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JDC Foundation

Jafriya Disaster Management Cell Welfare Organization (JDC), commonly known as JDC Foundation Pakistan, is a welfare and non-governmental organization (NGO) mainly operating in Pakistan.[1][2]

JDC Foundation Pakistan
جے ڈی سی فاؤنڈیشن
Formation2009; 15 years ago (2009)
FounderSyed Zafar Abbas Jafri and Association of Students
TypeNGO
Legal statusFoundation
FocusEmergency Services, Martyred Shelters, Education, Healthcare, Ambulance Services
HeadquartersB-24, Federal-B Area, Ancholi Block 20, Gulberg Town, Karachi
Coordinates24°56′46″N 67°04′51″E / 24.94610689575712°N 67.08079042137416°E / 24.94610689575712; 67.08079042137416
MethodDonations and Grants
Key people
Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi
Websitewww.jdcwelfare.org

It was established in 2009 by Syed Zafar Abbas Jafri and some like-minded youths in Karachi. Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi was also one of its founding members, he stayed an active member of JDC until his assassination in March of 2013.[3][4]

It operates an ambulance set-up all over Pakistan and helps in emergencies and efforts after disasters.[5] In a year, besides its volunteers, departmental heads[6][7] and president, at least two JDC-Ambulance drivers[8][9][10] have lost their lives in targeted killing. In 2014 JDC provided medical aid by organizing a medical camp in collaboration with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society[11]

Operations

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Rehabilitation work by JDC in Thar Desert of Sindh

Although its working potential mainly covers Karachi and other cities of Sindh, however, JDC attempts to connect it with all people affected by any disasters in any corner of Pakistan, in March 2015 a large number of people joined a vigil organised by Jafaria Disaster Management Cell and Karachi based Civil Society of Pakistan in solidarity with the affected families of the Lahore church bombings, with a manifesto to educate the society that the blood of the people belonging to all sects and religions is equally priceless without any discrimination.[12]

Heatwave in Karachi

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Dead bodies that cannot be spaced in other hospitals/cold-storage houses for hygienic storage due to the 2015 Pakistani heat wave emergency situation, JDC established a temporary cold storage at Numaish Chowrangi until arrangements for burial were made. The increase in sudden deaths the metropolitan Karachi faced led to the scarcity of gravesites for the burial of he dead, causing an abnormal hike in price. Thus JDC Foundation decided to help with cash for burial arrangements to overcome the huge burden of booking a grave in Karachi’s graveyards and funeral on time.[13][14]

Wall of Kindness

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The idea of charity work went viral through social media and people from different countries e.g. India, China, Turkey etc. followed the method of helping needy people in different places. In Pakistan, JDC 2016 introduced the concept of “Diwar-e-Mehrbani” (Wall of Kindness) and “Bazaar-e-Mehrbani” (Market of Kindness), which was conducted at Expo Centre Karachi. Under the Wall of Kindness initiative, new and usable cloths are hung on the wall at a selected place to carry away and use of needy people.[15][16]

It has donated 20 metal detectors and jammers to Karachi University and provided free of cost four walk-through gates for six months for safety of students, teaching and non-teaching staff and other visitors[17][18]

Flood relief

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JDC took part in the flood relief campaign across Pakistan when the rural areas of Sindh, Baluchistan, and KPK were affected by floods in September 2022.[19] A large amount of donations were contributed by individuals and organizations like banking Institutions.[20] The two months campaign was run under the supervision of the co-founder, Zafar Abbas.[21][22]

References

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  1. ^ Afshan Zahra (July 3, 2014). "JDC: A deserving charitable organization". Aaj News. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Rafi, Yumna; Khan, Momina; John, Zaresh (2015-08-10). "In-depth - Six Degrees of Trauma". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  3. ^ Idaara-e-Tarveej-e-Soazkhwani. "What is JDC". Soazkhwani.Com. Retrieved Feb 3, 2015.
  4. ^ Muhammad Rizwan Afatb (April 15, 2013). "JDC Foundation Pakistan". Pakistan Observer. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
  5. ^ Ghazi, Sahar Habib (2015-07-02). "In Deadly Heatwave, Karachi's Citizens Adopt Neglected Government Hospitals to Save Lives". Global Voices. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  6. ^ Azhar Nadeem (Feb 27, 2014). "Shia Scholar Allama Taqi Hadi Gunned Down in Karachi". Pakistan Tribune. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  7. ^ Kamran Mansoor & M. Waqar Bhatti (Feb 28, 2014). "Sectarian attacks leave 10 people dead". The News Print Edition. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
  8. ^ Recorder Report (January 9, 2015). "Three cops among five killed in Karachi". Business Recorder. Retrieved Feb 3, 2015.
  9. ^ The Shia Post (June 8, 2014). "Sunni driver of JDC Welfare shot martyred in Karachi". Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
  10. ^ Correspondent Report (January 24, 2014). "Ambulance driver, Bohra man slain". The News. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Regional News". The Medical Newspaper. Nov 8, 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved Feb 4, 2015.
  12. ^ Admin (March 16, 2015). "JDC hold vigil in solidarity with Christian community". skpak.com. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  13. ^ "After more than 1,100 deaths, people raise their hands in prayer for rain". Daily Times Pakistan. June 27, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  14. ^ Staff Reporter (June 25, 2015). "Temporary Cold storage for dead bodies established to overcome storage problem". Daily Jahan-e-Pakistan (Urdu. Retrieved June 28, 2015. page-8
  15. ^ Asad, Fatima (March 20, 2016). "No end to kindness: from Diwar-e-Mehrbani to Bazaar-e-Mehrbani". Pakistan Today. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  16. ^ "Market of Kindness". The Nation. 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  17. ^ "KU gets walk-through gates, metal detectors from JDC". The News. February 18, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  18. ^ Staff reporter (February 13, 2016). "Security of educational institutions: 'Small schools cannot afford four guards'". Express Tribune. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  19. ^ "Rapid Need Assessment Flood Emergency - Balochistan and KP (Aug 2022) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  20. ^ "Bank Alfalah donates $73,000 for flood victims against sixes scored in T20Is". Business Recorder. 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  21. ^ "Syed Zafar Abbas Jafri Biography, Age, Family & More 2023". 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  22. ^ Mustafa, Zubeida (2022-09-09). "Flood aftermath". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
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