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)