Pedal for Peace: Journey towards Change and Hope

Pedal for Peace Team: Mohsin Saadat, Laeeq Ahmad, Natheer Moaid, Zain Sadullah, Mohsin Ejaz, Imran Khan and Abdul Basit

After seeing the destruction floods had caused last year and working to provide solutions factually every day till December 2010, life came to a pause, for a while. I was working for a UK based charity then and rescue and relief work was an everyday job. That pause proved to be the catalyst which gave birth to Pedal for Peace. It took me out of the oblivions of the world I was living in and trying to serve. It took me to the one which really mattered – the world where only I existed with The One who reins my life.

That little pause in my life taught me once again, if I had not heard it before, that change begins from within and would not reproduce in the outside world until the process is completed successfully within. I came back to Pakistan three years back after spending 23 years in UAE, the country where I was born in. After going through some hardships and being deprived of some basic fundamental rights in my birth country, I knew the ultimate goal of my life was to help those who I can with my time and resources; seeing someone suffering was too challenging to eyewitness anymore. In the process, I learnt humility is the key to success which eventually eliminated “I” and all what I was ever blessed with or later on was a blessing and a push forward by Allah towards the purpose of life He has decided for me to execute. But, I am no superman and I do get indulged in the materialistic world on and off which tries to plug me into a world of deceit and selfishness, reluctantly and unconsciously.

I was fortunate to get a full time job in the non-profit sector as soon as I came back which provided me the opportunity to serve and interact with thousands of people deprived due to the socio-economic situation, man-made and natural disasters. After observing the situation for more than two and a half years I realized it was not tents, clean water, food, shelters and livelihood which people needed. Peace was the ultimate need and demand; the things mentioned above were just the means to keep them alive to see their dream materialize and to become manifest.

As soon as I came out of the pause, I knew that if I want to achieve something for myself and for the people I have to care for, it just could not be a materialistic desire, it had to be a need and I knew that peace was the ultimate need. So, I decided that I would cycle from Islamabad to Lahore to kick start the change process. It was very tough in the beginning as nobody was ready to support, especially emotionally. There was a solid resistance at my home, especially from the side of my mother, my ultimate strength.

But, eventually, things started to roll. I started to discuss the idea with friends and organizations I knew. They wanted to become a part of it and wanted to pedal for peace; the idea just clicked with everyone right away. As of today, we have 4 non-profit organizations - Akhuwat, Taaleem Foundation, Essakhel Foundation & Human Relief Foundation - supporting Pedal for Peace to achieve what it has set out for. Seven more cyclists have joined this activity and the way the number is increasing, I am not sure how many would be there in the first week of January 2012 when we will set out from Faisal Masjid towards Minar-e-Pakistan. My family and especially my mother has now become a staunch supporter, she knows what it means to me and the rest.

Through our activity, we want to support those causes which we consider necessary in uplifting our community from the dearth of everything which is required to live our lives with sanity. Firstly, we want to support the education and basic needs of 25 orphans for a year at least. Secondly, to promote the need of health centers in rural areas, we are asking people to support in order to make an eye hospital in the deprived sub district of Isakhel in Mianwali.  Moreover, we want to revolutionize the education system in Pakistan, especially in Balochistan where literacy rate hovers around 48%. We want to build e-learning centers and libraries in districts engulfed with unrest and crises, such as Mastung, Dera Bugti, Kohlu, Pishin, Loralai, Zhob and Killa Saifullah. These steps are small and just might help three to four thousand people; but our intention is to make everyone realize that such steps have to be taken by the fortunate on a much larger scale regularly to make lives peaceful for those who are less fortunate.

The cyclists will go through a lot of challenges; from cold weather and security issues to health concerns and injuries, to name a few. But, what matters is the intention we all have set ourselves out for i.e. to achieve serenity within us so that we are able to witness the same outside, one day. Let the change begin.

WASH: CLEANING UP OUR ACT.

First published in Focal Point Magazine, Issue 4: http://www.enterfocalpoint.com/focalpoint/?p=594

Pakistan has been dwelling in man-made and natural disasters since its creation. However, the intensity, frequency and ferocity of one disaster to another has escalated unexpectedly in the past one decade. Every disaster has increased the vulnerability of the people who are residing in disaster prone areas as every catastrophe snatches away basic essentials and livelihood from the lives of the local populace.

