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Report Section D
The Edhi Foundation

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Table of Contents
Letter of Transmittal......................................................................................................... 3
Acknowledgement........................................................................................................... 4
Executive Summary.................................................................................................... 5
History and Background.............................................................................................. 6

I.
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

VII.

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

Bibliography................................................................................................................ 24
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Letter of Transmittal
May 10, 2014
To,
Mrs. Fareeda Ibad
Business and Professional Speech
Institute 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 Summary
The 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 Background

All 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 Edhis 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 didnt 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 werent 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 donors 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 Services

The 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 Services

Apart 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 Structure
The 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.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Abdul Sattar Edhi

Bilquis Edhi-Edhi Wife
Faisal Edhi-Edhi Son
Qutub Edhi-Edhi Son
Kabra Edhi-Edhi Daughter
Almas Edhi-Edhi Daughter
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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Chairman
Abdul Sattar Edhi

Board
member
Kabra
Edhi

Board
member
Faisal
Edhi

Board
member
Almas
Edhi

Board
member
Bilquis
Edhi

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Board
member
Qutub
Edhi

Board
member
Zeenat
Edhi

IV.

Operations and Functions:

Following are the services offered by Edhi Foundation:

A.

Ambulance Service
Ambulance 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 Ambulance
Millions 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 Ambulance
Edhi 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 Edhis 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
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Hospital in Karachi where shortly after gaining consciousness; he remarked that he would 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 Hostel
Edhi homes are the places for people like destitute, distressed, and who cannot afford their
livelihood and dont 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 Service

The 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 foundations 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
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free from any drug or alcoholic-related diseases. Edhi foundation receives thousands of
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 Orphanage

Edhi 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
Multan
Lahore
Islamabad
Peshawar
Quetta
Chitral 1.

7
1
3
1
1
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.

E.

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

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.

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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.
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 Services
In 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 Services
Edhi 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.

YEARS

DEAD BODIES

2005

12562

2006

4819

2007

6611

2008

6692

2009

6493

2010

7854

2011

6738

2012

3701

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 Centers
Different 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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J.

Missing Persons Service

Edhi 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 Assistance
Edhi 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 Banks

In order to save human lives, blood is provided to people in emergency cases, whether its 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 Services

As 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 Services
Edhi foundation has always been in front in helping people whether its 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.

O.

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

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
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.
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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.

V.

Sources of Funds
The 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
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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 Funds
Donation 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.

VII.

Future Expansion Plans

It 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
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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.

Public Kitchens

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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.

Bibliography
www.edhi.org
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www.contentpakistan.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.nobelprizeforedhi.com

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