The Edhi Foundation5/10/2014

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Table of ContentsLetter of Transmittal....................................................................................................................................3

Acknowledgement.......................................................................................................................................4

Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................................5

I. History and Background......................................................................................................................6

A. National Relief Services...................................................................................................................8

B. International Relief Services............................................................................................................8

II. Objectives..........................................................................................................................................10

A. Mission Statement:........................................................................................................................10

III. Organizational Structure................................................................................................................11

IV. Operations and Functions..............................................................................................................13

A. Ambulance Service........................................................................................................................13

1. Field Ambulance........................................................................................................................13

2. Air Ambulance...........................................................................................................................13

B. Animal Hostel................................................................................................................................14

C. Child Adoption Center and Child Care Service...............................................................................14

D. Edhi Homes and Orphanage..........................................................................................................15

E. Edhi Rickshaws “ROZGAR SCHEME”..............................................................................................15

F. Educational Services......................................................................................................................16

G. Graveyard Services........................................................................................................................16

H. Jhoolas (Baby Cradles)...................................................................................................................17

I. Welfare Centers.............................................................................................................................17

J. Missing Persons Service.................................................................................................................18

K. Refugees Assistance.......................................................................................................................18

L. Blood and Drug Banks....................................................................................................................18

M.Marine and Coastal Services.............................................................................................................18

N. International Services.....................................................................................................................18

O. Edhi High-way Projects...................................................................................................................19

V. Sources of Funds................................................................................................................................21

VI. Allocation of Funds.......................................................................................................................21

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VII. Future Expansion Plans.................................................................................................................22

Bibliography..............................................................................................................................................24

Letter of Transmittal

May 10, 2014

To,

Mrs. Fareeda Ibad Business and Professional SpeechInstitute of Business Management

Subject: Non Profit Organizations working in Pakistan

We feel great pleasure in submitting you a report on the Edhi Foundation. This report comprises the findings on the history and background, objectives, organization structure, operations, sources of fund, allocation of funds and plan for expansion of Edhi Foundation

We commend this report to you so you may evaluate it with your expertise. We shall be pleased to receive a feedback from you.

Regards,

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Acknowledgement

We first of all thanks to Almighty Allah for the successful completion of report on time.

Secondly we want to thanks to our instructor Ms. Fareeda Ibad for guiding us in the making of this report.

We would also like to thanks Mr. Abdul Sattar Edhi for giving us his precious time and telling us about his journey and his foundation

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Executive SummaryThe journey of Edhi Foundation begins in 1951 with the aim to line and help others live. The one of the greatest philanthropist, humanitarian Mr. Abdul Sattar Edhi is the founder of this organization. He started this organization from a single room and then as the donations started coming 9in he expanded its services to ambulance, education, hospitals, adoption centers, animal hospitals, welfare centers and others. His life partner joined him in 1966 when he married Ms. Bilquis. They have five children. Now the whole family runs the organization and is the board of trustees. Edhi Foundation not only has centers in Pakistan but in abroad too including USA, Canada, Australia and Afghanistan. The donations for this organization mainly come from the middle level income group from all over the Pakistan. This fund is then gathered at one placed and then is distributed to different services according to their budgets. In order to maintain integrity the financial statements of Edhi Foundation get audited each year. Due to the tougher economic situations more and more people each day is going below the poverty line and therefore the need of welfare services increase each day therefore the Edhi Foundation has planned to expand its services. Few of its expansion plans are more Edhi Homes for Destitute, Edhi Centre at every 25 kilometer on highway, rural welfare centers, specialized hospitals and centers and public kitchens. Edhi Foundation gives us the lesson of humanity, living for others and giving happiness to others. This is the sole aim in every one life. When we die we will not take wealth, houses, cars etc. with us so why not help other and live for others so that we could be successful in the life after death.

