Fund Raising for Edhi Foundation
Edhi foundation is one the largest Non-profit organizations of Pakistan, which is actually a biggest example of humility around the world. Started under the supervision of Abdul Sattar Edhi sb., who was a man of compassion, Edhi foundation has been working tirelessly to help the needy people and the surprising thing is with little or no money. Edhi sb. Is known as the “Richest poor man” just because of his sheer kindness and soft heart.
The experience of collecting funds was very new and different for us because it was our first time doing something like this. We were anxious when we came to know about this activity because we had no idea how we were going to do it in these circumstances (COVID-19) but in the end we managed it with the help of the team. Doing anything for a good cause always bring a sense of righteousness and satisfaction and that is what we all felt during this activity.
We all together decided to make a poster for fund raising in which different platforms for donating money was mentioned. We posted that poster on our social media and encourage all our family and friends to donate. We also prepared a specific message to post along with the poster.
The biggest challenge was that due to COVID-19, we were not able to ask for funds in person. But one of our circle member Hafiz Abdul Rehman did it in his own office.
All the donations we were able to collect was from family and friends. We all asked some of our close friends to share the fund raising poster on their social media and they did but there was no response. We could not overcome this challenge of collecting funds from strangers as it was really hard to convince them over social media that it was not a scam.
We learned from this activity that trust is the main key factor. If trust is broken, people around you start disappearing no matter what relationship and bond you share with them. What we learned is, teamwork is the key to success. Nothing can be achieved without hard work and effective communication skills; these are the must-have to convince someone to your point.
