JDC Welfare Organization

Jafaria Disaster Management Cell (JDC) a Welfare and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) commonly known as JDC Welfare Org[1][2] was established in 2009 by Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi and some like minded youths of 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] JDC welcomes volunteers from all walks of life and it prides itself in not discriminating members based on their beliefs, political or social background.[4] Rehabilitation activities and medical emergency services by JDC mainly cover Sindh Province and some other areas of Pakistan with its policy that where there is a victim of any disaster he/she should be helped simply on humanitarian aspect without discrimination.

JDC Welfare Org (Pakistan)

Founded	2009
Founder	Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi and Association of Students
Focus	Emergency Services, Martyred Shelters, Education, Healthcare, Ambulance Services
Location	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Area served	Social Welfare, Humanitarianism
Method	Donations and Grants
Key people	Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi
Website	www.jdcwelfare.org

It operates an ambulance set-up in Karachi and helps in emergency and relief efforts after disasters.[5] In a year, besides its volunteers, departmental head[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 to mourners on Ashura by organizing a medical camp at Karachi in collaboration with Pakistan Red Crescent Society[11]

JDC as an NGO

Rehabilitation work by JDC in Thur desert of Sindh

Edhi, Chhipa, Saylani, Al-Khidmat and KKF, are among some well-known NGOs working in Pakistan, whom the majority of donors like to make a charity contribution. While slighter in popularity, there are some other substantial organizations, like JDC (NGO) working on pure humanitarian grounds. [12] 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, recently 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 Youhanabad church bomb blasts, 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.[13]

COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan

Not only JDC [14] almost each and every NGO in the Sindh Province[15] has started distribution of packed daily cooking stuff (flour, vegetable oils, sugar etc.) for helping the needy people being effected by lock down due to closure of routine business especially daily wagers[16] as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Thousands of families of daily wagers are provided with the basic ration everyday by JDC welfare trust.

Heat-wave in Karachi

Dead bodies which 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. Increase in sudden deaths the metropolitan Karachi has been facing the scarcity of grave for burial of dead causing abnormal hike in price. Thus NGO decided to help with cash for burial arrangement to overcome the huge burden for booking a grave in Karachi’s graveyards and funeral in time.[17][18]

Wall of Kindness: The idea of charity work viral through social media and people of different countries e.g. India, China, Turkey etc. followed the method of helping needy people at different places. In Pakistan JDC in 2016 has introduced the concept “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 new and usable cloths are hanged on the wall at a selected place for the carry away and use of needy people.[19][20]

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[21][22]

Religious activities

On first Ramdhan of 1440 Higri JDC Volunteers cooked the Ostrich red meat and served it as a rare treat (breakfast for a fasting) to residents of Karachi for their fasting before dawn of 6 May 2019[23]

Associated Press of Pakistan reports a world record made at Numaish Chowrangi, Karachi by 12,800 oil Lamps lighting on occasion of Jashn-i-Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi.[24]

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