Generous Karachittes donate for the treatment of tumor-inflicted Afghan child
Donations of 2 lakh collected in 6 days for treatment of Afghan child suffering from knee cancer
(WebDesk) - When it comes to do the donations and charity, Pakistanis are one generous nation. An international research suggested that Pakistan is a generous country, and it contributes more than one per cent of its GDP to charity.
A study conducted by Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy shows that Pakistanis give around Rs240 billion annually to charity. The report further indicates that about 98 per cent of people in the country give in one form or another – if not with cash, then with in-kind donations or by volunteering for needy causes.
Recently, a courageous Pakistani despite running short of resources, once again proved if there is a will, there is a way and other Pakistanis help him to achieve his objective of helping a poor child to gather the financial resources for his medical treatment. he took to the social media site and share the story of a young but aggrieved Afghan child, suffering from pain of tumor in knee.
Last week, a social media user Noman Ali Khan posted a story about a child suffering from primary bone cancer or bone sarcoma, usually starts in the bone. The cancer has affected the knee joint of an Afghan poor child, Izzat ullah. The tumor inflicts him an immense pain and hurt, unbearable for a child as young as Izzatullah.
When the soft-hearted neighbor Noman Ali Khan had an encounter with the misery of an underprivileged child deprived of financial resources to bear the expense of treatment shared his story on a social media site which has gone viral in few hours.
Izzatullah, an afghan child is suffering from bone cancer. Photo: Screenshot
Pakistanis in general do charity with an aggrandized heart and open arms but the residents of Karachi still has an edge of donating generously over their fellow brothers residing in rest of the country. Karachittes contacted Izzatullah’s neighbor to contribute in the donation for the money required to treat the needy child, tormented by the ache of the tumor-affected knee.
The tumor inflicts him an immense pain and hurt which is unbearable for a child as young as Izzatullah. Photo: Screenshot
People in large numbers have contacted me, many of them were literally crying. They wanted to speak and meet to the poor child and help him. So far, two hundred to two hundred and fifty thousand rupees were collected to help the child for medical treatment, Noman Ali Khan told Dunya News.
Within a span of 6 days, a basic amount was collected which is enough to help his poor father, Fazal Muhammad who is an Afghan laborer to initiate his son’s cancer treatment.
Fazal Muhammad who is an afghan laborer to initiate his son’s cancer treatment. Photo: Screenshot
Fazal Muhammad who had lent money from his friends and family to bring his child for medical treament to Karachi. Upon arrival, he had started working in a garbage go down. He roamed in different hospitals but was not given attention by the authorities.
Fazal Muhammad shows gratitude for the generous Pakistanis who have shared the burden of the expense of his son’s treatment. His treatment has been started. Initially, he is being given the injections to reduce his pain.
Izzatullah begins to grin again. Doctors have decided to initially keep him on medications otherwise he will be considered for knee operation. Nevertheless, more money will be required in the cure of a dreadful disease like bone cancer.
Report by Sana Fatima
Edited and translated by Mehreen Fatima
