Edhi foundation donates $100,000 to Indonesian tsunami victims

ISLAMABAD: Saad Edhi, the son of Faisal Edhi and grandson of legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, donated $100,000 on behalf of the Edhi Foundation to the victims of a deadly earthquake that struck Indonesia on Sept. 28.
“We will be starting a fundraising campaign next week to extend as much help as possible to the victims of the disastrous tsunami,” Edhi told Arab News.
Indonesia was struck by the tsunami after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook the world’s 11th largest island, Sulawesi. According to a census carried out in 2000, the Indonesian island plays host to 7.25 percent of the country’s entire population.
The powerful earthquake wiped out buildings, killing more than 2,000 people with search parties still trying to find victims feared buried under the rubble, mud and debris.
Saad, accompanied by his father, Faisal Edhi, and mother, handed over the donations to the Indonesian Consul General Dempo Awang Yuddie at the Indonesian Consulate in Karachi on Tuesday.
Abdul Sattar Edhi, a famous Pakistani philanthropist and humanitarian, founded the Edhi Foundation in 1951.
The foundation now runs the largest volunteer ambulance network in the world, along with homeless shelters, orphanages, animal shelters and rehabilitation centers across Pakistan. Since his death on July 8, 2016, the Edhi Foundation has been run primarily by his son Faisal and grandson Saad.