NEW YORK (PAN): Miss Pakistan World 2008, Natasha Paracha, has initiated a move towards providing clean drinking water to the people of Afghanistan, especially women and children.
Natasha, 23, who lives in New York and works at the United Nations with the International Energy Renewable Organisation, told Pajhwok Afghan News the group had entered into a tie-up with a clean water company in Afghanistan.
"This company has a chemical which they put in the water and within 48 hours the water is drinkable," Natasha said, hoping the initiative would help provide safe drinking water to a large number of Afghans.
Natasha runs a non-profit organisation, Vision of Development, which works for the welfare of children and women in rural areas of her country. Planning to extend her work across the border, Natasha said Afghanistan needed a lot of help from the global community, particularly neighboring countries.
Saturday night, Natasha led a silent auction in Manhattan to raise money for charity work in Afghanistan. "My goal is to work towards women's issue and children," she observed.
Natasha is also working towards organising an Afghan pageant. "It is going to take some time as a lot of issues are involved. But it will provide a platform for Afghan women to stand up for what they believe should be the role model for their society," the beauty queen added.
Working at the United Nations - the hub of global political activities - Natasha has her own views on the current political situation in her country. She feels it is moving towards another military takeover soon.
"Pakistan right now is in a state of uprising. The political situation is very unstable. I think it is going to continue to be unstable until there is another radical change," she remarked. "I feel there is going to be another (military) takeover. Right now anything can happen."
