Abdul Sattar Edhi

Abdul Sattar Edhi ( Urdu عبد الستار ایدھی, Gujarati અબ્દુલ સત્તાર ઇદી; * January 1, 1928 in Bantva, British India), is a Pakistani philanthropist. He is the founder and head of the Edhi Foundation, the world's largest organization for ambulatory assistance and charity. Together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, he received 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for - services in the general interest, the " Asian Nobel Peace Prize ." He also received the Balzan Prize. Edhi is part of the Muslim community Memoniten (English memons ).

Vita

Edhi was born in 1928 in Bantva in Gujarat, British India. His family emigrated in 1947 after the creation of Pakistan to Karachi from. For some time he worked as a pencil and matchstick seller. The poverty in this city touched him so much that he began to buy medicines for the poor and to take care of the funeral of the deceased on the road arms. In 1951 he bought a small shop where he. Using a doctor who taught him the basics of medical care, opened a dispensary with (English dispensary ) In the same year he founded his namesake Edhi Foundation The guiding principle of the Edhi Foundation, which focuses on helping people help themselves, is "Live and help live " (English Live and help live).

Honors and Awards

Internationally

  • Ramon Magsaysay Award ( Public Service ) ( 1986)
  • Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International Foundation, (1993 )
  • The largest volunteer organization in the world - Guinness Book of Records (2000)
  • Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian and medical services ( 2000) UAE
  • International Balzan Prize ( 2000) for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood, Italy
  • Honorary doctorate from the Institute of Business Administration Karachi (2006).
  • Madanjeet Singh Tolerance Prize of UNESCO ( 2009)
  • Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize (2010)

National

  • Silver Jubilee Shield of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, (1962-1987)
  • Social workers of the subcontinent ( engl. The Social Worker of Sub -Continent ) by the Government of Sindh, Pakistan, (1989 )
  • Nishan -e- Imtiaz, civil Order of the Pakistani government (1989 )
  • Recognition of meritorious services to oppressed humanity in the 1980s by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of the Pakistani government (1989 )
  • Pakistan Civic Award from the Pakistan Civic Society ( 1992)
  • Shield of Honor of the Pakistan Army (E & C)
  • Khidmat Award by the Pakistan Academy of Medicine
  • Human Rights Prize of the Pakistan Human Rights Society
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