Coronavirus WhatsApp helpline in seven languages launched in Pakistan
31 March, 2020 05:54
Coronavirus WhatsApp helpline
Pakistani volunteers role lauded
Meanwhile, Foreign media is appreciating Pakistani volunteers helping the people affected by partial lockdown in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the country.
According to a report which America’s National Public Radio carried, Ahsan Pirzada, who ran a law firm in Islamabad, decided to act when low-wage people lost their jobs due to shutdown of businesses.
Pirzada raised thousands of dollars through his friends and Facebook acquaintances to buy food.
He converted his office into a storehouse and made ration packs with flour, rice, sugar, lentils, milk and cooking oil. He delivered the food packs to a nearby slum.
Like Pirzada, Corona Solidarity Campaign and the Robin Hood Army also distribute food.
A Pakistani nonprofit organization, The Citizens Foundation, does the same.
But on scale, using its network of 1,600 low-cost schools to aid 700 villages and slums.
One woman, Irum Mumtaz, set up a quarantine ward for a public hospital, run by volunteers. An entrepreneur, Umer Hussain, makes free protective suits for medics.
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