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The Edhi Foundation (Urdu: ایدھی فاؤنڈیشن) is a non-profit social welfare organization based in Pakistan. It was founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi [ 4 ] in 1951, who served as the head of the organization until his death on 8 July 2016.
Abdul Sattar Edhi NI LPP (Urdu: عبد الستار ایدھی; 28 February 1928 [6] – 8 July 2016) [1] [7] [2] [8] was a Pakistani humanitarian, philanthropist and ascetic who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world's largest ambulance network, [9] along with homeless shelters, animal shelters, [10] rehabilitation centres, and orphanages across Pakistan.
Bilquis Bano Edhi HI (Urdu: بلقیس ایدھی; 14 August 1947 – 15 April 2022) was a Pakistani nurse who helped save the lives of over 16,000 children. [2] During her career as a nurse and marriage to Abdul Sattar Edhi , she was one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan.
Edhi Foundation: A non-profit social welfare program in Pakistan, founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi: Family Educational Services Foundation: The Deaf Reach Program was established in Pakistan in 1998, initially working informally with deaf youth and young adults. Fatih Foundation
For the rest of the film, Tariq and Mullick follow the children in the Edhi Home, in particular a child named Omar, and the ambulance driver, Asad, who was once a street kid himself. Omar has run away from his family's home in Taliban country and ends up in Karachi. Aided by Asad, Omar goes to the Edhi Foundation's shelter for homeless children.
Edhi Foundation operates a fleet of over 1800 land ambulances. [13] In 2013, Raheem Ghani—the official in-charge of Edhi Foundation's 24-hour emergency at Tower—said that the NGO had about 200 Suzuki high-roof ambulances in Karachi, at that time, with more all over Pakistan.
Edhi Foundation: 2017 Nikkei Asia Prize is a Japanese peace award which is presented by Nihon Keizai Shimbun (popularly known as The Nikkei) to those individuals who work to improve lives of Asian people. In 2017, Faisal Edhi (son of late Abdul Sattar Edhi) received 22nd Nikkei Asia Prize in Tokyo on behalf of Edhi Foundation. [115]
The Asia Foundation; The Citizens Foundation; The Dawood Foundation; The Fred Hollows Foundation; The Mountain Institute; The Nature Conservancy; The Salvation Army; The Terma Foundation; Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability; Trust for History, Arts and Architecture of Pakistan (THAAP)