Edhi

Abdul Sattar Edhi

By YUSUFGULER

  • Birth

    Birth
    Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in January 1 , 1928 in Gujarat, British India.

  • Emigration

    Emigration
    Edhi and his family migrated to Pakistan to a city called Karachi.

  • Initial Job

    Initial Job
    Edhi found some marketing to do in a wholesale shop as a peddler.

  • Foundation establishment

    Foundation establishment
    Abdul Sattar Edhi established a considerable institution which is currently called Edhi Foundation. It includes, for example, hospitals, shelters, and orphanages for vagrants where services are wide spread in Pakistan.

  • Awards

    Awards
    Edhi earned more than 250 international awards like he was rewarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bedfordshire. Other prizes he received like Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service , Lenin Peace Prize , and Paul Harris Fellow from Rotary International.

  • Death

    Death
    Depressingly, Abdul Sattar Edhi was diagnosed later on with kidney failure and eventually died on 8 July 2016 at the age of 88.