a grassroots disaster management and coordination platform for South Asia. Additionally, he has served on the Executive Committee at OPEN Silicon Valley since 2005. He can be contact at AR Rafiq
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Dr Awab Alvi @DrAwab (Social Media Evangelist & Mission Coordinator) is a dentist practicing in Karachi, Pakistan. He graduated with a dental degree (BDS) from de’Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore and then proceeded to Saint Louis University for a Masters Degree (MSc) in the field of Orthodontics (Braces) he later went for an extensive study at the University of Pennsylvania for a certificate in Endodontics (Root Canals). Dr. Alvi is now presently presently practicing at the Alvi Dental Hospital in Karachi. Awab is a prolific blogger and activist and also a TED Fellow. He blogs at http://teeth.com/blog
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Faisal Kapadia @FaisalKapadia (Media & Mission Coordinator) Imaginaut, Writer, Explorer, Entrepreneur, Social activist & Cultural critic. Faisal believes in working against the tides of corruption, negativity & exploitation that threaten to engulf his country Pakistan. Using new media platforms to bring up issues demanding change as well as taking a hands on approach whenever the situation demands. Such as organizing flood relief 2010 with the OffroadPakistan team. He is also one part of The Laidback show, a bi weekly podcast from Pakistan and recently published “The Sands of Time”. Continued at http://about.me/faisalkapadia
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Sabahat I Ashraf @iFaqeer (Founder & Strategist) is a social, business, and technical communicator based in the San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley Area and involved in communications projects both here and around the world. Continue to read about Sabahat at http://iFaqeer.com/about/
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Rehan Bandukda @rayban2376 (Logistics)
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Nabil Jandga (Logistics)
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Nabeela Khan (Media & Community Outreach) is the Director of Business Development at Monsoon Ads, the leading South Asian on-line video Ad network. She is Co-Founder of Buddies Without Borders (BWB), and the Producer and Director of BWB’s English/Urdu music video which received International coverage. She has also worked in the media industry in various roles, and is also a Partner in her family farming business in Northern California. She has a BA in Mass Communications.
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Sarim Siddiqui (Corporate Response Coordinator) is a Technical professional at Oracle in Silicon Valley. At SA Relief he leads the Corporate Matching and Response initiative.
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