Meals for 1850 Young Students in Pakistan

Pakistan ranked 77^th out of a total of 112 countries in the Global Food Security Index of 2018. Pakistan has the second highest hunger score (32.6) in all of Asia after Afghanistan. Moreover, one of the most malnourished and poorest regions in the world, Tharparkar, is located in Pakistan’s province, Sindh. In Sindh, fifty percent of the children below five years of age are stunted and nineteen percent are severely malnourished. In addition to this, Pakistan ranked 106 out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) with a score of 32.6, second only to Afghanistan in the South East Asian Region. And last but not the least, 39% of Pakistan’s population is living in multidimensional poverty (Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-2018).

The above statistics clearly explain the state of poverty and hunger in Pakistan. There are thousands of people who sleep with an empty stomach every night. Therefore, Fatima Memorial Hospital and NUR Foundation have taken the matter in their own hands and have started supplying food to NUR Community Outreach Program (NCOP) schools’ students. The students of  NCOP belong to underprivileged backgrounds and they are unable to afford three meals per day.

We provide meals to more than 1850 students every day so that they can focus on their studies and live a healthy life. It was all because of the generous donations of our esteemed donors that we are able to carry out this task.  In order for us to continue serving the poverty stricken masses, we urge you to join hands with us and make as many donations as possible.

Thank you for your continued support!

Food is the basic necessity of our life through which we get nutrients and basic body needs for the healthy life. There are people living in this world from different economic strata and have various lifestyles to spend their life. There is also another class which is living below the poverty line and is so poor that they can’t even get food for sustenance and spend their life by eating wasted food or by picking it from the garbage. The irony is that everyday, loads of food is wasted and people do not realize the fact that the leftovers can help so many deserving families. 

The percentage of people living below poverty line has declined from 50.4% in 2005-06 to 24.3% in 2015-16, according to Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18. There are millions of people living in Pakistan who are living below the poverty line and living a very miserable life. This ratio in cities is low as compared to rural areas where the life is very tough as the education rate is very low. People earn mere amount of money in order to run their household needs. It is impossible for them to send their children to school as well as to give them food for three times. This is an alarming situation in Pakistan which is an Islamic country and we as a nation are ignoring this class. There is on saying of Prophet on hunger that ''If a dog dies hungry on the banks of the River Euphrates, Umar will be responsible for dereliction of duty.'' (Umar Ibn al Khattab) We are living in a same society and Pakistan is facing very severe economic crises where it is becoming very difficult for one to fulfill the basic needs.

In this scenario Fatima Memorial Hospital and NUR Foundation has taken step in providing food to its NUR Community Outreach Schools students. NUR Foundation is giving these poor students free education as well as food for sustenance. We took a smaller step towards the betterment of society and we are doing it since 1985. These students from underprivileged areas are from very poor families and their parents can’t even give them food for three times. They are sending their children in schools for education because we have developed a hope in them that educating your children brings a splendid change in your life. We are providing meals to more than 1850 students on daily basis so that they can focus well on their studies and live a healthy life.

With your generous support, we made it possible to arrange meals for 1850 students and we want to continue serving the underprivileged. These children need our support and they are the future of this country. Providing them with basic food and education should be our primary goal and that is what our organization has been doing with your support.

We urge you to help us with maximum contributions and support which is needed to support the deprived children and communities. 

Thank you for your continued support.