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I. History and BackgroundAll societies in the world are alike in one respect, the need of welfare for the sick, weak, destitute and the needy. One of the ways of assessing a society and the nation is how individuals in the society live and their standard of living. In the developing and the third world countries the need for social welfare has always been overlook. The resources of these nations are directed towards defense and technological progress.

In Pakistan programs for catering the needsof social development never gets much attention and this sector always remains on the mercy of others. Therefore there is a need of such nonprofit organizations to look after the under privilege members of the society so that the society overall gets prosperity.

One such foundation which is catering the need of welfare for society is THE EDHI FOUNDATION. Edhi Foundation is one of the biggest social welfare organizations in Pakistan.It was founded by one of the prominent philanthropist, humanitarian and social activist of Pakistan Abdul Sattar Edhi in 1951. He started the foundation from a single room in Mithadar Karachi and he still operates the foundation from there only. Today Edhi Foundation has more than 350 centers across the country

Since the foundation history revolves around Abdul Sattar Edhi so we will start by looking into the background and history of Abdul Sattar Edhi and then moves toward the history and background of the Foundation

Mr. Edhi was born in 1931 in Bantva near Joona Garh, Gujrat India. At the age of 11 his mother fell ill and became paralyzed and then lately became mentally ill. He devoted all his time into looking after his mother but the situation got worse and his mother died after eight years when Edhi was 19 old years. Due to the excessive care that his mother needed, he was not able to complete his school education. This experience was a turning point in Edhi’s life. He was deeply touched by the incident of his mother and thought of opening a welfare center to look after the millions of people who suffered like his mother had suffered but had no one to look after them. At the age of 19 he had develop a vision for himself of opening a chain of welfare centers to look after the less privileged and needy people of society.

He and his family migrated to Karachi after the partition in 1947. To earn his living he first started working as a peddler and then a commission agent for selling cloth. In 1951 he left this occupation and with the help of some of the members of his community established a dispensary which gives free medical facilities. From here he became involved in the charity work and established a welfare trust with the name of Edhi Trust in 1951. Edhi foundation was also established in the same year with a mere Rs. 5000. Mr. Edhi used to call himself a beggar. He always used to beg at the street for the welfare of the people. At first he faced many problems in getting the money as people didn’t know him and did not trust him. However as the time passes and as people started knowing him he started getting huge sum for welfare. At the start he had to

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face many problems however hurdles weren’t able to demotivate him and he was able to gather a sum of Rs. 200000 which was use for the expansion of his services. He later purchased the building where he used to run the dispensary.

Karachi was swept by a flu epidemic in 1957. Edhi responded quickly to this problem and visited different streets and places of Karachi to give free immunizations. The word of mouth spread and more people started donating to Edhi. With these donations he was able to purchase an ambulance which he used to drive by himself. He called that van a Poor Man Van. He used this van for advertisement of his services and due to this the donor’s base increases and his operations expanded..Till 1990 Edhi Foundation had acquired 450 ground ambulances. Edhi foundation has also donated 50 ambulances to the government and other nongovernmental organizations. In 1987 an Air ambulance service with two fixed wing craft and a helicopter began its operations. By 1992 five helicopters and five fixed wing aircraft were obtained. The pilots were taught by army aviation officers. Civil aviation authority waived different kind of fees like registration, licensing etc on these aircraft. Today there are more than 1800 ambulances all over Pakistan thus serving the injured and the needy. In 1997 the Guinness World Record was awarded to Edhi Foundation for having the world biggest volunteer based ambulance service. Edhi foundation is also the only volunteer service in South Asia which has an air ambulance service.

The services of Edhi trust expanded rapidly to other areas like maternity home, educational servicesand other services. More donations were coming in from the public as his name was getting established and known andpeople were started calling him the “Angel of Mercy”.

