Edhi Foundation

                                                    Edhi Foundation 

Edhi Foundation is the largest and most organized and non-profit social welfare system in Pakistan. It is founded in 1951 by Abdul Sattar Edhi. Abdul Sattar Edhi is head of the organization and his wife Bilquis Edhi is in charge of adoption and maternity services. Edhi foundation works round the clock without discriminating anyone on the basis of color , language, religion or politics because of humanity only. Edhi Foundation owns largest number of ambulances in the world. According to Guinness world Record Book, Edhi foundation is the Largest Voluntary Ambulance Organization of the World.

        

Edhi Foundation has 700 ambulances in different areas of Pakistan. Ambulance Service is free for everyone. They provides 24-hours emergency services across Pakistan. To get the Emergency you just dial a 115 from any where in Pakistan and they provide emergency services.   As well as the ambulance service edhi foundation has different welfare services such as shelters to orphans, Blood and drug Banks, Health care centers, old age homes, education and air Ambulance. Edhi foundation has 3 air ambulances which is used in flood victim areas and in rural areas for providing the emergency services in that area.

Edhi runs 8 hospitals in Karachi that providing free medical care, eye hospital, diabetic centers, surgical units and mobile dispensaries. Edhi foundation saves the 20,000 abandoned babies. For this purpose 40,000 qualified nurses are trained. Every year near 1 million babies are delivered to foundations. They are 50,000 orphans are in orphan houses. The foundation provides every necessary things to them. The foundation provides good food, clothes and education. They also trained them in different fields. Such as nurses, ward boys , trained as ambulance driver and other fields.

Edhi foundation provides all emergency services free. Edhi foundation is working for humanity. Abdul Sattar Edhi 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, Institute of Business Administration Pakistan conferred a honoris causa degree of Doctor of Social Service Management for his services. Abdul Sattar Edhi is Serving Pakistani nation over 60 years without any profit. May ALLAH Bless them.