JDC Welfare Organization

JDC Welfare Org (Pakistan)
Founded 2009
Founder Association of Students
Focus Emergency Services, Martyred Shelters, Education, Healthcare, Ambulance Services
Location
Area served
Social Welfare, Humanitarianism
Method Donations and Grants
Key people
 Syed Zafar Abbas Jafri
Website

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 some students of Karachi. Its volunteers composed of members irrespective of their beliefs and political or social background.[3] Ustad Sibte Jaafar Zaidi was one of the founding and active member of JDC.[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.

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

Saylani, Al-Khidmat, KKF, Edhi and Chhipa are among some well-known NGOs working in Pakistan, whom the majority of donors like to make a charity contribution. While slighter in reputation, 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]

Heat-wave in Karachi

Dead bodies which cannot be spaced in other hospitals/cold-storage houses for hygienic storage due to emergency situation arisen of ongoing heat-wave hitting the Karachi severely since first week of Ramadan-2015, JDC has established a temporary Cold Storage at Numaish Chowrangi along MA Jinnah Road, Karachi in which about 200 dead bodies of victims of 2015 Pakistani heat wave can be kept until arrangements for burial are 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.[14][15]

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.[16][17]

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[18][19]

Religious celebration

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.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Afshan Zahra (July 3, 2014). "JDC: A deserving charitable organization". Aaj News. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Six degrees of trauma". The Dawn Media Group. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Muhammad Rizwan Afatb (April 15, 2013). "JDC welfare organisation". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ Idaara-e-Tarveej-e-Soazkhwani. "What is JDC". Soazkhwani.Com. Retrieved Feb 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ Sahar Habib Ghazi (July 2, 2015). "In Deadly Heatwave, Karachi's Citizens Adopt Neglected Government Hospitals to Save Lives". Global Voices. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  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". Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ Correspondent Report (January 24, 2014). "Ambulance driver, Bohra man slain". The News. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ Medical News (Nov 8, 2014). "Regional News". The Medical Newspaper. Retrieved Feb 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ Afshan Zahra (July 3, 2014). "JDC: A deserving charitable organization". Aaj.tv. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ Admin (March 16, 2015). "JDC hold vigil in solidarity with Christian community". skpak.com. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ "After more than 1,100 deaths, people raise their hands in prayer for rain". Daily Times Pakistan. June 27, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  15. ↑ 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
  16. ↑ Fatima Asad (March 20, 2016). "No end to kindness: from Diwar-e-Mehrbani to Bazaar-e-Mehrbani". Pakistan Today. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Market of Kindness". The Nation. April 7, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  18. ↑ "KU gets walk-through gates, metal detectors from JDC". The News. February 18, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  19. ↑ Staff reporter (February 13, 2016). "Security of educational institutions: 'Small schools cannot afford four guards'". Express Tribune. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  20. ↑ APP News (Jan 14, 2015). "Nation celebrates Eid Milad-un-Nabi with religious enthusiasm". APP Islamabad. Retrieved Feb 12, 2015.
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