In 1966 a life time partner joined him in his work. He married to Mrs. Bilquis Edhi a nurse at his dispensary. They have three daughter and two sons. Mrs. Edhi took charge of the Edhi maternity home. Till now more than one million children have been delivered in edhi maternity homesand more than 50000 abandoned new born babies have been saved and brought up. Six nursing schools have also been setup up which had provided basic training to 40000 women in backward areas.15 edhi homes (apna ghar) have been setup in Karachi, Hyderabad, Multan, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta. They supervise the destitute, runaways and psychotic. More than 3 million children and 80000 psychotic and drug addicted had been rehabilitated and returned to their homes by 1990.

Today there are more than 3500 people working in Edhi Foundation. On the other hand many volunteers were also helping Edhi in his vision. Edhi foundation has eight hospitals in Karachi and other areas which provide free medical services.

Today Edhi foundation home more than 6000 destitute, run away and mentally retarded people. 24 hours emergency serviceis provided in more than 350 centers across Pakistan. Each year more than one million people get the free hospital and dispensary services.

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A. National Relief ServicesThe following are few National Relief Services undertaken by Edhi Foundation:

In 1957 when flu epidemic hits Karachi a free vaccinations were provided. During the Pak India wars of 1965 and 1971 a relief was provided to the victims of bomb

explosion. In 1971 the refugees of East Pakistan were provided the construction materials for homes

and the rations. In 1973 a relief work for flood victims was conducted in Moro and Dalatpur in Sindh. In 1974 a relief operation was conducted for eight days in SWAT when it was hit by an

earthquake. In 1986 a relief was provided for PA-NAM hijacking incident victims In 1988 Edhi Foundation spends Rs. 1.3 million in purchasing vaccines. These vaccines

were used for the victims of Meningitis epidemic in Sindh. In August 1988 Rupees 5 million worth of foods and clothes were distributed among

flood victims in Sindh and Punjab. In 1992 relief operation was conducted in Punjab In 1992 relief operation was conducted during ethnic riots in Gilgit and Jang In 1994 a support services to Islamabad bus hijacking victims In 1992 and 1993 assisted Pakistani government and the army in shifting injured kashmiri

people from line of control

A part from these Edhi Foundation participated in other various relief programs like flood relief program, earthquake relief program of 2005, bomb blast and terrorist attack relief program, polio vaccination program and others.

B. International Relief ServicesApart from the National Relief Services the Edhi Foundation also has branches international. Edhi Foundation has branches in New York, Ontario, Dacca, Tokyo, Sydney, London, and Dubai. The relief program conducted by Edhi Foundation internationally includes

Providing aid to Afghan refugees since 1978 Provided relief to the victims of the Lebanon civil war in 1983 Provided Rupees 0.5 million for the flood victim relief program in Bangladesh in 1986 Provided Rupees 1 million to the areas in Ethiopia that are stricken by drought in 1985 Provided relief to the USSR earthquake victims in 1989 Provided Rupees 4.5 million worth of medical and surgical instruments to the Persian

Gulf War refugees in 1991 Provided relief to the earthquake victims of north western Iran in 1990 Provided aid to the earthquake victims of Cairo in 1992 Provided food to the Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993 Provided blood bags for the earthquake victims in Japan in 1994 and many others

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For the marvelous services that Edhi and his foundation have rendered for his countrymen and humanity he and his foundation were awarded several awards. Few of them are as follows:

Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service from Philippines in 1986. Nishan-e-Imtiza by GoP in 1989 Paul Harris Fellow award by Rotatory International Foundation in 1993 Peace Prize award by USSR in 1998 for rendering services in American earthquake Human Rights Award by Human Rights Society of Pakistan Khidmat Award by Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences Silver Jubilee Shield by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, (1962-1987). Social Worker of Sub continent by Government of Sindh in 1995 Pakistan Civic Award in 1992 by Pakistan Civic Society International Balzan Prize for the work in humanity, peace and brotherhood by Italy in

2000 and many others

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II. Objectives

A. Mission Statement:“To motivate the people of Pakistan and other third world countries to solve their social and other problems on self-help basis”

