Re: ~ POSITIVE PAKISTANIS ~
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Edhi Sahib … our hero, our pride!
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Edhi established his first welfare centre and then the Bilqis Edhi Trust with a mere Rs. 5000. What started as a one-man show operating from a single room in Karachi is now the Edhi Foundation, the largest welfare organization in Pakistan. The foundation has over 300 centers across the country, in big cities, small towns and remote rural areas, providing medical aid, family planning and emergency assistance. They own air ambulances, providing quick access to far-flung areas.
In Karachi alone, the Edhi Foundation runs 8 hospitals providing free medical care, eye hospitals, diabetic centers, surgical units, a 4- bed cancer hospital and mobile dispensaries. In addition to these the Foundation also manages two blood banks in Karachi.
- 20,000 abandoned babies have been saved
- 40,000 qualified nurses have been trained
- 50,000 orphans are housed in Edhi Homes
- 1 million babies have been delivered in Edhi Maternity Centers
Edhi is to Karachi what Mother Teresa was to the poor of Calcutta. Edhi and wife Bilquees have spent a lifetime working for people and their welfare work to date remains unparalleled in Pakistan. They are both very private people who shun publicity. They have had little formal education, and are totally committed to the cause of helping the poor and needy.
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Edhi plans mass campaigns against narcotics, illiteracy, population control and basic hygiene. Edhi’s wife Bilquees works in the areas of maternity centre management. She runs 6 nursing training schools in Karachi , which provide basic training courses. These centres have so far trained over 40,000 qualified nurses. Some 20,000 abandoned babies have been saved and about a million babies have been delivered in the Edhi maternity homes. Bilquees also supervises the food that is supplied to the Edhi hospitals in Karachi . The total number of orphans in Edhi housing is 50,000 and Edhi’s two daughters and one son assist in the running of the orphanages and the automation of these institutions.
Edhi’s vision is to create an institution that will carry on his life’s work and survive for a long time to come. His dream is that of a Pakistan as a modern welfare state, which provides a safety net for the poor and needy while providing basic health and education with vocational skills. A welfare state Edhi feels is the only way to tackle Pakistan 's myriad social problems. He hopes that one day, Pakistan will be a model for other developing countries.
In 1985 Edhi received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan and in recognition of their services the Government of Philippines awarded Edhi & Bilquees the Magsayay award.
**The Edhi Foundation refuses to take any aid from the Government, thereby maintaining its independence **
**International Awards
Ramon Magsaysay Award
**" for public service from Philippines , 1986.
**Paul Harris Fellow
**" from Rotary International Foundation 1993.
**Peace Prize from USSR
**(former) "for services in the Armenian earth-quake disaster in 1988.
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National Awards
Nishan-e-Imtiaz
**“from Government of Pakistan 1989.
**Human Rights Award
**” by Pakistan Human Rights Society.
**Khidmat Award
**" by Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences.
**Shield of Honour
**" by Pakistan Army (E & C).
**Silver Jubilee Shield
**" by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan.(1962-1987)
**Recognition of meritorious services to oppressed humanity during eighties
**" (1989) by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Pakistan. 45 Years Of Selfless Service.
**The Social Worker of Sub-Continent - 1989
**" by Government of Sind
Pakistan Civic Award 1992 - by Pakistan Civic Society. and hundred of other numerous awards…!
following are the services Edhi foundation PROVIDES:
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Edhi Homes for shelter of animals
High Ways Project ( 25 KILOMETER)
International Community Centers
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