Newsletter 2026

21 Years ofCompassion in Action

Welcome to CDRS

We’re thrilled to share the latest updates from Comprehensive Disaster Response Services. This past year, your unwavering support has helped us transform lives across Pakistan, delivering clean water, improving community health, protecting animals and nurturing vulnerable families. Here’s a look at what we’ve achieved together.

A heartfelt thank youto our donor family

For years, your generosity has been the heartbeat of CDRS, fuelling emergency healthcare, clean water, animal rescue and education for communities across Pakistan. Together, we’ve stood with people in their hardest moments, building shelter homes, saving children, rescuing animals and delivering hope where it was needed most.

In our focus on being on the ground, saving lives and responding to disasters, we sometimes lost touch with you, our remarkable donor family. Yet it is your compassion and commitment that has always made this work possible.

The past year has been one of the hardest in our history. As the world’s attention and giving turned toward the crisis in Gaza, ongoing wars and rising economic uncertainty, support for our work in Pakistan fell sharply, and the programmes that families and animals rely on every day have felt the strain. Through all of this, your support has mattered more than ever, and we are deeply grateful to everyone who has stood by us.

Today, I want to reconnect with you, to thank you for what you’ve built and to invite you to walk with us once more. The challenges remain great, but with your continued partnership, the impact we can create together is even greater.

You are not just a supporter, you are the heart of this mission.

Todd SheaFounder & CEO, CDRS

Our impact

989

Water projects serving

1,213,058

people nationwide

CDRS H2O Clean Drinking Water Project

1,207,001

People provided with healthcare & medicines

CDRS Community Healthcare Facilities

108,052

Widows, single mothers, orphans & neglected citizens provided with support

House of Blessings Human Empowerment Project

59,027

Animals fed, rescued, sheltered, or provided with medical care

CDRS Benji Project for Animal Welfare & TNVR

House of Blessings

At House of Blessings, we watch children grow in confidence, discover their talents and take pride in what they can achieve. These awards celebrate their hard work and the futures they’re beginning to imagine.

Clean water projects

Through CDRS H2O, we have built almost 1,000 clean water projects across Pakistan, serving over 1,213,058 people. Every project means safer drinking water and healthier families in the communities that need it most.

News and announcements

Our partnership with APPNA

Over the years, APPNA’s Social Welfare & Disaster Relief Committee and its affiliated associations, including NANA, PAPANA, KEMCAANA, PPS, Alliance and APPNE, have stood beside us during critical relief missions. In the past five years, APPNA has contributed over USD 1.6 million to CDRS, funding our COVID-19 response, 2022 flood relief and ongoing humanitarian work.

IMANA Mother and Child Health Centre

Every quarter, a team of IMANA doctors travels to the CDRS Mother and Child Health Centre in Swat for a week-long medical camp, caring mostly for pregnant and expecting mothers, along with whole families who would otherwise have no access to care. Thank you, IMANA, for your continued partnership.

2026 highlight: Cammie makes history

Our beloved Cammie, who had her leg brutally chopped off in June 2024, is the first animal in the history of Pakistan to receive a prosthetic limb.

Partnering with the Government of Sindh

We are proud to partner with the Government of Sindh for CDRS Benji Karachi.

Launch of our eStore: The Benji Shop

The Benji Shop is an extension of the Benji mission, turning everyday purchases into meaningful support for rescued animals. Proceeds from the shop directly fund shelter care, medical treatment and rehabilitation, helping ensure that rescued animals continue to receive the care they deserve while building a sustainable future for animal welfare.

Ayaz Ali’s Everest trek

This October, our Director Finance, Ayaz Ali, reached Everest Base Camp in Nepal at 5,364 metres, carrying the CDRS flag to the foot of the world’s highest mountain. He dedicated his trek to families affected by the recent floods in Nepal, raising support for our relief mission delivering essential supplies to 100 families.

EFU Life partnership for TNVR

As part of its sustainability initiatives, EFU Life partnered with CDRS on a TNVR (trap, neuter, vaccinate, return) initiative for the community dogs around its head office. Each dog was spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies and cared for after surgery before being safely returned. Thank you, EFU Life, for championing humane animal welfare.

Our ambassadors

Honoring our ambassador

Zunera Zulfiquar

We sincerely appreciate Zunera Zulfiquar for her continuous dedication and valuable contributions to our humanitarian initiatives.

Honoring our ambassador

Nida Jamal

We are deeply thankful to Nida Jamal for her remarkable commitment and consistent support in helping us make a positive impact in communities across Pakistan.