Abdul Sattar Edhi was a Pakistani benefactor, anchorite and benevolent. He was the originator of Edhi foundation. The organization runs clinics, poor housings, psychiatric rehabilitation centers, and residential institution for the care and education of orphans crosswise Pakistan. He set a dispensary in Karachi, which was free of cost, for the citizens who had less earnings. His philanthropic actions extended in the year 1957 after an Asian virus widespread glided in Karachi. That year, aids and contributions permitted him to purchase his first emergency vehicle.
He is known as "Angel of Mercy" for his selfless service to the abandoned, sick, destitute and the ostracized. He was helped in his life's work by his wife, Bilquis Edhi, a nurse committed to the same humanitarian values as her husband. Born in India in the late 1920s, he was raised to be compassionate towards the less privileged. He spent his teenage years caring for his paralyzed and mentally ill mother which furthered his passion to do something for the sick. Forced to move to Pakistan as a young man after the partition of India, he witnessed the horrors of war and the massive human sufferings that followed.
He is known as "Angel of Mercy" for his selfless service to the abandoned, sick, destitute and the ostracized. He was helped in his life's work by his wife, Bilquis Edhi, a nurse committed to the same humanitarian values as her husband. Born in India in the late 1920s, he was raised to be compassionate towards the less privileged. He spent his teenage years caring for his paralyzed and mentally ill mother which furthered his passion to do something for the sick. Forced to move to Pakistan as a young man after the partition of India, he witnessed the horrors of war and the massive human sufferings that followed.
Early Life of Abdul Sattar Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi was born on January 1, 1928 in Bantva in the Gujarat, British India into a Memon family. His mother turn out to be disabled from a stroke when he was just 11 years old and she passed away when he was 19 years old. The partition of India happened in 1947, and Edhi and his family migrated to Pakistan. It was a terrible time marked by widespread violence and devastation with millions killed.
While Edhi managed to escape alive, he faced massive struggles in rebuilding his life in Karachi, Pakistan. Aged around 20 at that time, the young man was penniless and destitute. Yes his personal troubles did not deter him from joining a charity run by the Memons, the Islamic religious community to which his family belonged. However, he was disappointed that the charity served only those from the Memon community but not others.
He started working in a wholesale market. In the beginning, he began as a salesperson and later turned into a commission operator retailing fabric in the discount market place in Karachi. Following a couple of years, he built up a free dispensary with the assistance from his society. A request was made to the general population for assets. The reaction was great, and Rs. 2,00,000/- were collected. The collection and opportunity of work of Edhi Trust stretched out with outstanding rapidity under the motivating soul of the person behind it. A maternity clinic was set up and ambulance facility was begun in the extensive city of Karachi with a populace of more than 10 million. More contributions were gotten as the assurance of individuals in the Trust developed.
He told NPR in 2009 that " I saw individuals lying on the roadway. The flu virus had spread in Karachi, and there was nobody to treat them. So I set up seats and got medicinal understudies to help. I was bankrupt and requested for payments on the road. And individuals gave. I purchased this 8-by-8 space to begin my work."
Abdul Sattar Edhi was born on January 1, 1928 in Bantva in the Gujarat, British India into a Memon family. His mother turn out to be disabled from a stroke when he was just 11 years old and she passed away when he was 19 years old. The partition of India happened in 1947, and Edhi and his family migrated to Pakistan. It was a terrible time marked by widespread violence and devastation with millions killed.
While Edhi managed to escape alive, he faced massive struggles in rebuilding his life in Karachi, Pakistan. Aged around 20 at that time, the young man was penniless and destitute. Yes his personal troubles did not deter him from joining a charity run by the Memons, the Islamic religious community to which his family belonged. However, he was disappointed that the charity served only those from the Memon community but not others.
He started working in a wholesale market. In the beginning, he began as a salesperson and later turned into a commission operator retailing fabric in the discount market place in Karachi. Following a couple of years, he built up a free dispensary with the assistance from his society. A request was made to the general population for assets. The reaction was great, and Rs. 2,00,000/- were collected. The collection and opportunity of work of Edhi Trust stretched out with outstanding rapidity under the motivating soul of the person behind it. A maternity clinic was set up and ambulance facility was begun in the extensive city of Karachi with a populace of more than 10 million. More contributions were gotten as the assurance of individuals in the Trust developed.
He told NPR in 2009 that " I saw individuals lying on the roadway. The flu virus had spread in Karachi, and there was nobody to treat them. So I set up seats and got medicinal understudies to help. I was bankrupt and requested for payments on the road. And individuals gave. I purchased this 8-by-8 space to begin my work."
Major Works of Abdul Sattar Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation which today runs the World's Largest Ambulance Service (operating 1,500 of them) and offers 24 hours emergency services. It also runs charitable hospitals, orphanages, homeless shelters, women's shelters and rehab centers for drug addicts and mentally ill individuals.
