HOPE SUPPORTS DAILY WAGERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

A large size of population in Pakistan is deprived of the basic necessities of life. However, there is a silver lining on the darkening sky in the form of NGO’s like HOPE. HOPE – An NGO in Pakistan has been carrying out philanthropic activities since its inception, so that even the less privileged ones can obtain the basic necessities of life.

Along with the daily rise in COVID-19 cases, across the globe, and the Chief Minister of Pakistan imposing a complete lockdown in the county as a precautionary measure against the spread of more coronavirus cases. People have been forced to remain indoors during the pandemic. However, the laborers, especially the daily wagers, seem to have gotten the raw end of the deal. Owing to the on-going lock-down in the country; the major difficulty being faced here is by the lower class of our country, since they live hand to mouth and depend upon daily wages, these people need to work daily to provide essential support for their families.

Job opportunities for daily wagers has come to a halt; and neither they have any resources or savings to sustain on during this lockdown.   in order to cater to this problem of theirs, HOPE – A Health NGO in Pakistan, is providing ration bags to the families of daily wagers in order to keep their kitchen running until the pandemic situation restores to normal again.

HOPE will be providing ration for a month to each family depending upon how long the situation prevails. The ration bags we provide, consist of various items such as milk powder, flour, cooking oil, sugar, pulses, rice and tea leaf, which sums up to the basic needs required in any household. 

Vans are filled with ration bags and sent to different slum areas of Karachi and rural areas of Sindh for the purpose of distribution among needy daily wagers.  Our target is to provide Ration bags for morethan 1000 families, in locations such as Zia colony, Rehri Goth, Bilal Colony, Mujahid colony, Manzoor, Dhabbeyjee, Bhittiabad, Sajawal, Thatta, Badin etc.

Under the leadership of Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla- A Child Specialist in Karachi, HOPE strives towards achieving greater horizons and drags people out of their misery and sufferings by carrying out such philanthropic activities.