Winter relief: Swat to have ‘wall of kindness’
This is a step of goodwill gesture and people should donate generously to help others
Disease threatens locals of Swat; experts blame industrial, commercial waste. PHOTO: FAZAL KHALIQ/EXPRESS
SWAT:
Inspired by the reports emanating from Iran and other cities across the country, philanthropists in the Swat Valley have also set up ‘Dewar-e-Mehrabani’, a wall with several hangers where people belonging to well-off families would leave their extra clothes to help the poor and the needy.
Dr Muhammad Hussain, a philanthropist who spearheaded the initiative, told The Express Tribune, “I got the idea from Iran and some other cities across Pakistan. I also found that this is the best way to help poor communities,” he said.
“The step got a tremendous response from all across the Swat valley, and I hope well-off people from other areas will also come up with this idea and raise a ‘wall of kindness’ in other parts of Swat.”
“This is a step of goodwill gesture and people should donate generously to help others,” said Ahmad Ali, a local dweller of Koza Bandai.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2016.
Inspired by the reports emanating from Iran and other cities across the country, philanthropists in the Swat Valley have also set up ‘Dewar-e-Mehrabani’, a wall with several hangers where people belonging to well-off families would leave their extra clothes to help the poor and the needy.
Dr Muhammad Hussain, a philanthropist who spearheaded the initiative, told The Express Tribune, “I got the idea from Iran and some other cities across Pakistan. I also found that this is the best way to help poor communities,” he said.
“The step got a tremendous response from all across the Swat valley, and I hope well-off people from other areas will also come up with this idea and raise a ‘wall of kindness’ in other parts of Swat.”
“This is a step of goodwill gesture and people should donate generously to help others,” said Ahmad Ali, a local dweller of Koza Bandai.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2016.