Project Report
| Jul 23, 2020
Impact your donation created in Pakistan
During our recent food distribution drive, we reached out to 3500 families of persons with disabilities in Sindh, Pakistan. It gave us the opportunity to meet thousands of amazing individuals impacted directly or indirectly by COVID-19. Everyone was grateful to the support you provided in this critical time through your generous donation. This email shares the stories of Baaghal, Saad, Rani, Salar, and Naseeb. This Eid, help us create ease in the lives of persons with disabilities and their families by continuing your support.
Baaghal
"Son, I am very old now and I have seen a lot in this life despite not having the ability to see. I am blind and my son Ali has a physical disability. He never always had a disability like this. He used to work as a laborer and took a great big fall. That day, my life turned upside down; I have never felt so scared. He now sells kids toys at a kiosk. But with this lockdown, it is really hard for him to earn for us. This ration from your organization has come at the right time. Thank you.”
Saad
"I am very excited to hear from you that there is a place in Karachi that helps get artificial limbs to persons with disabilities for free. As soon as this coronavirus situation gets better, I will request my father to take me to that place. I hope to get a better education and when I get older, I want to see myself as a very successful man.”
Rani
“I am a Dalit woman, so I am a minority within a minority. It is hard being a Hindu, then from a caste that is not respected in the community (Dalit), and being a woman also doesn’t help. We really are not represented much. Sometimes feels like we do not have a voice.
My family men are blacksmiths. That is our business. We are also nomadic. We don’t stay anywhere for very long. The moment our business finishes, we set off to a different area. To be honest, it is better. We don’t have to face harsh words or disrespect anywhere for long.
My uncle and mother in law have a disability and I am here on behalf of them. Others wouldn’t give us ration once they find that we were Dalit. Thank you for not thinking of us as any lesser.”
Salar
Salar has a neurological disability. He’s only seven but very smart for his age. Since childhood, he and his family have gone through a lot of hardships. His father is no more and his mother makes living by stitching clothes for people. The only stability they have is from one of their brothers who is in the army – currently posted in KP. His family wishes there were institutions like rehab centers that could diagnose and help him get better since Salar is brimming with energy and wants to do so much.
Naseeb
Naseeb is a young child of not more than three or four. His eyes follow everything and he observes silently – sometimes giving a delightful smile when he is caught looking. He has a hearing and speech disability so he makes up for the speaking with his warm eyes following everything you are doing.
He doesn’t go to school but when told that he can go now, owing to the new Sujawal School opening for children with disabilities; he erupted into a peal of contagious laughter that had many around him laughing too.
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