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Painting for sale in aid of Pakistan

December 14th, 2010

"Pashto Rug" by Caroline Jaine

Cambridge-based artist Caroline Jaine is offering her painting “Pashto Rug” for sale on eBay with the aim of raising funds for Pakistani flood survivors.

The 2010 floods represented one of the largest natural disasters the world has ever seen – with twenty million people affected – greater than the combined total of the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami; 2005 Pakistan earthquake; 2005 Hurricane Katrina; and 2010 Haiti earthquake.   An area the size of England was affected.

“Somehow this tragedy has dropped from the media”, says Caroline. “During Ramadan, millions were raised in support of the flood survivors. Let’s see how much we can offer during the Christian season of goodwill to our brothers and sisters in Pakistan”.

Caroline, a former British Diplomat and peace-builder, has long had an interest in Pakistan and hopes to begin an art work in the new year that connects her home city of Cambridge with the Pakistani city of Karachi.

The money raised in this auction will go directly to the Sarhad Rural Support Programme, an NGO that supports people affected by the floods in north-west Pakistan. The CEO of Sarhad Rural Support Programme, Masood ul-Mulk, will be speaking at the Humanitarian Centre Annual Lecture on 7 February 2011.

Links

  • If you would like to bid for the painting, please do so via the eBay listing. Please contact Caroline if you would prefer to place a bid without using eBay.
  • The Sarhad Rural Support Programme: http://www.srsp.org.pk/srsp-home.html
  • Humanitarian Centre Annual Lecture, 7 February 2011 ‘Humanitarian-Military interaction in complex emergencies: the experience of Pakistan’ http://annual-lecture-2011.eventbrite.com/
Cambridge-based artist Caroline Jaine is offering her painting “Pashto Rug” for sale on eBay with the aim of raising funds for Pakistani flood survivors.