Abdul Sattar Edhi

Abdul Sattar Edhi’s social welfare services are spanned over his entire life by offering exclusive sacrifices in many areas—like personal and social life as well as his personal business, and so on. He is serving the humanity selflessly and dedicatedly without expecting for any monetary benefit or financial gain. He has buried over 200,000 unclaimed dead bodies.

His exclusive services to the mankind, with exclusive reference to shrouding and then burying unclaimed and abandoned dead-bodies, at a time, when there is no value of any human being, as extremists of the modern times are cutting the healthy and live human beings into pieces like onions and tomatoes, at such time, Edhi’s role for the humanity – is truly unparalleled and unmatched, and very least possibilities of tracing this sort of best services for the humanity, across the world.

This is something indicating towards a reality that there is no place of goodwill, love and affection, brotherhood and amity, feelings of friendliness yet by serving to the humanity, Edhi has given a new meaning to the life that everyone should forward to give goodwill, love and affection, brotherhood and affection, and feelings of friendliness to others – again a matter of pride for Edhi.

Abdul Sattar Edhi is one of the famous and noble personalities in Pakistan and in all over the world. Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in 1st January 1928 in a little town of India Bantva. His Mother was died on his age of 19th with a seriously problem of brain or mentally ill. When Pakistan came out in the map of world in 14th August 1947 then Abdul Sattar Edhi Migrate with his family toward Pakistan.

Abdul Sattar Edhi started his life as sales man of cloths in the wholesale market in the biggest city Karachi. He starts his Edhi trust center as establishing a small free dispensary and by make a small welfare trust. Abdul Sattar Edhi got married with a nurse who works on his own welfare trust. His wife Bilquis also help his husband in his work and run a small Maternity home free for the adoption and abandoned babies in Karachi.

Abdul Sattar Edhi’s Foundation is one of the largest charity center which run world’s major ambulance in addition it also operate the world largest free treatment home, women’s accommodation and a free treatment center for the mentally ill persons. Abdul Sattar Edhi was honored with many awards like Silver Jubilee Shield, Social worker of the Sub-continent, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan Civic Award, and Shield of honours by the Pakistan Army, Khidmat Award, Human Award and recently Former Prime minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani honored him with Nobel peace Prize.

Abdul sattar Edhi togther with his wife BILQUIS EDHI he received the 1986 ramon magsaysay Award for public service. he is also the recipient of the lenin peace prize and the balzan prize. in 2006 INSTITUE OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION paksitan conferred an honoris causa degree of doctor of soical service management for his services. in septmeber 2010, Edhi was also awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate by the University of Bedfordshine. In 1985 Edhi received the NISHAN-E-IMTIAZ from the government of paksitan. on january 2014, Edhi was voted PERSON OF THE YEAR 2013 BY THE READERS OF THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE.

ABDUL SATTAR EDHI has been running the Edhi Foundation in Pakistan for the better part of six decades. the foundation owns and operates a large ambulance service, free nursing homes, orphanges, clinics. womens shetters, food kitchens, and rehabillitation centers for drugs addicts and mentally ill individuals all cross the country

ABDUL SATTAR EDHI is nothing short of a phenomenon, an institution and a living legend. He is an world-renowned social worker who devoted his entire life to the service of mankind. His ambulances are here and there, and his clinics and homes are everywhere to help millions of people. Edhi was born in 1928 at Bantwa, Gujrat in pre-partition India. His story is truly inspiring. At the age of eleven his mother parallyzed. He spent his days and nights to nurse and provide full-fledged services to his mother-- cleaning, bathiing, changing clothes and feeding and  hence he was to busy to complete his education in the school.

  ABDUL SATTAR EDHI started his career as a street hawker, selling pencils and matchboxes in karachi. The in 1951, he opened a tiny dispensary in karachis poor neighourhood of mithadar where his prioirty was to give maximum help to the poor and the needy. he worked steadily and tehn due to his devotion, determination for philanthropy proceeded to launch  a nationwide organization.

ABDUL SATTAR EDHI  married BILQUIS, a nurse by profession in one of his dispensary. Both have had little education ut strong will and altruism enabled them to run an international organzation, so without an iota of doubt,Abdul sattar Edhi is now an international social worker. He was the first individual to deliver personally medicines, food and clothing to.

CHARITY WORK:

  Edhi's first interaction with human suffering occurred at the age of eleven, when his mother was physically paralysed and later suffered from mental illness. Edhi spent his waking hours caring for her, and her worsening health and eventual death left a lasting impact on his life. In 1947, at the age of 19, Mr. Edhi's family was forced to flee their hometown and relocate to Karachi. Finding himself in a new city without any resources, Edhi resolved to dedicate his life to aiding the poor, and over the last sixty years, he has single handedly changed the face of welfare in Pakistan. Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation, with an initial sum of a mere five thousand rupees. Regarded as a guardian for the poor, Edhi began receiving numerous donations, which allowed him to expand his services. To this day, the Edhi Foundation continues to grow in both size and service, and is currently the largest welfare organisation in Pakistan. Since its inception, the Edhi Foundation has rescued over 20,000 abandoned infants, rehabilitated over 50,000 orphans and has trained over 40,000 nurses. It also runs over three hundred and thirty welfare centres in rural and urban Pakistan which operate as food kitchens, rehabilitation homes, shelters for abandoned women and children and clinics for the mentally handicapped