Reg Charity No: 1136538
Hina Zulfiqar is a 24 years old girl currently suffering from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (S.L.E). S.L.E is an autoimmune disease. This means that the immune system (which normally protects the body for infections) mistakenly attacks itself. Around 1 in 3 people..
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I am 63 years old and living with one of my three daughters in Karachi. Since the death of my husband, I have struggled to support myself. Family Losses… When my husband passed away I knew I wouldn’t just have to deal with the sorrow of his
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I was refrigeration engineer and worked for a reputable company for many years. I was unaware that I had diabetes and when I found it was too late. Both my legs had to be amputated because of this. This has left my family disabled as me as I was the only earner.
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For most people, having a house with a kitchen, bathroom and individual rooms for each person is the norm. But not for me. My family of four – my wife, son and daughter have one room between all of us, and at 85 years of age I find it difficult to get to our room as it is situated…
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Every parent’s biggest worry is always their children. We put them before everything, even ourselves, and we would do anything just to keep them safe. Our daughter is 35, and in other families, she would assist in supporting us in our old age rather than us supporting her.
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The most painful thing for a mother is to see her children starving of hunger and could not do anything to feed them. I have been through this pain in my life, when I had no job and no other way of earning to feed my little children. My husband got addicted to Class B drugs…
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Life has been the second name of pain and hopelessness for me, as I continue to fight from the growing tumour in my uterus. I belong from Afghanistan where I have a family and I was living a normal life, until I found out that a tumour is building up in my body. I’m recently married
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I’m in my 80s and still struggling to find a way out to reduce my misery and sufferings. Being poor is seriously one of the biggest crimes, as its impacts remains till the last breath of one’s life. I have a son who is earning, but is also not willing to take care of his elderly father…
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I am 82 years old. I face a daily struggle to survive and keep my family safe. I have nobody to turn to. I have been blind since I was 40 years old. For decades I have existed in darkness, with only the support and love of my wife to keep me going. She used to take care of me, buying food
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