EXTENDING THE BLESSINGS TO THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THATTA

HOPE- An NGO in Pakistan has been working relentlessly to improve living conditions of the communities in Thatta. Thatta is a downtrodden area situated 150 kilometers away from Karachi. It is home to 250,000 people. The area lacks quality health and education infrastructure. Small houses, congested area, shaggy clothes best describe the condition of Thatta. Poverty penetrating in the lives of people is clearly visible. Resources are fewer as compared to the size of population. To fill this gap, HOPE has established a school in Thatta that provides free of cost education up till Grade 10 to the underprivileged children; and a general hospital providing state of the art health care services for the people of Thatta specially women and children.

HOPE includes people in the stream of life by sharing moments of happiness. HOPE-An Educational NGO in Pakistan arranged grand iftar at HOPE School Thatta. This year’s annual iftar at Thatta was as usual a huge success, in which HOPE team has served a larger number of underprivileged communities. The teachers struggled to seat the excited students in preparation for iftar, a delicious affair consisting of a wide variety of popular iftar dishes: the customary dates, along with biryani and spring rolls, samosas and patties, bananas and brownies together with water and sherbet to quench their thirst after a long hot day of fasting.

After iftar, the sated children’s excitement only seemed to increase in anticipation for the next segment of the evening’s program: Eid gift distribution. Each and every single student was gifted a new, festive, Eid dress. One by one, each child received their gift. Just like education, these fancy clothes would have been completely out of reach for these kids and their families had it not been for HOPE. Their unadulterated joy was reflected in their eyes. Over 350 students, patients and their families enjoyed this prolific iftar event which was held in collaboration with Human Concern International.

Along with iftar feast and Eid clothes distribution, HOPE team also distributed ration to the needy families. HOPE team has doled out hundreds of ration bags among the socially deprived individuals of Thatta, specially poor and needy students and their families.

Under the leadership of Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla - A Child Specialist in Karachi, HOPE goes to extra efforts to reach out, as is clearly seen through the numerous and very diverse projects and events happening daily during the holy month of Ramadan. These projects are possible only due to the ever increasing volunteers and donations HOPE receives from individuals and organizations worldwide like Dubai ladies, Human Concern International, Standard Chartered Bank, Robin Hood Army Pakistan, Metro Cash & Carry, Fahim’s School System etc.