FGRF services of Dawat-e-Islami
Mawlana Sayyid Imran Akhtar Attari Madani
The nature of Islam is that it honours and benefits mankind with great emphasis on aiding the helpless and afflicted. In today’s age, Dawat-e-Islami is not only providing academic and spiritual guidance to the ummah, but it is also helping the deprived members of society around the world. Dawat-e-Islami has established a department called “FGRF” whereby trained teams carry out charitable work like providing education, health services and welfare to save people from the effects of ignorance, illnesses, poverty, unemployment, and natural disasters.
Dawat-e-Islami always comes to the fore when responding to calamities in Pakistan. When lives and property were destroyed or threatened by floods, earthquakes and tornados, Dawat-e-Islami went to remote areas of the country to provide medical, financial and moral support. This type of work is not carried out only when there is a disaster, rather relief is provided throughout the year.
A review of Dawat-e-Islami’s Welfare Services
FGRF’s extensive network has spread to more than 65 countries and its sizeable manpower distinguishes it from other organisations. When disasters such as epidemics, calamities, earthquakes, floods and fires occur, FGRF provides assistance by distributing food to the poor, installing water pumps in desert terrain, setting up heat stroke stabilisation camps, and serving saḥūr (predawn) and ifṭār (post-sunset) meals in Pakistan and other countries. FGRF is providing aid especially in these four departments of life:
1. Health.
2. Education.
3. Disaster relief.
4. Environmental protection.
1. Departments under Health
* Rehabilitation centre (for disabled children).
* Madani health care centre.
* Mobile health care unit.
* Fighting against thalassemia.
* Medical aid.
Treating Disabled Children
Some of the priorities of FGRF is to provide rehabilitation to children with autism, hearing impairments and sensory problems. FGRF established four camps in the “Faizan Rehabilitation Centre” for this purpose and over 650 children have been treated. More than 1200 children have been diagnosed, and over 2500 children have been registered for treatment.
Madani Health Care Centre
The first Madani health care centre was established in Ayesha Manzil, Karachi and over 25,000 patients were treated within the first year.
Mobile Health Care Unit
The mobile health care unit is another means of delivering aid to people in distress. This service provides free treatment to people in poor cities, especially during epidemics and natural disasters. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه Approximately 3500 people are treated every month. The cost of setting up a medical camp is around 75,000 rupees.
Thalassemia-Free Pakistan
Due to the severe lack of blood donations for thalassemia patients during covid-19, the leader of Ahl al-Sunnah, Mawlānā Ilyās ꜤAṭṭār al-Qādirī دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ encouraged people to donate blood during this emergency. Those worrying moments passed by safely and this ongoing campaign has resulted in 86,000 bottles of blood being donated.
Medical Aid
This service has provided aid to 150,000 people and its annual expenses are 15 million rupees.
2. Departments under Education
* Skills enhancement programme.
* Madani home (orphanage).
Skills Enhancement Programme
As of now, six branches have opened in five cities and 2200 students are benefitting from this.
3. Departments under Disaster Relief
* Aid for earthquake and flood victims.
* Assistance for refugees.
* Relief for 26,000 families.
* Covid-19 assistance.
* Food supply.
Disaster Management
Disaster management is a prominent department of FGRF. This department is active during natural disasters and calamities such as floods, torrential rain, earthquakes, train accidents, building collapses, fires, plane crashes etc. The department is responsible for setting up temporary shelters and distributing food and water to victims. In 2020 during torrential rainfall in Karachi and Sindh, food, drinking water, packets of biscuits, milk for children and mosquito nets were delivered to over 300,000 people. During the 2011 floods in Thailand, food and medicine was delivered to many people. In 2016 when the Rohingya faced a severe phase of persecution, they fled Burma (Myanmar) and migrated to Bangladesh where they were provided with food, shelter and fresh water from water pumps. Temporary toilets were also built for them. Approximately 35,000 families benefited from this aid.
Covid-19 Assistance
During the outbreak of Covid-19, FGRF emerged as a highly responsible charity and organisation which started its relief operations in Pakistan, UK, Bangladesh, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia and African countries.
4. Departments under Environmental Protection
* Aid projects overseas.
* Certificate of appreciation.
* Collaborations.
Planting Trees
As science progresses, the temperature of the earth increases due to the air pollution of transport and factories. This causes intense weather conditions which affect human life. In order to combat global warming, the initiative of planting trees was promoted around the world. Dawat-e-Islami decided to participate wholeheartedly in this righteous deed and the grand Shaykh, Mawlānā Ilyās ꜤAṭṭār al-Qādirī دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ encouraged people too. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه With support from the WWF, Forest Department and other government institutes, 30,000 saplings have been planted by Dawat-e-Islami while more efforts are ongoing. On the 1st of August 2024, a tree planting campaign was initiated under Dawat-e-Islami. Mawlana Haji Abdul Habib Attari participated in the tree planting campaign in Sindh Governor House and invited councillors and other important officials to participate in Dawat-e-Islami’s campaign.