Following are the objectives of Edhi Foundation

To eliminate inequality between the rich and poor To make the Pakistani Nation a generous, giving and kind hearted To create opportunities for the underprivileged women by providing nursing and other

vocational trainings To provide free education to the children To help the mentally retarded, rejected and the old people of our society To provide free medical facilities to the needy To create opportunities for unemployed people of Pakistan To help the poor through providing different kinds of welfare To provide quick response ambulance service to help save the lives of people To promote health services through health care centers and maternity homes. To provide the basic necessities like food, shelter, clothes, pure drinking water to poor

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III. Organizational StructureThe organizational structure of the Edhi Foundation is very simple and revolves around Edhi and his family. Edhi, his wife, his sons and his daughters occupy a top position on the hierarchy.

Following are the members of the board oftrustees of the Edhi Foundation Pakistan and International

1. Abdul Sattar Edhi2. Bilquis Edhi-Edhi Wife3. Faisal Edhi-Edhi Son4. Qutub Edhi-Edhi Son5. Kabra Edhi-Edhi Daughter6. Almas Edhi-Edhi Daughter7. Zeenat Edhi-Edhi daughter

Mr. Faisal Edhi a master from Karachi Universitylooksafter all the welfare and development projects of Edhi Foundation

Kabra Edhi looks after the Edhi center in Clifton

Qutub Edhi looks after the working of Edhi Foundation in USA.

Zeenat Edhi looks after the Edhi Services abroad

Almas Edhi looks after the Child and Adoption Centre

Edhi and his wife look after the whole organization. They are closely involved in raising and distributing funds and responding to the complaints. However Edhi is more involve in the ambulance and graveyard services and directly looks after it while Bilquis Edhi is more involve in the educational services. She looks after the dispensary, School and Edhi homes

Apart from this a whole professional team works at Edhi Foundation and look after their services. Apart from that each year more than 500 volunteers serve the Edhi Foundation and is the backbone of it.

In Edhi Foundation non-Muslims are not employed whether in Pakistan or abroad. In abroad people Muslims living there work for Edhi Foundation and looks after its services there.

After Abdul Sattar Edhi and Bilquis Edhi Zeenat, Almas, Kabra and Faisal Edhi will look after the whole Edhi Foundation.

Following is the Organogram of Edhi Foundation.

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ChairmanAbdul Sattar Edhi

Board member

Kabra Edhi

Board member

Faisal Edhi

Board member

Almas Edhi

Board member

Bilquis Edhi

Board member

Qutub Edhi

Board member

Zeenat Edhi

IV. Operations and Functions:Following are the services offered by Edhi Foundation:

A. Ambulance ServiceAmbulance service with a fleet of 1800 Ambulances

Edhi Foundation has the largest Ambulance service than any other social welfare organization in the world. Even advanced economies have failed to form such an organization. A second hand Hillman Pickup was used as a first ambulance by Edhi in 1951 and it created the ‘Poor Patient Ambulance. After sixty years, Edhi foundation achieved the title of world largest ambulance network having 1800 vehicles spread across Pakistan.

In addition Edhi has 2 aircrafts and a helicopter as an Air Ambulance to help people.

Edhi foundation also has 28 rescue boats to give aid and evacuate people from flood affected areas and from deep sea in storm and in other situation.

These services are controlled efficiently by a quick response system which has wireless communication devices installed in the ambulances, 24/7 connected with its control centers. Edhi ambulance system has 3-5 minutes response time in which it reaches to place where the help is required.

1. Field AmbulanceMillions of people these days are being disabled in road accidents or killed or injured all across Pakistan. After accidents people lie on the road and cannot stand to reach nearby hospital. It happens many times that delay cause loss of valuable life, leaving many injured crippled and handicapped.

Edhi has the largest field ambulance service to provide immediate response. Its nationwide ambulance service equipped with the quick response system which covers remote areas across Pakistan. It has 1800 ambulances (the largest ambulance network in Pakistan and largest private ambulance network in the world).

2. Air AmbulanceEdhi foundation has 2 aircrafts and a helicopter to cater the remote and those areas where field ambulance cannot reach at all.