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation which today runs the World's Largest Ambulance Service (operating 1,500 of them) and offers 24 hours emergency services. It also runs charitable hospitals, orphanages, homeless shelters, women's shelters and rehab centers for drug addicts and mentally ill individuals.
Awards & Achievements of Abdul Sattar Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi was granted Shield of Honor by Pakistan Army for advancing the reason for social welfare benefit in Rawalpindi. Just a couple people could get this honor by Pak Army. He got Nishan-E-Imtiaz, civil decoration from the Government of Pakistan in 1989. He also received Khidmat Award by the Pakistani Academy of Medical Sciences. He was granted with Human Rights by Pakistan Human Rights Society.
Jinnah Award for Outstanding Services to Pakistan was given in April 1998 by The Jinnah Society. This was the main Jinnah Award gave on any individuals in Pakistan. In 2011, the Prime Minster of Pakistan prescribed Edhi for the selection of Nobel Peace Prize. Again in mid-2016, an appeal to mark by 30,000 for a Nobel Peace prize to Edhi was moved by Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala Yousafzai. In her sympathy message on Edhi's demise, communicate by BBC Urdu Service Malala cited that "as a Nobel Peace Prize champ, I hold the privilege to name individuals for the prize and I have designated Abdul Sattar Edhi"
Abdul Sattar Edhi was granted Shield of Honor by Pakistan Army for advancing the reason for social welfare benefit in Rawalpindi. Just a couple people could get this honor by Pak Army. He got Nishan-E-Imtiaz, civil decoration from the Government of Pakistan in 1989. He also received Khidmat Award by the Pakistani Academy of Medical Sciences. He was granted with Human Rights by Pakistan Human Rights Society.
Jinnah Award for Outstanding Services to Pakistan was given in April 1998 by The Jinnah Society. This was the main Jinnah Award gave on any individuals in Pakistan. In 2011, the Prime Minster of Pakistan prescribed Edhi for the selection of Nobel Peace Prize. Again in mid-2016, an appeal to mark by 30,000 for a Nobel Peace prize to Edhi was moved by Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala Yousafzai. In her sympathy message on Edhi's demise, communicate by BBC Urdu Service Malala cited that "as a Nobel Peace Prize champ, I hold the privilege to name individuals for the prize and I have designated Abdul Sattar Edhi"
Married Life of Abdul Sattar Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi was wedded in 1965 to Bilquis, a caretaker who functioned at the Edhi clinic. They both had 4 children, 2 son, Faisal Edhi and Kutub Edhi and 2 daughters, Almas Edhi and Kubra Edhi. Bilquis controls the free maternity services in the clinic in Karachi and arranges the acceptance of illegal and renounced children. They both share the mutual visualization of solo minded dedication to the root of improvement of human miseries and a wisdom of personal duty to reply to individual call for support, irrespective of face, belief or prestige.
Bilquis Edhi was born in the city of Bantva which is currently in the State of Gujrat in western India. When she was a youngster, she did not like school and figured out how to join a dispensary as a medical as a medical caretaker in 1965. At that time the Edhi home was in the old city zone of Karachi known as Mithadar where it had been established in 1951.
Abdul Sattar Edhi was wedded in 1965 to Bilquis, a caretaker who functioned at the Edhi clinic. They both had 4 children, 2 son, Faisal Edhi and Kutub Edhi and 2 daughters, Almas Edhi and Kubra Edhi. Bilquis controls the free maternity services in the clinic in Karachi and arranges the acceptance of illegal and renounced children. They both share the mutual visualization of solo minded dedication to the root of improvement of human miseries and a wisdom of personal duty to reply to individual call for support, irrespective of face, belief or prestige.
Bilquis Edhi was born in the city of Bantva which is currently in the State of Gujrat in western India. When she was a youngster, she did not like school and figured out how to join a dispensary as a medical as a medical caretaker in 1965. At that time the Edhi home was in the old city zone of Karachi known as Mithadar where it had been established in 1951.
Quotes of Abdul Sattar Edhi
- "My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world."
- "I do not have any formal education. What use is education when we do not become human beings? My school is the welfare of humanity."
- "Never take anyone's death to heart Bilquis. Remember God by the equality with which He implements it. Nobody is different, the richest to the poorest, from here to the end of the globe face it equally. What an example of equality."
Death of Abdul Sattar Edhi
Edhi's kidneys failed on June 25, 2013, it was declared that he would be on dialysis for whatever remains of his life unless he found a kidney giver. Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away on July 8, 2016 at 88 years old because of kidney disappointment in the wake of having been put on ventilator.
His last wishes incorporated the demand that his organs were to be given yet because of his unpleasant health just his corneas were reasonable. He was let go at the Edhi Village Karachi.
Edhi's kidneys failed on June 25, 2013, it was declared that he would be on dialysis for whatever remains of his life unless he found a kidney giver. Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away on July 8, 2016 at 88 years old because of kidney disappointment in the wake of having been put on ventilator.
His last wishes incorporated the demand that his organs were to be given yet because of his unpleasant health just his corneas were reasonable. He was let go at the Edhi Village Karachi.
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