Items urgently needed in effected areas

Besides sending cash through different charity organizations, you can support by providing following commodities. Please do not donate old/expired stuff. Make sure edible items are hygienic and properly packed.

Comprehensive list is below (after this table) -

This table was developed by Aaj based on recent needs (15-08-2010)

* Clothing: Clothes (only shalwar kameez with naraz/kamarbands) of various sizes,

* Beddings

* Food packets (tea, sugar, milk powder, vegetable oil, pulses, spices)

* Mineral water

* Water coolers

* Utensils: Jerricans (large plastic cans that hold 20 liters of water or other liquids), Crockery, Buckets

* Toiletries: Tissues, Soaps, Dettol (antibacterial cleaners), Towels

* Dried milk for children and families

* High nutrition biscuits

* Dates

* Cooking utensils

* Mosquito nets

* Blankets

* Bedspreads

* Floor matresses

* Soap

* Hand towels

* Tooth paste

* Female sanitary pads

* Diapers

* Washing power and soap

* ORS * Mosquito repellents

* Prickly heat powder

* Children anti-rash creams

* Water purification tablets

* Candles and match boxes

* Flashlights

* Tents / Shelters

* Foot ware for Children /adults

*Chattaiyees / Plastic Mats

* Mosquito Nets

Medicines:

1. Water purification tablets.

2. Life saving drugs.

3. Vaccines

4. Pain killers including strong ones like morphine derivatives, tremadol, pethadine, kinz, panadol, brufen, voren, synflex

5. Antibiotics e.g. tetnus, amoxil, gentamycin.

6. IV cannulas- most common are 18,22,24- Butterfly cannulas: these are for children

7. IV Drip sets

8. IV drips: normal saline, ringerlactate,haemacelle

9. Local anesthetics (injections)

10. Cotton bandages, cotton.

11. Surgical instruments: e.g needle holders, forceps, tweezers, surgical tapes

12. Suturing materials, Skin staples, absorbing and non absorbing: catgut sutures, vicryl, proline

13. bandages: crepe

14. guaze pads

15. saniplasts

16. folleys catheter and urine bags

17.cotton

18. surgical blades

19.Iv pain killers: diclofenac

20. pyodene solutions are decontamination

21. cough syrups

22. sedatives: xanax, sossegon

23. antibiotics: again oral and IV: most common are augmentin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, zinacef,clafron, penicillin G, ampliclox, oral or IV flagyl syrup, cefspan

24. vaccines: inj TT/ inj ATS

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