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Subject: Abdul Sattar Edhi
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iceylips 24.08.12 - 11:51pm
When he was eleven, his mother became paralyzed and later grew mentally ill and diedwhen he was 19. His personal experiencescaused him to develop a system of services forold, mentally ill and challenged people. * +

iceylips 24.08.12 - 11:51pm
Edhi and his family migrated to Pakistan in 1947. He initially started as a pedlar, later became a commission agent selling cloth in the wholesale market in Karachi. After a few years, he established a free dispensary with the help from his community. He later established a welfare trust, ''Edhi Trust'' * +

iceylips 24.08.12 - 11:52pm
Abdul Sattar Edhi was married in 1965 toBilquis, a nurse who worked at the Edhidispensary. The couple have four children, two daughters and two sons. Bilquis runs the free maternity home at the headquarter in Karachi and organizes the adoption of illegitimate andabandoned * +

iceylips 24.08.12 - 11:52pm
Edhi Foundation runs the world's largest ambulance service and operates free nursing homes, orphanages, clinics, women's shelters, and rehab centers for drug addicts and mentally ill individuals. It has run relief operations in Africa, Middle East, the Caucasus region, eastern Europe and US where it provided aid following the New Orleans hurricane of 2005. * +

iceylips 24.08.12 - 11:55pm
Extraordinary human being and a living saint. * +

mombasa9 25.08.12 - 05:42am
Mashallah * +

ladibud 25.08.12 - 07:54am
nice post * +

iceylips 25.08.12 - 12:13pm
Thanks ladi :) * +

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