Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan

Governments in developing as well as underdeveloped countries try to arrange useful resources to help the underprivileged community. Politicians take votes by promising the solutions of the problems faced by their society but unfortunately the condition of deprived people is getting worse and the rich are turning richest in the country like Pakistan. Therefore, Charity Organizations come into operation for such underprivileged people and put their best efforts to reduce their complications and make them move towards betterment, contributing towards the prosperity of state.

Pakistan is a country with a rapidly growing population, most of which lives below the poverty line. Neglecting the underprivileged community by consecutive governments in Pakistan gave rise to the need of alternate organizations addressing the core issues of illiteracy, health problems and many others faced by the deprived population.  An array of Charity Organizations are operating in Pakistan for the betterment of society. Let’s have a look upon the list of top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan working efficiently:

Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan

1 – Transparent Hands Charity Trust
2 – Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital
3 – Chhipa Welfare Association
4 – Edhi Foundation
5 – Shahid Afridi Foundation
6 – Aurat Foundation
7 – EHSAS
8 – Fatimid Foundation
9 – Fauji Foundation
10 – Khushal Pakistan

1 – TRANSPARENT HANDS CHARITY TRUST:

Transparent Hands Charity Trust is in first position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. Transparent Hands Charity Trust is a charity organization and the first online Crowdfunding platform in the health sector of Pakistan, which is striving to provide the best surgical treatment to thousands of underprivileged patients. Transparent Hands Charity Trust uses its web portal to connect billions of donors around the world to help in funding the surgeries of these patients. It also ensures to provide transparent funding system to the donors. Donors are ensured that each penny they donate will be spent on the needy patients’ surgeries and this is done through the hospital bills which are uploaded on Transparent Hands web portal. They can donate any amount they like and receive regular updates until the patient to whom they donated, receives complete medical relief.

Transparent Hands Charity Trust has a vision to expand its healthcare services all over Pakistan & then move towards education sector.

2 – Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital:

Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital is in second position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital is one of the largest charity organizations of Pakistan established by Imran Khan. Imran Khan, after touching the heights of popularity through his great career in cricket and now also in politics as the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Pakistan’s second largest political party till date, holds great concern for people suffering from this deadly disease.

This historic hospital was the only healthcare provider for the cancer patients at the time of its establishment. With its successful operation in Lahore and Peshawar, Shaukat Khanam Cancer Hospital employs the modern technology and advanced machinery for the detection and treatment of various types of cancer. The formation grips the services of qualified doctors serving the people who are unable to afford the cure of cancer. The hospital does not charge a single penny and turns the infected individuals towards better life from the death edge.

 3 – Chhipa Welfare Association:

Chhipa Welfare Association is in third position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. The Chhipa Welfare Association is also one of the very efficient charity organizations in Pakistan, founded in 2007 by Ramzan Chhipa. Its activities include ambulance service and free or low-cost food to people with low income. The association is headquartered in Karachi and operates throughout the city. Chhipa Welfare Association is purely a non-profit NGO which is serving humanity without any discrimination of caste creed or color.

4 – Edhi Foundation:

Edhi Foundation is in fourth position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. Edhi Foundation is the biggest name in Pakistan’s charity organization in Pakistan. It is one of the best social welfare service providers across the world running on non-commercial, non-political and non-communal basis. It is serving round-the-clock without any discrimination of color, class, and creed and is enjoying exclusive credentials in the shape of awards and shields conferred upon Mr. Abdul Sattar Edhi (late) and Mrs. Bilquis Edhi by governmental and non-governmental organizations on national and international level for rendering their exemplary services to humanity in multidimensional fields. Edhi has the largest ambulance fleet in the world.

5 – Shahid Afridi Foundation:

Shahid Afridi Foundation is in fifth position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. After enjoying the victorious cricket career, Shahid Afridi is now serving humanity through Shahid Afridi Foundation which grasps the vision of making Pakistan the motherland of educated people and ensuring the best health facilities without any discrimination. The goal of SAF is to go global and create an alliance with other reputable foundations to serve people irrespective of race, religion, national origin, and color. SAF is currently in the process of constructing a hospital and school within Pakistan which will be focused to support people who are in need of healthy life, proper education and medical necessities.

