Abdul Sattar Edhi was a Pakistani philanthropist who built a nationwide network of humanitarian centers offering a wide range of life-saving services to the people of Pakistan.
Edhi began his humanitarian work in 1947, soon after partition, with just $500. Over the next decades, he helped to save the lives of at least 50,000 babies and created a fleet of 1,800 ambulances, 28 rescue boats and 2 airplanes to help in emergencies.
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