The Edhi Foundation is a social welfare program in Pakistan, founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi.
History
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation in 1947. Today, he is the head of the organization. His wife Bilquis, a nurse, oversees the maternity and adoption services.
The Edhi Foundation provides 24-hour emergency assistance across the nation of Pakistan and abroad. The Foundation provides, among many other services, shelter for the destitute, free hospitals and medical care, drug rehabilitation services, and national and international relief efforts.
Programs
- Welfare activities
- Baby cradles (jhoolas) are installed at most Edhi centers, where unwanted or abandoned babies may be left. Adoptions are then arranged for the infants.
- Destitute homes (Apna Ghar) service orphans, runaways, and the mentally ill.
- Warehouses hold supplies for emergency situations.
- Missing Persons Service posts bulletins for missing persons in the press, on radio and TV.
- Prisoner's Aid provides provisions and legal aid to imprisoned persons.
- Graveyard Services provide washing and burials for unclaimed bodies. Religious services are provided according to the deceased's religious affiliation.
- Public Kitchens feed the hungry in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi
- Emergency Services
- Field Ambulance Service provides 400 ambulances (the largest ambulance fleet in Pakistan).
- Air Ambulance Service provides two airplanes and one helicopter.
- Marine and Coastal Service provides weather warnings, air-drops food supplies, and recovers dead bodies.
- Emergency Checkposts provides immediate, emergency care.
- Projects
- Highway Projects are developing new Edhi centers across the nation of Pakistan.
- Blood and Drug Banks provide medicine needy persons. They also collect and store blood for transfusions.
- Cancer Research Hostel houses 50 cancer patients in Karachi.
- International Activities
- Refugee Assistance provides help to refugees in Pakistan.
- International Community Centers are established in several nations to assist Pakistanis and other Asians overseas.
- Offices Abroad are Edhi Foundation offices established in other nations, such as Japan, the UK, and the USA.
Link
Edhi Foundation