Basic necessity in a bad shape..

One such basic amenity which was in a miserable state and is threatened by extinction is WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, a new term coined by the third sector. Even previously i.e. before the debacles of the past one decade, the country was already suffering due to the lack of facilities in this indispensable sector. Reasons are plenty, debate on this is fruitful, but the canvas is limited, therefore I will state a few.

Firstly and fore mostly, let’s accept the truth: Pakistan is not as impoverished as the horn of Africa; the nightmare of its slow growth has surely been mismanagement of resources and the ‘red tapism’ which surrounds the way the government maneuvers. Whatever may be the burning issues related to this, the prime responsibility for this failure lies on the shoulders of the government as the people deployed for this are paid and/or elected to perform such tasks from the public money. Due to the economic backlog and mismanagement, most of the people in Balochistan are still using primitive methods to control the environmental adversary which has allowed hell to break loose on them.

The statistics clearly highlight the trouble the Pakistani population is going through due to major malpractices in this sector. The share of non-revenue water (NRW) is produced but not billed due to several reasons like leakage and illegal connections which is estimated at 35% in urban areas. The ADB reported an amount of 30% NRW in Rawalpindi and Karachi, and 42% in Lahore.

Secondly, the antagonist in all such development issues has always been lack of awareness. I can accept the argument that education should either be provided by the state on gratis or at subsidized rates by the private sector. However, I cannot agree that the only source for awareness, i.e. knowledge, lies in formal education.

The human is the most cultured creation of The Creator, but we still tend to deprive ourselves from necessities we deserve due to our non-willingness to observe the fact and act ourselves; to escape from our worldly problems, we try to seek seclusion in the masses which are already lost in cardinal ecstasy of materialism. Failing to detect and declare a problem is an opportunity cost we are paying due to our choice of living in the oblivion.

Solid waste mismanagement is spoiling the milieu for our future generations. Provinces with dense population and urban centers, such as Punjab and Sindh are vastly affected by this irreprehensible syndrome of flippancy by all. The big question mark now lies if the provinces will follow suit or waste more time in policy making than deliverance.

Thirdly, and more technically, the resources needed to keep the standards of WASH at desirable and healthier levels are not properly developed by the office bearers and the general public. The lack of a checks and balances system by the government allowed the mightier in the general public to cross boundaries and disobey the regularities placed for this sector; thus, depriving the lower income holder of facilities which they equally deserve.

This can be observed through illegal water connections and drilling of bores without permit, and through the acts of the general public who do not follow standard operating procedures in tapping natural resource. This includes water and water related services such as building resources, sewage system, and the disposal of waste irresponsibly. This creates an unhygienic environment which you and I are using at the moment. Additionally, solid waste mismanagement is spoiling the milieu for our future generations. Provinces with dense population and urban centers, such as Punjab and Sindh are vastly affected by this irreprehensible syndrome of flippancy by all.
The Pakistani Ministry of Water and Power reported in 2002 that only 1% of the domestic and industrial wastewater receives treatment.

According to the Pakistan Water Situational Analysis, there are three wastewater treatment plants in Islamabad, of which only one is functional. Karachi has two trickling filters, where effluents generally receive screening and sedimentation. Lahore has some screening and grit removal systems, but they are hardly functional. In Faisalabad, there is a wastewater treatment plant, in which wastewater receives primary treatment. In rural areas, wastewater treatment is nonexistent, leading to pollution of surface and groundwater.


The Ministry of Health, which has devolved to provinces now, is expected to set water quality standards and monitor drinking water quality in the country. Poor coordination between the ministry and other authorities had been reported previously. The Health Services Academy under the Ministry of Health published ‘Quality Drinking Water Standards for Pakistan’ in May 2007. It should be noted that these standards were not officially implemented and monitored in 2008. The big question mark now lies if the provinces will follow suit or waste more time in policy making than deliverance.

Lastly, certainly not the least, the continuous foray by man-made and natural disasters will eventually desert the population of WASH conveniences if it has not already. The wars and catastrophes such as earthquakes and floods have physically damaged the prime sources. The key in relation to this is to reduce the risk of the disaster and to produce counter measures to control the force of misfortunes.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has had to pay the heaviest price due to the continuous overcast conditions caused by all sort of calamities. The lack of a counter measure system to control natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, are also due to the stagnant foreign policy which has aggravated the war on the western border area; days of complete despair are not far away.