 6 – Aurat Foundation:

Aurat Foundation is in sixth position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. Established in 1986, as a national, non-profit and non-governmental charity organization in Pakistan under the Societies’ Registration Act 1860, Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation (Aurat Foundation/AF) is committed to create widespread awareness and commitment for a just, democratic and caring society in Pakistan, where women and men are recognized as equals, with the right to lead their lives with self-respect and dignity. Over the last 29 years, Aurat Foundation is recognized nationally and internationally as one of the leading institutions creating, facilitating and strengthening civil society groups and networks for promoting trust and collaboration among citizens to mobilize public pressure for women’s empowerment in the country.

 7 – EHSAS (Education, Health, and Social Achievement Services):

EHSAS is in seventh position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. EHSAS is an NGO based in Chakwal and Islamabad. Its projects target a wide range of areas including poverty alleviation, healthcare, education and social development. EHSAS has various ongoing efforts in place including EHSAS library, EHSAS blood bank, EHSAS Hepatitis Awareness and Vaccination Program, EHSAS Horticulture Development Program and EHSAS Good Governance Program.

8 – Fatimid Foundation:

Fatimid Foundation is in eighth position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. The Fatimid Foundation is a charitable organization that aims to help the millions of blood disease cases in Pakistan. It is a pioneer in providing safe blood transfusions to patients in Pakistan. The organization provides healthy fully screened blood and blood products each month to its thousands of patients (the majority of whom are children) suffering from dreadful blood disorders such as thalassemia, hemophilia and others. The foundation also arranges urget blood in case of emergencies in country.

9 – Fauji Foundation:

Fauji Foundation is in ninth position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. The Fauji Foundation is a trust set up for the welfare of ex-servicemen and their dependents. Fauji Foundation was established as a charitable trust in 1954 and operates on a completely self-sustaining basis. It channels approximately 80% of the profits from commercial ventures into social protection programs that serve a beneficiary population representing approximately 7% of the country’s population. Spending more than Rs. 23.8 billion since its inception on welfare, the Foundation provides services in the areas of healthcare, education, educational stipends, technical and vocational training. Over 2.1 million patients are treated per year through the FF Healthcare System. Approximately 41,112 students are enrolled in the FF Education System and over 6,000 individuals are trained annually through the FF Vocational & Technical Training Centers.

10 – Khushal Pakistan:

Khushal Pakistan is in tenth position in our Top 10 Charity Organizations in Pakistan. Khushaal Pakistan is an organization that was formed on July 28th, 2010 when Pakistan was hit with devastating floods that affected millions. Created by a group of young graduates with excellent educational backgrounds and a desire and drive to help others, the organization took off immediately with the aim to reach those in need and to try and get donation funds directly to the people with minimal overhead costs. After the immediate flood effort died down, the organization turned its attention towards rehabilitating particular flood-hit areas in Risalpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Honorable Mentions:

Save the Children:

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children’s rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries. It was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 in order to improve the lives of children through better education, healthcare, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts. In addition to the UK organization, there are 29 other national Save the Children organizations who are members of the Save the Children Alliance, a global network of nonprofit organizations supporting local partners and Save the Children International in over 120 countries around the world.

Save the Children in Pakistan has been working for over 30 years, assisting children and families in the aftermath of emergencies, such as the conflict that forced more than 2 million people leave their homes in 2009 and the devastating floods in 2010 that destroyed more than 1 million homes.

The Citizens Foundation (TCF):

The Citizens Foundation (TCF) is one of the largest non-profit organizations in Pakistan in the field of education. It was established in 1995, by a group of citizens in Karachi. It aims to provide quality education to the underprivileged youth in Pakistan. As of April 2016, TCF has expanded its network to 1202 operational school units, which provide education to 175,000 students nationwide. The Citizens Foundation (TCF) aims to bring about an enduring positive change for the communities most in need through quality education, enabling moral, spiritual and intellectual enlightenment and creating opportunities to improve the quality of life.

