By Aazer Durrani | Head of Marketing
Poverty is one of the least discussed issues in Pakistan. While many debates center around different economic issues, poverty is mostly left out. It is quite odd that local discourse on such a serious issue is very elusive in our country.
A more reasonable poverty line can be the international poverty line of $2 per day. As per this poverty line, a whopping 60% of Pakistanis are poor.
According to the Economic Survey, Pakistan’s poverty headcount has registered a prominent decline in the last decade or so at both the regional and national levels.
The MPI findings show more than 60% of Pakistan’s population does not have access to cooking fuel, approximately, 49% do not complete schooling, almost four out of every 10 people (39%) do not have any assets and over 38% of the population lives in a one-room shelter. About one-third population does not have access to health facilities.
NUR Foundation with Fatima Memorial Hospital took the initiative of not only educating these children, but also providing them with clothes. The numbers are increasing day by day but we still make it a point to distribute as many as we can among the needy children as well as adults. Along with providing education to them, it is very important to nurture and groom them.
As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, we look forward to your support in letting us provide these children with clothes for EID which they can also use in the future. These children are deprived of numerous things and the least we can do is provide them with clothes.
We have to continue this effort and support the poor as much as we can and in order to achieve our goals, we need your support.
Thank you so much!
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