In 2005, Ministry of Planning and Development stated that these problems are partly a result of a policy focus on irrigation, which prevailed in the Pakistani water policy for decades. This has changed to some extent since the Medium Term Development Framework 2005-2010 was passed. The framework provides for about US$404 million per year for water supply and sanitation and is accompanied by several policy documents with the objective to notably improve water and sanitation coverage and quality. However, the level of annual investment of US$4/capita still remains much below what would be necessary to achieve a significant increase in access and service quality. Moreover, the stance can be changed and scapegoats can be created by will to throw the responsibility on personalities or departments which are currently not incumbent.

To do planning in any period during the disaster cycle, the third sector and the government should follow The Sphere Project to protect and provide WASH facilities from the force of catastrophes. Launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, The Sphere Project is an initiative to define and uphold the standards by which the global community responds to the plight of people affected by disasters, principally through a set of guidelines that are set out in the Humanitarian Charter and
Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (commonly referred to as the Sphere Handbook).

To do planning in any period during the disaster cycle, the third sector and the government should follow The Sphere Project to protect and provide WASH facilities from the force of catastrophes. Sphere is three things; a handbook, a broad process of collaboration, and an expression of commitment to quality and accountability.

Sphere is based on two core beliefs: first, that those affected by disaster or conflict have a right to life with dignity and therefore a right to protection and assistance. Secondly, that all possible steps should be taken to alleviate human suffering arising out of disaster and conflict. Sphere is three things; a handbook, a broad process of collaboration, and an expression of commitment to quality and accountability. There is a Chapter in Sphere Handbook by the name of Minimum Standards in Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene. The Section extensively covers methods to preserve and provides solutions for water supply, sanitation & hygiene promotion, excreta disposal, vector disposal, solid waste management and drainage. The handbook is readily available on the internet free of charge.

Difference in what we should drink and what we drink

This sector needs attention and the grievances should be solved because not resolving this dilemma is like dropping an axe on your own foot. Most importantly, all stakeholders including the government, private sector, and the public have to realize that it is time to act sincerely and sensibly. Moreover, the government should encourage the third sector, i.e. the nonprofit sector; to invest charity into this impecunious area of work in building infrastructure and awareness which will reap benefits and deeds for the donor/facilitator even in the life hereafter.

Problems are many, solutions are plenty and pure intention is the only remedy. Let’s stop digging our graves to the point of no return. SAVE your blessings.

NGO Cooperation: Need of the hour...

First Published in Focal Point, Issue 1: http://www.enterfocalpoint.com/focalpoint/?p=169

For the past five years especially, Pakistan has gone through frequent man-made and natural disasters. From the earthquake of 2005 to the recent floods, and from the early operations in Bajaur to the recent ones of Waziristan, the growth of the country has taken a serious jolt which has hampered its economic, social and technological growth. Moreover, constant political instability has increased corruption, mishandling of important institutions and is pushing more and more people towards poverty. All the aforesaid created the validation for international and local organizations to come forward and assist this country which is going through crisis every other day.

Throughout the history of Pakistan, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) existed but were better known as voluntary organizations in the early days. After 1970, an upsurge was recorded when the Marital Law Government expounded its policy of social work and welfare. But the real upsurge was witnessed in the last decade where numerous organizations have started their operations in Pakistan and disaster after disaster has prolonged their stay. In a publication of UNDP in 2001, number of non government organizations was suggested to be from 8,000 to 16,000. If non-registered NGOs are added to registered ones, number of Pakistani NGOs could be anywhere from 25,000 to 35,000.

Considering the number of organizations working in Pakistan, the growth of the economy and the society has not been as positive as one might expect. The inflation rate has gone up from 3.90 % in 2003 to 13.60 in 2009-10. Moreover, the debt has also increased from US $ 33 billion in 2004 to more than US $ 50 billion and is still on the rise. The unemployment rate also shows a grim state of affairs. The unemployment rate has increased from 7.8% in 2003 to 14 % now. All these indicators usually raise some eye brows because a positive impact of NGOs is hard to find.It is necessary to keep in mind, that if NGOs would not have intervened regularly from 1947 till date, indicators could have been worse.  But, as there are a lot of macroeconomic reasons associated with the downfall in the economy of the country, it is time that NGOs regroup themselves and do a SWOT analysis on the industry they are associated with instead of doing it on the country’s various economic and social sectors and institutions. The number of NGOs in Pakistan certainly should have uplifted the economy of the 25th largest economy of the world – in terms of purchasing power – towards prosperity earlier.

