Did you know Edhi is the world's largest ambulance help service and charity which is held in Pakistan.
It is created by a British Indian Abdul Sattar Edhi.Abdul Sattar Edhi, NI (Urdu: عبد الستار ایدھی, Gujarati: અબ્દુલ સત્તાર ઇદી), or Edhi, as he is often known, is a Pakistani philanthropist. He is head of the Edhi Foundation, the world's largest ambulance help service and charity. Together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, he received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is also the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and the Balzan Prize. Edhi is of the Memon, Muslim community. On September 22, 2010 Edhi was awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate by the University of Bedfordshire.
Early life
Edhi was born in 1928 in Bantva in the Gujarat, British India.[1] His family migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1947 and in 1951 he purchased a small shop where he opened a small dispensary with the help of a doctor who taught him basic medical care.
Honors and awards
International awards
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service (1986)
Lenin Peace Prize (1988)
Paul Harris Fellow from Rotatory International Foundation, (1993)
Largest Voluntary Ambulance Organization of the World - Guinness Book of World Records (2000)
Hamdan Award for volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services (2000) UAE
International Balzan Prize (2000) for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood, Italy
Honorary Doctorate degree from the Institute of Business Administration Karachi (2006).
UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize (2009)
Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize (2010)
National awards
Silver Jubilee Shield by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, (1962–1987)
The Social Worker of Sub-Continent by Government of Sind, Pakistan, (1989)
Nishan-e-Imtiaz, cival decoration from Government of Pakistan (1989)
Recognition of meritorious services to oppressed humanity during eighties by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Pakistan, (1989)
Pakistan Civic Award from the Pakistan Civic Society (1992)
Shield of Honor by Pakistan Army (E & C)
Khidmat Award by Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences
Human Rights Award by Pakistan Human Rights Society
It is created by a British Indian Abdul Sattar Edhi.Abdul Sattar Edhi, NI (Urdu: عبد الستار ایدھی, Gujarati: અબ્દુલ સત્તાર ઇદી), or Edhi, as he is often known, is a Pakistani philanthropist. He is head of the Edhi Foundation, the world's largest ambulance help service and charity. Together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, he received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is also the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and the Balzan Prize. Edhi is of the Memon, Muslim community. On September 22, 2010 Edhi was awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate by the University of Bedfordshire.
Early life
Edhi was born in 1928 in Bantva in the Gujarat, British India.[1] His family migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1947 and in 1951 he purchased a small shop where he opened a small dispensary with the help of a doctor who taught him basic medical care.
Honors and awards
International awards
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service (1986)
Lenin Peace Prize (1988)
Paul Harris Fellow from Rotatory International Foundation, (1993)
Largest Voluntary Ambulance Organization of the World - Guinness Book of World Records (2000)
Hamdan Award for volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services (2000) UAE
International Balzan Prize (2000) for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood, Italy
Honorary Doctorate degree from the Institute of Business Administration Karachi (2006).
UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize (2009)
Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize (2010)
National awards
Silver Jubilee Shield by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, (1962–1987)
The Social Worker of Sub-Continent by Government of Sind, Pakistan, (1989)
Nishan-e-Imtiaz, cival decoration from Government of Pakistan (1989)
Recognition of meritorious services to oppressed humanity during eighties by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Pakistan, (1989)
Pakistan Civic Award from the Pakistan Civic Society (1992)
Shield of Honor by Pakistan Army (E & C)
Khidmat Award by Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences
Human Rights Award by Pakistan Human Rights Society
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