The story of having air ambulance is very interesting. In 1976, Mr. Edhi with his wife BilquisEdhi had an accident near a village that has no airport or landing strip nearby. On the same day, a building collapsed in Karachi - Bismillah Building. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was in power at that time. Noticing Edhi’s absence from the scene put him surprised as Edhi never missed a single place of the disaster where people need help. He inquired and was informed of the situation. Bhutto immediately sent a small airplane to pick them up. Edhi was brought to Civil Hospital in Karachi where shortly after gaining consciousness; he remarked that he would

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also like to buy a plane. BilquisEdhi asked how he will be able to buy and afford a plane as his current situation was such that if he put his hand in the pocket for some loose change, thread used to come out instead. However, Edhi never got disheartened and pulled along with conviction and dedication. By the Grace of Allah, they now have 2 aircrafts, a helicopter.

B. Animal HostelEdhi homes are the places for people like destitute, distressed, and who cannot afford their livelihood and don’t have skills to earn their living.

Likewise Edhi Animal hostel is a place for wounded animals and animal moving on roads like cats, dogs, donkeys, horses, birds and other animals. It also includes missing animals and house pets which are not wanted anymore by their owners.

In view of rising number of animals on roads, Edhi took initiative to establish a home for such type of animals. Under one roof, there are houses for all kinds of animals. Under the same roof there is hospital for taking care in any disease. This has now been converted into a small zoo outside of Karachi. Veterinary doctors work there along with volunteer staff to look after those animals at Super Highway, Karachi.

Another and same unit is made in the Korangi area of Karachi to look after such animals on larger scale because it is costly for Edhi to take animals from mid-city towards the area outside city. In Korangi more animals are kept under that hostel. It includes peacocks, owls, deers, monkeys, horses, mules, cats, and a number of domestic birds.

C. Child Adoption Center and Child Care ServiceThe adoption center was established in 1949 and headed by BilquisBanoEdhi, wife of Abdul SattarEdhi. One of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan who serves humanity not based on religious basis but only on humanity basis. This attitude of her made a place in the list of Nobile Peace Prize nominees. There are 375 centers where lost, unwanted, and abandoned babies are brought up.

“Put (child) in the cradle no problem how is he/she. Nobody will ask you a single question about it” Abdul SattarEdhi.

Edhi foundation takes these children and looks after them in Edhi homes, and also these children are given to childless, needy, and deserving couples who can best take care of them.

These couples contact Edhi for child adoption and by going through the entire process, i.e. taking form from Edhi foundation’s website and after filling and submitting to Edhi foundation, BilquisEdhi personally takes interviews of couples and after closely examining their economic condition, she handover child to those couples. She looks for that the couple wanted to adopt child must have their own home and they must have a reliable earning source, the being father is free from any drug or alcoholic-related diseases. Edhi foundation receives thousands of

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applications for adoption but it gives only to those who are on the said criteria. Bilquis required periodic updates of the child given to the couple. In case, separation of the couple, Edhi keeps the right to claim the child back. Edhi is currently looking after 250 children and till now, 23,320 children have been adopted by childless families.

D. Edhi Homes and OrphanageEdhi foundation has established 18 homes across Pakistan. Most of them are in the capital city of Sindh, Karachi. Edhi homes are shelter for physically and mentally handicapped both males and females, orphaned children and destitute. Edhi foundation also takes care of women who are victims of domestic violence. Edhi is currently looking after 7500 people. Following are numbers of Edhi homes with particular to city in Pakistan:

Karachi 7Multan 1Lahore 3Islamabad 1Peshawar 1Quetta 1Chitral 1.

Edhi homes keep males and females of all ages, children, mentally retarded persons in separate homes for males and females in different areas of Karachi.

