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KARACHI: The famous philanthropist and social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi is known for his second anniversary of death today.
Edhi, who founded the world's largest network of volunteer ambulances, died on July 8, 2016 in Karachi after a long illness.
The philanthropist may have left, but his legacy is still alive.
Edhi, born in 1928, emigrates to Pakistan in 1947 with his family and devotes his life to the poor from the age of 20 – when he himself was penniless in Karachi
What started as a dispensary free in 1951, has become the largest charity organization in Pakistan.
In his own words, Edhi "asked for donations" at the beginning of his work and "people gave".
Having an ambulance that he drove himself, the Edhi Foundation now has 2400 ambulances and three air ambulances stationed across the country. In fact, the Edhi Foundation entered Guinness World Records in 1997 as "the largest volunteer organization of ambulance".
The foundation also operates more than 300 social centers across the country that operate as kitchens, rehabilitation homes, shelters for abandoned women. The Edhi Foundation also operates eight ambulatory hospitals, a children's adoption center and morgues.
Edhi received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1986 and was honored with Nishan-e. -Imtiaz in 1989.
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