
AP - Thu Dec 8, 6:46 AM ET
Shakeela Yousef holds a reconstruction check she received
Wednesday, Dec. 7, to help rebuilding her family's home destroyed
by the Oct. 8 massive earthquake in Muzaffarabad, capital of
Pakistani Kashmir. Yousef was relatively lucky. Her husband, a
tailor, and two school-age children were unharmed in the quake, and
only part of her home collapsed. Hoping to generate activity,
Muzaffarabad is providing residents whose homes were ruined with
debt compensation and reconstruction vouchers worth 25,000 rupees
(about US$420) per household. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)