Muslim Aid Pakistan:

Muslim Aid is a UK based Islamic charity NGO. It is currently run by a former senior staff of the Muslim Council of Britain. It is a member of the Muslim Charities Forum, which lost funding from the British government in January 2015 due to its links to “individuals who fuel hatred, division and violence.” Muslim Aid was started in 1985 in reaction to the famine in Africa. The main goal was to Serve Humanity by responding to the affected people on an emergency basis. While dealing with emergency relief, Muslim Aid started providing its services in Education, Economic Empowerment, Health and WASH. Regardless of race, religion and cast,

Muslim Aid reached Gujrat (India, 2001); to help thousands of people affected by earthquake. After the devastating earthquake of 2005, Muslim Aid established its field office in Pakistan. Since then, Muslim Aid is serving thousands of Pakistani people in terms of Education, Economic Empowerment, Health, Humanitarian Relief and WASH.

Ansar Burney Trust International:

The Ansar Burney Trust is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profitable and a charity organization in Pakistan that is working to fight against all forms of injustices, cruel inhuman and degrading treatment, child abuse, cruelty to women and other more subtle forms of human and civil rights violations without any discrimination of affiliation. The NGO is run by Ansar Burney himself and it’s striving to raise awareness, provide free legal advice and services and humanitarian assistance where needed. They have also established “Prisoners Aid Society” to bring reform in police stations, prisons and mental institutions and work for the aid, advice, release, rehabilitation and welfare of the illegally and unlawfully detained prisoners and mental patients.

Darul Sukun:

Darul Sukun is an exceptional center functioning for the comfort of mentally disabled children and adults. This leading NGO gives place to such members of society which have been left behind by their loved ones. It’s a home to disabled individuals who are residing upon the streets, witnessing the harshness of their loved ones. These people are brought in by social workers, relatives or even police to improve their miserable condition. Sr. Gertrude started this amazing platform and served the important part of society here in Pakistan without flying back to Holland.

Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF):

Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF) is one of the largest non-government international charity organizations in the world, with a network of branches and projects in over 100 countries worldwide. It was started by Tahir-ul-Qadri as a part of Minhaj-ul-Quran International. Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF) is fully registered with the UK charity commission. Its head office is in Pakistan. MWF helps to support the poor and needy in marginalized communities by working for their rights, providing children the access to education, providing the poor access to Basic Health Care and the means for Social Economic and Welfare support.

Aga Khan Foundation:

Aga Khan Foundation is an NGO that works to improve the quality of life for villagers. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), alongside its sister AKDN agencies, has implemented innovative, community-driven solutions to development challenges for more than 45 years. It focuses on a small number of specific development problems by forming intellectual and financial partnerships with organizations sharing its objectives. With a small staff, a host of cooperating agencies and thousands of volunteers, the Foundation reaches out to vulnerable populations, irrespective of their race, religion, ethnicity or gender.

Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan:

Al-Khidmat Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization based in Lahore that focuses on a wide range of humanitarian services across Pakistan. This Foundation has been active in flood relief and other disaster relief work since many years. In addition, the organization runs schools and orphan homes, manages clean water projects, runs ambulances, sets up medical camps, provides help to those in jail and offers goods and supplies to those in need.

Benefits of Charitable Organizations:

Working in the same directions, these organizations may vary a bit in their working strategies but the goal of these organizations always remains the same which is, ‘helping the community’. At the same time, there are some common benefits of these organizations. Some of these many benefits are as following:

The Tax Benefit:

Reduction of taxable income is important in some cases. The charitable foundation helps the donors to make a tax-deductible donation to the foundation and it also helps to gain double capital benefits.

Control on Your Money:

A charitable organization helps you to decide for which cause you are willing to donate. If you are about to give donation to a large organization, they will surely have a control on exactly how the amount will be used and will keep your preferences in their first consideration.

Other Benefits:

These non-profit organizations make major contribution to the public services sector. The benefits of these organizations vary across policies and according to the geographical areas. Some other benefits might include;

• The understanding of the needs of any particular service of community.
• Interaction and relationship with and between people that enhance the unity in the society.
• Increased possibilities to deliver the outcomes that are difficult for the community to find on its own.
• Providing innovative ways to develop solutions to the problem.
• Better performance in terms of delivery of services.

Non-profit organizations are playing a vital role in developing the Pakistani community. They are struggling to eradicate the main issues which the underprivileged population is facing. These organizations cannot survive without your kind support. If you want to make a huge impact in the lives of poor people of Pakistan, then donate to these NGOs. You can also support with the help of Christmas Donations and  Thanksgiving Donations.