Independence Day Celebration: August 11-17. Share your Joy of Independence.

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Please don’t forget to share your bounty and joy of independence with those who are less fortunate and are slaves of poverty, illiteracy and diseases.
On this auspicious occasion of Independence day celebrations of Pakistan donate to some well recognized charities of Pakistan. You can donate any amount you want. Your couple of dollars, euros, pounds , or rupees will go a long way to help those in need.

I will give you links to and some details about these charities and their work for next 7 days.

**What Is Edhi Foundation
**Edhi foundation is the most trusted name in Pakistan when it comes to relief work within distressed areas in Pakistan and the rest of the world.
Edhi foundation is a NON Profit organization that has been in the business of providing social services like medical care, emergency services, air ambulances, burial services, mental habitats, old homes, child welfare services, abused women safe houses and training facilities for the disadvantaged..
Edhi’s founder is Abdul Sattar Edhi who established the first clinic in 1951.

**Edhi Foundations Ideology
**Edhi Foundation’s activities include a 24 hours emergency service across the country through 250 Edhi centers which provide free shrouding and burial of unclaimed dead bodies, shelter for the destitute, orphans and handicapped persons, free hospitals and dispensaries, rehabilitation of drug addicts, free wheel chairs, crutches and other services for the handicapped, family planning counseling and maternity services, national and international relief efforts for the victims.
Currently the Foundation is a home for over 6,000 destitute, runaways and mentally ill, and it provides transportation to over 1,000,000 persons annually to the hospitals, in addition to other wide ranging services.

“I had accepted at the outset that charity was distorted and completely unrelated to its original concept. Reverting to the ideal was like diverting an ocean of wild waters. Another major obstacle in the promotion of welfare was exposed…the disgust of man toward mankind. There was only one expression, one reaction from everyone…cringing.”
Abdul Sitar Edhi

To Donate Edhi please contact local edhi office in your area click here
http://www.edhifoundation.com/contact.asp

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Day 2 Second Charity.

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) is a state-of-the-art cancer centre located in Lahore, Pakistan. It is a project of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, which is a charitable organization established under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 of Pakistan. The institution is the brainchild of Pakistani cricket superstar, Imran Khan. The inspiration came after the death of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum, from cancer
FUNDRAISING
Imran Khan made a nation-wide appeal for the collection of funds from a match between Pakistan and India on November 10, 1989 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore which raised Rs. 2,902,600. This was followed by a series of more than 50 successful fund raisers held throughout the world. Pakistan’s win under Imran’s captaincy in the 1992 cricket world cup in Melbourne helped fundraising efforts. He was able to collect one and a half million pounds in just six weeks after the World Cup when the same amount had taken 2 years to collect earlier. He donated his entire prize money of 85,000 pounds for the project. In 1994 when the project required more financing for the ongoing construction, Imran Khan launched a mass contact campaign in which he toured 27 cities in the country and collected Rs. 120 million. During the entire campaign for the construction of the hospital, over a million individual donors from ordinary citizens to the rich and famous pitched in. Everything from cash to jewelry and valuables was donated.

SKMT Projects

Being the only cancer centre in the entire region with all the specialized cancer diagnostic and therapeutic facilities the Shaukat Khanum Trust realizes the its colossal responsibilities in its fight against cancer. It has established a number of centres all over Pakistan that help in the awareness and early diagnosis and treatment of Pakistan .

**Hospitals: **
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre ( Lahore , Pakistan )
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre ( Karachi , Pakistan ) planning.
**Outreach Cancer Screening Clinics: **
Shaukat Khanum Karachi Clinic ( Karachi , Pakistan )
Shaukat Khanum Peshawar Clinic ( Peshawar , Pakistan )
Community screening service ( Lahore , Pakistan )

**Diagnostic Centres: **
Shaukat Khanum Diagnostic Centre ( Lahore , Pakistan )
Shaukat Khanum Diagnostic Centre ( Karachi , Pakistan ) planning

**Pathology Collection Centres: **
45 Shaukat Khanum Pathology Collection Centres (all over Pakistan )

Donate here;
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre

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Re: Independence Day Celebration: August 11-17. Share your Joy of Independence.

Thanks for the info. Indeed we should donate money to the poor or try to help them in whatever way we can. Respecting the needy one and helping them is one of the best way to bridge the gap b/w rich and poor.

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Pakistan Kidney Institute:
Pakistan Kidney Institute (PKI) after its informal inauguration dated 10th April, 2004 is aiming to provide outpatient as well as inpatient services to these patients.

PKI is a centre of excellence in nephrology, urology and kidney transplant at Shifa. PKI is a subsidiary of Shifa Foundation which has undertaken the task of providing the sick and needy people of Pakistan with state of the art services in the fields of urology and nephrology irrespective of their financial status under the roof of Shifa International Hospital at the least cost or free.
Mission

  1. PKI will provide state of the art services to urology and nephrology patients irrespective of their financial status.
  2. The institute will offer best possible education and training both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
  3. The institute will establish a state of the art research programme.
    Achievements
    Pakistan Kidney Institute (PKI) has treated more than 3000 people over the last four years. These services included outpatient consultations, dialysis, 600 minor procedures and 230 surgeries out of which 7 were kidney transplants.

Since, April 2004 Pakistan Kidney Institute (PKI) has provided OPD consultations to over 600 patients and approximately 250 minor procedures have been done.These patients underwent a wide range of surgeries ranging from major procedures like kidney transplants and cancer surgeries.
Success Stories
Amna, a 7-year-old blind child, was spending 18 hours a week at the hospital undergoing kidney dialysis. Her first cousin Saima wanted to help & had a Kidney match.
Dr Saeed Akhtar, CEO Pakistan Kidney Institute, performed the Kidney transplant freeing Amna from her three-times-a-week dialysis regimen.

How to **donate](http://www.pki.com.pk/content/view/41/1/).**
PKI - Pakistan Kidney Institute - Donation Bank Accounts

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