Edhi homes for men are in Sohrab Goth in Karachi Edhi has a child home and Edhi village for orphanage children Edhi Home for female child is in Clifton, Karachi. Edhi keeps mentally retarded females as well in North Karachi Edhi Korangi center for lost and missing children Edhi old age home in Qasba Colony Edhi animal hostel at Super highway

E. Edhi Rickshaws “ROZGAR SCHEME”Edhi foundation has always been in front of helping the poor and needy. Edhi has always been a step front in helping people. One of their plans to help the needy and poor was Rozgar Scheme. Through this scheme, they distributed the Auto Rickshaws to the needy and un-employed people. This scheme not only helped people to earn income but it also contributed towards safe and clean environment.

These auto CNG rickshaws were distributed to the holders of 2 stroke rickshaws on the basis of “No Profit No Loss”. This scheme was aimed to counter the unemployment factors and to reduce the noise and atmospheric pollution.

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The foundation has launched this scheme first in Karachi in which 500 units are being distributed and now it is being continued on other cities of Pakistan.

F. Educational ServicesIn Karachi, Bilquis elementary schools are operating in different areas. These schools provide both primary and secondary education to poor and needy children. All the basic education is being provided and it has proved to be a successful service. Following are the cities where these services are provided at every level to poor and needy children:

1- Karachi: Current numbers of students is 430. 80% passing result is achieved in metric exams.

2- MirPurKhas: Bilquis Edhi School is established with total of 511 students. It provides primary education till class 8. It is also registered from a government reputed body.

3- Nawabshah: Edhielementary school is in operation since 2002. (Nursery to class 5). It has proved well and providing satisfactory results.

G. Graveyard ServicesEdhi foundation has the largest net-work of burial of unclaimed dead bodies in Pakistan. Separate graveyards are being established in different areas of different cities. Mr. Edhi has the world record of giving Ghusal (Bath) to 20000 unclaimed bodies.

All major cities like Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi have made annual contracts with Edhi foundation for burial of un-identified people through various accidents, homicides and drowning.

Edhi foundation also helps people in arranging the activities and ceremonies of dead people. They also provide assistance to poor and needy people who cannot afford to carry out activities at death of people. Edhi also provide help to people of different religion. Edhi also provides transportation services for taking the dead body to the graveyard.Edhi foundation are working day and night to fulfill their services. Edhi workers risk their lives in any adverse situation in the city and transport dead bodies to their main place for further activity. Edhi foundation has trainned there workers in such a way, that they help people at any situation or circumstances they want. Edhi foundation workers do not feel hesitate in transporting the dead body in no matter what condition it is. Mr.Edhi himself has led by an example. And same he wants his people of foundation follow the same ethics.

Following tables shows the dead bodies bought or at Edhi Foundation or asked for helped for funeral activities by family or relative of decease.

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H. Jhoolas (Baby Cradles)Jhoolas (Baby Cradles) are being installed at every Edhi center in different areas. The purpose for this is that the unwanted infants can be left in these cradles. At some cases, babies are left over in the garbage and then they are air-lifted to Nursery Edhi branch located in Karachi. Then later, these infants are taken into custody. They are been given special care and mostly are rose there. In most cases, these infants are also being given to those people who do not have child in their life ever. Proper documentation is done of all this work. All things are kept confidential. The reason behind keeping things confidential is to keep child away from social problems. Through this, the society problems are reduced.

Now there has been a change in the society. People in the society now voluntarily come forward and hand over the babies to the edhi centers. These infants are then nurtured and cared. Mrs.Bilquis Edhi is the head of this service. They have a centralized system and through this system they check the credentials of the adopting parents and they conduct a regular follow.

I. Welfare CentersDifferent welfare centers are located in different areas of the city. These welfare centers are working for the wellbeing of the people. They provide assistance and help to poor and needy people. They provide help at the door-steps of the people.

Plans are being carried out to extend the numbers of centers around the countries. It is expected as these centers comes into operation it will be covering 90% of population. These centers are referred to as “Service Counters” for the need of masses of people. These centers are engaged in such activities that are directly or indirectly benefiting the community.