Mr. Saleem Ranjha, Director of Akhuwat Microfinance Network  one of the largest interest-free microfinance network in Pakistan  expressed his thoughts on the issue of limited success by NGOs. He told us, “Lack of mutual cooperation between organizations and other institutions is the main reason for Pakistan not being able to change its condition. Mutual cooperation would open doors which will welcome exchange of technical skills and funding and believe me, sky is the limit if we change the current practices of working in isolation and without coordination”.

He also added, “The first step has to be that organizations should work with a pure intention to help the most deprived through the most cost-effective way and keeping a check on the quality of service delivery. Most importantly, mutual cooperation between organizations and government is the need of the hour and is the key towards success and I strongly believe that Muslim charities especially, should learn from the actions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and implement it in order to get blessings from Allah (SWT) and to make life easier for the deprived instead of concentrating on covering their overheads”.

Hence, the major reason for NGOs not being able to achieve what they could have, other than the failures of the government in terms of political, economic, social and technological factors, is primarily due to limited mutual cooperation between NGOs with each other and with the government. Some critics accuse that due to specialization in the industry, the greater impact was not achieved i.e.  NGOs have got divided into the following four sectors:

• - Advocacy and lobbying
• - Policy issues and debates
• - Emergency relief and rehabilitation
• - Implementation of development programs

But those critics fail to understand that specialization and disintegration has played a vital role in getting more output and skilled workers in this field just like it has done in any other field. The real problem as mentioned before is that there is a need for every organization to come forward and cooperate with each other. The first point to realize is that the work of one NGO does not make it alien or superior to another NGO working in a different field. In simpler terms, the nature between NGOs is as complementary in nature as the relationship between petrol and a car – one can be the driving force while the another one can be the one who capitalizes and complements the driving force in order to achieve the greater good, mutually.

For example, usually advocacy and lobbying, and emergency relief and rehabilitation are two industries within the NGOs sub sectors which are thought to be poles apart. But, some recent amalgamation between the two has brought rewarding results. For instance, advocacy and lobbying created the path for relief and rehabilitation agencies to help out the flood survivors more easily. This was done by pressurizing and persuading the government to lift the rule of acquiring a no-objection certificate prior to relief work and relaxation in the visa rules where international humanitarian workers were given visas on arrival. Numerous partnerships like these are taking place regularly now and an increase in the frequency of it will surely generate greater positive results for which the people are waiting for a long time.

Organizations working in the sector of policy making and debates can prove essential in imparting knowledge to NGOs related to other sub sectors. Likewise, if organizations from different sub sectors intend to work together, the policy sector can help immensely in drafting safe practices; the advocacy sector can pressurize stakeholders in implementing it and the development sector can carry out its program with more ease and efficiency. If the chemistry works out well between the different sub-sectors, the end product would always be successful and sustainable.

Usually, organizations repudiate to collaborate with each other on the basis of having a difference between their vision and those of other organizations. The only thing organizations need to comprehend is that the greater idea of all organizations is to help the humanity and boost their standards from meager to optimum (at least) without discriminating each other in terms of color, race, religion, ethnicity and creed. If all the organizations start believing in this supreme dogma; it will be the universal similarity which can bring all the stakeholders together.

The incorporation between different sub sectors and the NGO industry with the government will open new doors and bring infinite advantages:

Firstly, funding in to this industry will increase immensely. Donors will feel more confident to rally around the industry which helps the community to become sustainable because better cooperation between the members of the NGO industry would show better and improved results.

Secondly, it would encourage the corporate sector to fund the industry as well. All profit making companies produce goods or services in order to generate increased profits. Sustainability in their progress can only be insured if the society grows on par with the growth of the corporate sector. Therefore, they would be compelled to carry out their corporate social responsibility through the NGO sector.

