Welfare Association for the Ill and Deprived

Welfare Association for the Ill and Deprived (Welfare AID), founded in March 2007, is a non-profit, registered organization run by the students of Ziauddin University. We aim to provide free healthcare and medicines to the needy and underprivileged demographic of Pakistan as well as free education for those who do not have the means to support it. Welfare AID currently sponsors the education of deserving students in Gulshan-e-Sikandarabad, supplies free of cost medication to under-privileged families in Gulshan-e-Sikandarabad, provides financial assistance to needy patients at Ziauddin Hospital, Kemari, runs a functional Blood bank with bi-annual blood drives conducted at Ziauddin Hospital, Clifton, as well as annual Ration and Zakat drives in Ramadan in Gulshan-e-Sikandarabad – 300 families were catered to in 2024! Through conducting fundraising events and collecting donations, we aim to assist the underprivileged patients of the Kemari Ziauddin Hospital, in getting the health care all people deserve. We have our own drug bank from which we dispense medications for free and a blood bank account with both Hussaini’s and Ziauddin Clifton Laboratory. With the active participation of all of our members, we hold fundraisers such as Bake Sales, Bikeathons, Futsal Tournaments, Basic Life Support and Surgical Skills workshops, both educational and recreational, to support all our welfare activities.Our previous projects include Health, hygiene and awareness campaigns, Hepatitis Screening and Awareness Camp in collaboration with The Health Foundation (THF), Heatwave campaign sponsored by Hascol Petroleum, along with painting an art mural in the Primary Health Care Center in Gulshan-e-Sikandarabad. Welfare AID also worked tirelessly in providing relief for those affected by the disasters that had struck the nation including the Tharparkar droughts of 2014, the Abbas Town terror attacks in 2012 and the floods of 2010, in which our team travelled to Risalpur with the Pakistan Air Force to provide relief goods and set up medical camps for the victims. We have also supported the Ziauddin University PHC by providing basic diagnostic apparatus.