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YEARS DEAD BODIES

2005 12562

2006 4819

2007 6611

2008 6692

2009 6493

2010 7854

2011 6738

2012 3701

J. Missing Persons ServiceEdhi foundation also provides missing persons service. People who leave there home early due to emergencies or handicapped people who do not reach their home back, edhiprovide service in helping them to find their home. Edhi foundation uses different modes such as wireless network, radio, TV, press and advertisement to find way for people who have been missing or are being lost.

K. Refugees AssistanceEdhi foundation has been providing assistance and services to refugees of different countries forces to take shelter in Pakistan. Refugees belong to following countries:

Afghanistan Bangladesh Iraq Kashmir Burma

L. Blood and Drug BanksIn order to save human lives, blood is provided to people in emergency cases, whether it’s a natural calamity, bomb blast or etc. Edhi welfare centers in all major cities of Pakistan keep an updated list of blood donors of every blood group and they also run a campaign for collection of blood from different donors. Edhi foundation also provides blood at free of cost to poor and needy people whenever required in extreme cases. There are two blood bank facilities, one in Karachi and other in Mirpurkhas. Where proper storage and screening of blood is carried out and then discharged to government hospitals as required.

M. Marine and Coastal ServicesAs Edhi foundation established a wide and proper ground ambulances supported by Air ambulance. It has also established it services in coastal areas as well.

Following are the services:

Recovering of dead bodies that are being drowned. Providing food to poor and needy at Arabian coast. Rescue services in rivers, lakes and dams of the country.

N. International ServicesEdhi foundation has always been in front in helping people whether it’s domestic or International service. There were many historical services that are offered, such as:

They gave aid to Afghan refugees since 1978. They also gave relief to the needy people in Lebanon civil War in 1983.

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Aid of 0.5 million and ambulance was provided to flood victims in Bangladesh during 1986.

Relief was provided to Kurd refuges. Provision of blood bags was provided to Japanese in Earthquake during 1994.

Apart from above mentioned points there were many other services, aids, assistance and relief was provided to other countries at their difficult time. Edhi also has offices in different countries of the world such as:

Edhi is running two charitable shops in London city of United Kingdom Two charitable shops in New York, USA Edhi Foundation handles rescue service in New York in any disaster and also in any other

country.

Edhi foundation has following offices in different parts of the world.

Ontario, Canada Toronto, Canada Dhaka, Bangladesh Tokyo, Japan Canberra, Australia Katmandu, Nepal Kabul, Afghanistan

O. Edhi High-Way Projects:

This project is aim at building five hundred Edhi high-way homes to provide those are living in semi urban area and rural areas of the country. The aim is to provide services to those who are living on high-ways and all link roads of Pakistan. These centers will have emergency services, and other medical facilities to rural and semi urban population

Initially there are less number of high-way projects can be built and they are actively providing ambulance services at a very nominal charges, vaccination service to the newly born babies and younger children against diseases like Polio and others which treatment is not yet discovered or provided. Edhi at this time providing mobile dispensary services which cater more than two hundred patients daily on these projects and permanent facility is being built there to give them more number of people gets treated there.

On completion of the projects, each center will have 3 ambulances, an emergency center with a four bed facility, and a permanent dispensary with mobile to provide on field operations. All these centers will have a wireless communication network. Each unit cost at One million and all

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500 units have a cost of 500 million. Up to now, 60 permanent centers have made and 125 temporary centers are working in these areas.

Edhi is working on providing services to heroin addicts, destitute, disaster victims and many who are under deprived and living very hardly. Edhi is considering acquiring other aircrafts to provide speedy services to those people living in those areas.

Edhi is the first organization in the world who providing services to almost every class of the society and taking leading role in making Pakistan as a welfare nation. Pakistani governments could not do such a thing which is provided by the Edhi foundation on an emergency basis and that is the spirit that people of Pakistan are known in the whole world. In all over the world no one is appeared like Edhi foundation which serves poor and deprived class of the society.