Thirdly, if organizations start sitting together with stakeholders from all walks of life it will help to fix a lot of economic and social indicators. Usually, the priority is health or education as it should be because we lag behind in these fields compared to other developing countries. But, usually through their activities, NGOs at times forget to insure that the investment they are doing in the lives of the beneficiaries should be a productive investment instead of being consumptive. For instance, an NGO may provide soft loans to the needy people, but due to the lack of checks and balances, these loans are used to purchase dowry instead of becoming a beacon to increase the livelihood of a household.

Fourthly, the collaboration between NGOs would be able to eliminate the concept of duplication. Throughout the history of charitable organizations working in Pakistan, the biggest impasse for all of them has been to identify those beneficiaries who have not received relief or aid from any other organization. The reason to eliminate replication is significant because in a time of crisis aid is limited and the effort should reach all. Therefore, to reach the maximum number of people and those most deprived, many organizations prefer to help those who have not received aid at all.

Almost all organizations spend a lot of resources and effort to cross the logistical and social barriers to reach the affected sites; in the end they habitually find that the type of relief they are offering is also being offered by several others in the same region. At times, due to the pressure from the donors and the competition between the organizations, organizations succumb to the pressure and launch their activities in a hub which is already populated with a lot of social/welfare organizations. This attitude neglects other people in need and other divisions organizations need to focus on.

We do not need to go far to search for examples. For a long period of time during the recent floods, the focus was on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), especially at Nowshera and Charsadda when the destruction in Southern Punjab and Sindh was creating havoc. Moreover, the focus was also on providing relief through food. The type of instant and effective intervention by aid agencies in the KPK province is hard to find in other provinces.

There are several reasons for it: one being that the province is near the capital of Pakistan and the NGO industry. But, it does not give organizations the leverage to over hoard relief items into this region only because it is accessible to them. There have been several reports where food was over supplied and I have personally been told by the flood survivors as early in the month of September, that they were more interested to receive aid in terms of medical facilities and reconstruction. Similar cases were also reported throughout the country where flood survivors had food supplies for more than two-three months with them in stock.

The healthy signal is that NGOs have realized that without any mutual cooperation, they would not be able to realize the ultimate goal which is to fortify the community and economic conditions of the people in a dignified method.

Organizations have started to combine forces with each other; in order to get accredited by different code of conducts which demand the signatory to believe in coordination with other stakeholders rather than functioning in seclusion.

Memberships of such code of conducts help organizations to accumulate funds easily as donors fancy ‘members’ with their ideal. Recent examples of forums and clusters making positive changes have been observed in Pakistan and are the following: UN OCHA, Muslim Charities Forum UK & the OIC Forum.

Hence, the need for mutual cooperation between organizations and government for all intents and purposes is required to lift the society and prevent it from other man-made and natural disasters. There is a saturation point to everything which exists; thus the need to converge into one focal point is the need of the hour or else there is a huge probability that the recurrence of disasters might ram the country and its people towards extreme poverty and unvarying failure.

Hope for the Determined

Isakhel, Mianwali: HRF Isakhel Hospital in collaboration with Esakhel Foundation.

The devastating floods hit Pakistan in the end of July to leave more than 20 million people homeless and over 2000 citizens of this country dead. Several were injured and were left stranded with no access to basic amenities which are required by a human being to survive. The destruction flowed from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Thatta in Sindh, destroying Punjab and Balochistan on the way; the natural disaster did not reprieve any one on its course. Several organizations arrived on the scene to provide relief to the destitute flood survivors.

One of the first ones to rush to the scene was Human Relief Foundation UK (HRF). HRF was established in 1991 by a group of dedicated and committed professionals. They wanted to alleviate the suffering of the ordinary people of Iraq who were affected by the Gulf War of 1991 and the UN sanctions imposed on the country. This relief work has since expanded to other countries and areas. These include Somalia, Ethiopia, Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Kashmir, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Palestine and many other areas. HRF established itself in Pakistan in the year 2005 after the life destroying earthquake which shook parts of Kashmir and Balakot; since then HRF has established a permanent office in Pakistan to change life of those hit by natural and man made disasters.

