Charitable institutions are also affected by inflation, aid is halved, number of beneficiaries has increased by 50%

The ongoing back-breaking inflation in Pakistan has also broken the back of the welfare organizations, the last support of the deserving people living below the poverty line.

According to the British news agency Reuters, due to inflation, the aid received by charities has decreased by 50%, while the number of people asking for it has increased by 50%.

A charity organization located in Karachi’s site area last month started distributing flour and some cash to the most vulnerable sections of the city struggling to cope with the rapidly rising inflation, and a crowd of beneficiaries gathered.

Umarzada, the father of 7-year-old Saad, who died in a stampede in Karachi, is standing with grief over his son’s body.

7-year-old Saad also joined the crowd, but as a result of the increase in the crowd, there was a stampede and in this tragic incident, 11 people including Saad, including all women and children, were killed.

“He was a beautiful child, as long as I live I will never forget the sadness of his death,” Saad’s father Umarzada told Reuters. “The distribution of aid should have been better organized under police supervision, there were no rules or regulations in the distribution process because my son was trampled,” Umarzada said.

Last week, in another such incident at a place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the police had to use tear gas to control an excited crowd that was clinging to food items.

Highlighting the worsening situation in Pakistan, Ansar Barni, head of Ansar Barni Trust, told Reuters, “People who used to donate small amounts are now asking for help, while those who used to donate large amounts are saying That they are facing difficulties and are retreating”. “Donations have decreased by 50 percent this year, while the number of people seeking help has increased by 50 percent,” Ansar Barni said.

Ramzan Chhepa, founder of Chhepa Welfare Association, said, “The effects of rising inflation have affected household affairs as well as charitable organizations. “The number of people seeking help has also increased.”

Faisal Edhi, head of Edhi Foundation, Pakistan’s largest charity, says that rising fuel prices have made it more difficult to provide ambulance services, our services are becoming more expensive and we cannot reach people every time. Have spent a lot of money from their accounts”.

At Edhi Foundation’s iftar table, a large number of beneficiaries are engaged in prayer before breaking the fast.

Faisal Edhi said that the number of men committing suicide has also increased because they cannot support their families, one of his friends has also committed suicide because of the situation.

A large number of women are available for assistance at the Selani Welfare Office.

The Seelani Welfare Trust runs large kitchens in Karachi’s poorest neighborhoods that benefit large numbers of people, but its funds are dwindling.

Citizens are buying cheap ration from the tourist welfare stall.

Arif Lakhani, Trustee of Ceylani Welfare, said that where in the past 500 people used to come, now this number has reached 1000 while the donations have decreased by almost half. Donations are coming”.

Deserving citizens are taking free rations from tourist welfare.

Sikandar Bizenjo, co-founder of the Balochistan Youth Action Committee, which carries out relief activities in remote areas of Balochistan, said that it is not surprising to him that people are not being helped as before a year after the floods. “Donors seem to be suffering from fatigue,” he said.

According to Reuters, Saad’s father Umarzada, who died in a stampede in Karachi, is also struggling with inflation like everyone else, but it is even more painful for him to struggle with some questions along with grief.

He said, “I am completely devastated, there are other people like me whose children were killed, martyred, women who had nothing to eat, went there, can’t the government see that?” People are dying of hunger?