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V. Sources of FundsThe main source of funds is the donations and the voluntarily services by individuals. The individuals mainly the middle class people donate from a sum ranging from Rs. 5 to Rupees thousands. The donations are also received in the form of foods, medicines, shelters, clothes, animal skins, blood etc. Past beneficiaries also provide huge sum of donations to Edhi Foundation. Donations were also raised from 13 other countries where Edhi foundation has centers but 90% of the funds are raised in Pakistan. Different nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations also give huge sum of donations each year. No donations is accepted from the companies, government because Edhi Foundation believes on the philosophy that we are providing services for the people so the contributions should be provided by the people only. Many times Mr. Edhi himself stands on the roads and pavements for collecting funds and this is one of the reasons for his fame.

Apart from that Edhi has some personal investments in government saving schemes. The profits from these schemes made up the support for Edhi foundation. As Edhi drew few for personal expenses the profits on saving started growing at an exponential level and the foundation was able to develop a strong back up. Edhi had never draw a distinction between personal fund and organization fund. He believes that what belongs to him belongs to the organization too.

Every year more than 500 volunteers serve the organization. Their services although could not be quantified but they form the strong back of the organization.

Every year the Financial Accounts of Edhi Foundation is audited by the firm of Chartered Accountant and filed to the Federal Government for the tax relief and grants by the Federal Board of Revenue.

VI. Allocation of FundsDonation is utilized in the country where it is donated. If donation is donated in Canada it will be utilized there only and is not remitted somewhere else. However the goods that are donated in abroad are sent to Pakistan through the income of that country fund. The sood(interest) fund is used to help the non-Muslims.

The funds are gathered at a central point in each country and then are distributed to different services according to their needs. The team of professional under the supervision of Edhi in Pakistan and his sons in abroad manage these funds.

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VII. Future Expansion PlansIt is now more than 60 decades that Edhi Foundation is serving the needy and less privilege people not only in Pakistan but across the globe. However the journey has not yet ended. Edhi Foundation believes that its mission has not yet accomplished and there is a great need of welfare for the people. Because due to the tougher economic situations more people are now living below the poverty line. In addition to that due to the weak governance and reform policies of our leaders the poor are becoming poorer and the rich are becoming richer. The wealth is now being concentrated in the hands of few. Therefore Edhi Foundation wants to strengthen their existing welfare services so that it could serve the more people better. Following are the expansion plans of Edhi Foundation in the year to come.

Edhi Homes for Destitute

Edhi Foundation has planned to establish more homes for destitute in the next three years. The estimated cost of this expansion is about Rs. 100 million. These homes will be built in Peshawar, Muzaffarabad, Gujranwala, Quetta, Chitral and Lahore.

Rural Welfare Centers

These centers will be established in Utthal (Baluchistan) and Thar and Cholistan (Sindh). These centers will support and will provide medical and others aids to the people of these areas.

Edhi Community Centers

The highway centers, which are in construction at every 25 KM on highways and mostly in rural areas, will be converted to Edhi Community Centers. The aim of these centers will be to provide awareness among people about health, education, sanitation and other things. These centers will also provide loans to poultry farmers and cattle feeders.

Specialized Hospitals and Centers

Foundation will built specialized hospitals for cancer and renal treatment

Ambulance Aircraft

Five ambulance aircraft- 3 fixed wings and 2 helicopters will be acquired in next three years.

Hospitals at Every 100 Kilometers

Traumatology centers will be constructed at every 100 kilometers on highways to save the precious lives lost due to the non-timely availability of medical facilities in case of accidents.

Reserve Fund

Edhi Reserve Fund of Rs. 400 million will be established in next 5 years to meet the foundation expenditures on long term basis.

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Public Kitchens

Public Kitchens will be built in the major cities of Pakistan and in third world countries to fulfill the food necessities of the poor and needy.

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Bibliographywww.edhi.org

www.contentpakistan.com

www.wikipedia.com

www.nobelprizeforedhi.com

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