On a priority, HRF provided basic amenities to the flood survivors in order to equip them to battle out the crisis. HRF distributed food ration, clean drinking water, non food items, clothing, and provided urgent medical help in order to secure lives. The distribution of relief goods was implemented all over the country; notably in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Punjab. Relief work from the organization spread into the unreachable districts of SWAT, Nowshera and Charssada – in KPK – and Attock, Mianwali and several areas in Southern Punjab were also covered by the organization. More than 30,000 beneficiaries alone have benefited from the effort where HRF workers on the field toiled day and night in order to save and change lives.

As soon as the winter season arrived, the need for a shelter and warm clothing increased. In order to help them to fight the harsh winter season, HRF provided clothing, bedding, blankets and quilts to the deserving families, till date families are benefiting through this effort launched by HRF which rescued them at the right time. Moreover, HRF launched a pilot project during the emergency phase to provide sources of livelihood immediately to those flood affected families which lost their source of income due to the flood. HRF distributed livestock to over 100 families in the month of November 2010 in order to take the lives of those affected by floods towards self sufficiency and economic prosperity. The daring project took special care of the vulnerable segment of the society i.e. female headed houses were mostly selected for this sort of reprieve.

HRF strongly believes that in order to restore sanity after a crisis, medical facilities in a crisis hit region should be upgraded in order to stop communicable diseases and control non communicable diseases. HRF played a key role to curtail spreadable diseases like malaria, cholera, etc. in the District of Mianwali. As the government hospital was flooded and occupied by several organizations who wanted to reconstruct it, HRF did not wait and opened up a parallel facility instead to accommodate the grievances and medical problems in the area. The Sub District of Isakhel has a population of over 600,000 out of which 62 % of the population was severely hit according to the surveys conducted by the foundation, Pakistan Government and UN agencies operating in the region.

Therefore, HRF launched a hospital which is known as the HRF Isakhel Hospital. Today, it is providing the best medical facilities in relation to mother and child care, skin, eye, chronic, communicable and non communicable disease in order to recover them from the physical trauma they had to face due to the crisis. The hospital is equipped with the latest medical facilities and has a state of the art operation theatre for eye and other essential surgeries. HRF Isakhel Hospital has provided free cataract operation to over 150 patients before the end of 2010; a true Sadaqah-i-Jarriah. Moreover, the facility is capable to provide rehabilitation to over 150,000 people living in the surrounding areas; according to UK standards that is unacceptable, but there was only one hospital to serve a population of 600,000 flood affected people before HRF established a hospital in the region.

A major concern in the area, even before the floods, was the lack of mother and child care facilities. HRF took a notice of the situation and equipped itself with the required resources to end misery for pregnant ladies in the region, who used to usually lose the battle with their lives on the way to the hospitals in Mianwali city which is more than 90 kilometers away from the region. The infant mortality rate , i.e. deaths of those under the age of five, is as high as 40 % in the area of Isakhel in District Mianwali. The first delivery which arrived at the HRF Isakhel Hospital was a critical case where the organization was bestowed by Allah (SWT) to save the life of the mother; the child did not make it alive into this world.

It was one of the most heartbreaking moments for the field staff and for me personally. It was a terrible sight for the medical staff to witness a new born breathless, but to see the mother alive triggered the passion in the staff to work even hard to protect lives of the vulnerable people living in the region.

Allah (SWT) entered joy and happiness in leaps and bounds into the lives of the people living in the region and the field staff serving day and night to protect lives in a dignified way. Maryam was born; the first child to be born at HRF Isakhel Hospital. There were celebrations, laughter, smiles and tears all over the hospital, For me, it was a world cup moment, holding Maryam in my arms was nothing less than holding a trophy...

Since then, HRF Isakhel Hospital has continued to serve unconditionally the deprived yet determined people of Isakhel. Most importantly, Human Relief Foundation has transformed HRF Isakhel Hospital into an institution striving to provide all sorts of relief to the people living in the region. A full time field office has been established in the region which is providing assistance in relation to distribution of food items, non-food items, shelters and economic empowerment opportunities to push the lives of the flood survivors towards the optimum level of sanity and normality.

Human Relief Foundation is an organization led by humans overpowered with pure intentions to bring a positive change in third world countries suffering from hardships and economic disparity. There is one thing common between the people who are running this organization, hospital and the community and i.e. for them “Crisis means and creates motivation” – no doubt Allah (SWT) helps those who ask for His Mercy at all times.