THE EDHI FOUNDATION - Serving Humanity is the Spirit of All Religions
INTRODUCTION
The Edhi Foundation is an organization working for the social welfare of the people of Pakistan. It is a non-profit organization established by Abdul Sattar Edhi. He served as the head of this organization for 65 years. He passed away on 8 July, 2016. His wife, Bilquees Edhi is serving as the co-chair of this organization. She is a professional nurse and is known to be one of the most active philanthropist in Pakistan. Edhi Foundation has it’s headquarter in the city of Karachi. This great organization provides its social welfare services 24 hours not only in Pakistan but also internationally. Its primary focus is humanitarian aid and social welfare of everyone. The services of this organization include shelter for the needy, medical care, hospitals, services of drug rehabilitation and relief efforts both nationally and internationally. It mainly focuses on emergency services, provides home to the orphans, helps the handicapped people, and provides shelter to women, refugees, missing persons. It also works for blood donation, air ambulance, marine and coastal services. The organization is run entirely by donations and volunteer services. It provides services to the needy regardless of their race, religion, culture and social status. Edhi Foundation mainly works in Pakistan and rest of South Asia but it has worked in Middle East and Africa also. It has also provided financial aid to America and Europe when they suffered from natural disasters. This organization has international headquarters in United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Bangladesh and India. The centers of the organization are working throughout the country from small towns to big cities and rural areas. Edhi Foundation runs 8 hospitals in Karachi alone in which free medical care is provided to the patients along with other medical services such as diabetic centers, eye clinics, mobile aid, and surgical units. In addition to this, 15 operational shelter homes are also present for psychotics, missing persons and children. The organization held a Guinness World Record for being the ‘world’s largest volunteer-based ambulance organization.’ After his death, State Bank of Pakistan requested all the banks to donate as much as they can to the Edhi Foundation. The Edhi Foundation provides 24-hour emergency assistance across the entirety of Pakistan and internationally. The Foundation provides, among many other services, shelter for the destitute, hospitals and medical care, drug rehabilitation services, and national and international relief efforts. The management of this organization is based on a very centralised mechanism. There are a few lines of authority between the management and the staff. Its management structure includes three tiers. The first one is the Board of Directors. This consists of Edhi’s own family: his wife and his children. Under the Board of Directors come the zonal directors who are basically the directors of 11 zones in Pakistan. These zonal offices are operated in the cities of Islamabad, Karachi, Multan, Lahore and Quetta. The zonal offices are also responsible for managing the emergency and ambulance services. They used to report directly to Edhi. The responsibility has now fallen on Faisal Edhi who is also the acting chairman.
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
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