FGRF’s Annual Expenses
* Over 18 million rupees for food and rations.
* Over 137 million for health care.
* Over 26 million for education.
* Over 70 million for rehabilitation.
* Over 1.098 billion for disaster relief.
* Over 146 million for planting trees.
FGRF Dawat-e-Islami’s work in the last few months
Providing aid to Palestinian Muslims
The Muslims of Palestine are facing severe hardship and they are sacrificing their wealth and lives for the sake of Islam. Thousands of Muslims have been martyred, thousands injured, and hundreds of thousands are homeless. The FGRF team from Turkey, Malawi and UK have successfully distributed food, water and other necessities as well as providing medical aid to hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians. According to a report provided by Haji Fuzail Attari from the UK, FGRF has distributed cooked food to hundreds of thousands of people, and it has provided rations for 40,000 families. Thousands were given fresh vegetables, iftar during Ramadan, and blankets and warm clothes for protection against the rain and cold. Emergency ambulances were allocated for Gaza from the FGRF, 200 families were provided with tents and 1,000 families were given cash. Relief work is ongoing so donate to these accounts:
General Donation
Account: 1760135392017
IBAN NO: PK53DUIB0000000135392017
Zakat Only
Account:7470200003921
IBAN NO: PK60ASCM0007470200003921
Aid for Earthquake Victims in Morocco and supporting Orphans
On the 8th of September 2023, an earthquake struck Morocco in which more than 2000 people died, 300,000 were made homeless and thousands were injured. Dawat-e-Islami’s FGRF department went to Morocco to provide humanitarian aid to the victims, starting in the five main locations. Food, water, clothes and toys were given to 1000 orphans, which brought great joy to these children. FGRF is still providing support and care to these orphans since September 2023.
Helping the People of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Dawat-e-Islami’s FGRF department provided food and aid to the distressed people of Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.
Welfare Work for Earthquake Victims in Syria
After the earthquakes in Syria, FGRF provided food, water, rations and tents to the victims. Continuing this relief work, in Shaykh Al Hadid, FGRF has built 12 residential blocks consisting of 96 flats for orphans and widows. A school, madrasah and masjid were also constructed for the education and upbringing of children. Soon, Mawlana Haji Muhammad Imran Attari مُدَّظِلُّہُ العالی will distribute keys to the flats to people who need them most.
Welfare Work for Victims in Pakistan
A slogan of Dawat-e-Islami’s FGRF department is “We have not forgotten”. FGRF has provided food, clothing and other necessities to the flood victims. Rations, winter clothes, blankets, jumpers and quilts were distributed to the victims in lower Chitral, Padidan and other affected areas. Houses were built for the flood victims and the keys were given to the victims in Rajanpur, Padidan, Sehwan and Gambat. Haji Abdul Habib Attari handed the keys out himself and reminded everyone that it had been 17 months since the flood, but Dawat-e-Islami did not forget them. A total of 5000 homes have been built in Pakistan for the flood victims.
Relief Camps for Heat Protection
In May 2024 due to the forecast of heatstroke, the FGRF department of Dawat-e-Islami setup relief camps in various areas of Karachi, including University Road, Clifton, Baldia Town, Sher Shah, Korangi and Nazimabad. Relief camps were also setup in Kasur, Jamshoro, Mirpur Khas, Lahore, Sukkur, Muzaffargarh, Noshero Feroz, Hub, Gujranwala, Gadani, Hafizabad, Shorkot and more. The purpose of these camps was to provide relief to the people affected by the extreme heat. People travelling in cars and by foot, bike riders, students and labourers were brought to the camp and sprayed with cold water to reduce their body temperature. People who arrived at the camp were given a variety of cold drinks, and bottles of cold water and juice were given to people travelling in buses and other public transport.
Distribution of 1200 Sacks of Fertiliser to Farmers
A few months ago, the river Sutlej flooded and affected Kasur and many surrounding areas due to which the locals had to relocate. Many homes were damaged and many acres of crops were destroyed. On the 16th of November 2023, FGRF conducted a gathering in Kasur which was attended by flood victims, local landowners, various political and social figures, police officers and other Islamic brothers. 1200 sacks of fertiliser were distributed amongst the farmers affected by the flood. Even prior to this, FGRF has given fertiliser to farmers, and the size of the land they tend to amounts to 80,000 acres.
May Allah accept the efforts of Dawat-e-Islami and grant them further success in their religious and welfare work.
اٰمِیْنْ بِجَاہِ خاتَمِ النَّبِیّٖن صلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہ ِوَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ
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