Dear HOPE Friends, 

Wishing All a Peaceful and Joyous Eid ul Fitr  - Featuring HOPE Zia Colony Formal School Children and Karachi Public School Students!

As yet another month of Ramadan has slipped into the memory books, the entire HOPE Team along with our beneficiaries would like to thank all our supporters for their gracious contributions over the years.  We have reached so many milestones along the way and transformed so many lives, all through your backing.

This year, Karachi Public School students teamed up with HOPE's Zia Colony Formal School children to create and exchange memories that we would like to share with our supporters.  Karachi Public School students visited HOPE schoolchildren and engaged in day-long activities which included mentorship, arts and crafts, and homemade Eid cards. 

HOPE's Zia Colony Formal School children thoroughly cherished this special visit by Karachi Public School students!  We are beyond humbled that our students were able to spend quality time with mentors and role models.  The students are so thankful for the Eid gifts and the Eid card creation activity!  This occasion is a memory they will hold close and we look forward to future visits and opportunities to grow together.

Wishing all our supporters a blessed and fulfilling Eid ul Fitr.  We hope you love the Eid cards by the children.

Warm regards, 

The HOPE UK, HOPE USA, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

Dear HOPE Friends, 

Bidding Ramadan 2025 Farewell from Azad Kashmir - Featuring KIREA's Bani Langrial Home School Children

As another Ramadan has gone by, we wish all our supporters the best for their generosity and empathy.  Bidding you farewell are an array of our Home School children iin Azad Kashmir.  These children live in high altitudes and remote terrain that is difficult to access even under normal circumstances.  Despite this, our Field Team made sure to take extra measures to make sure that these children are able to partake in the blessings of Ramadan, as their everyday lives are already replete with sacrifices.  

Featured in this post are children from KIREA's Home School in Bani Langrial (and extremely impoverished and underserved mountain village that is difficult to access) along with children from HOPE's Home School in Habib Dori.     

You May Still Partake in Our Ramadan Efforts:

• A Month of Food Rations: $33/Family (8 People)
• Door to Door Iftars : $1/Person
• Eid Clothes for Children: $17/Child 
  
  
   

We are so appreciative of KIREA for taking on the Bani Langrial project!  This Home School effort is already showing tremendous promise for these children.

Much gratitude to all our supporters for helping us reach the underprivileged during Ramadan 2025!

Dear HOPE Friends, 

We're Rushing to Reach the Needy During This Blessed Month....and You Can, Too!

As this blessed month of Ramadan trickles to a close, our Field Team is working overtime to amplify the spiritual rewards of charity for our supporters.  In an Islamic country such as Pakistan, Eid is celebrated with great fervor and enthusiasm.  When one is faced with the harshness of poverty on a daily basis, on special holidays such as Eid, this burden can feel even more overwhelming.  This is why our Field Team goes the extra mile to try to bring some relief to the lives of the underprivileged.  The smiles and happiness on the children's faces is more than we could have ever hoped.   

These pictures are of our recent outreach efforts in Rehri Goth, Cattle Colony, and Mujahid Colony, three urban slum districts within Karachi, Pakistan.

It's Not Too Late to Participate in Our Ramadan Efforts:

• A Month of Food Rations: $33/Family (8 People)
• Door to Door Iftars: $1/Person
• Eid Clothes for Children: $17/Child

All the best prayers to all during these blessed days.

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams
 

Dear HOPE Friends, 

HOPE Champions Zia Colony Residents - Inner City Comes to Life Before Eid, Plus Iffco Ghee 

Zia Colony is an urban slum district within the Karachi metropolitan area that has been steeped in poverty for decades.  Approximately 25 years ago, HOPE began taking concrete steps to introduce basic Healthcare, Education, and Vocational Training to the residents of this inner city neighborhood. Today, children of Zia Colony have a bright future ahead of them, thanks to HOPE's interventional efforts and the generosity of our supporters.

We would also like to take the opportunity to highlight our corporate supporter, Iffco - as one can see in the pictures, Iffco has been silently working behind the scenes this Ramadan to pitch in for a variety of our efforts including the Grand Iftar for 1,000 Underprivileged Students in Karachi and the distribution of ghee with Food Rations.  We are tremendously grateful for their humility and support.    

The attached pictures show our Field Team's outreach efforts in Zia Colony before the end of Ramadan 2025.  

Please Help Us Reach Underserved Communities and Promise Them a Brighter Future:

• A Month of Food Rations: $33/Family (8 People)      
• Door to Door Iftars: $1/Person
• Eid Clothes for Children: $17/Child 

Warm regards, 

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

HOPE Rushes in to Serve Rural Villages with Food Rations, Door-to-Door Iftars, and Eid Clothes Before the End of Ramadan 

Just in the nick of time for Eid ul Fitr, our Field Team is rushing to serve far-flung village areas in Pakistan.  Since these areas are extremely impoverished, one can easily gauge the sheer happiness on the children's faces when they receive new Eid Clothes.  Families here struggle in all aspects of basic needs, especially Food Security and Shelter.  When children in remote village regions receive new Eid Clothes, it means the world to them because families in these areas cannot even dream of having such luxuries.  

In our special 2025 Ramadan efforts, multiple village regions received Food Rations, Door-to-Door Iftars, and their children received new Eid Clothes.  Featured in these pictures are Dhabeji and Link Road in rural Sindh.

HOPE has a growing presence in remote village areas throughout Pakistan with poverty intervention measures such as Healthcare, Education, Vocational Training, Food Security, Clean Water, and Disaster Relief, Ramadan Outreach, and Qurbani. 

Please Consider Supporting Our Efforts:

• A Month of Food Rations: $33/Family (8 People)

• Door to Door Iftars: $1/Person

• Eid Clothes for Children: $17/Child

Much gratitude for helping us reach 40,000+ poor people this Ramadan!

Warm regards, 

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

Dear HOPE Friends, 

Total Ramadan Impact Estimated to be 40,000+ Needy People - HOPE Ramps Up Efforts in Rural Villages

Some of the most stark views of poverty can be witnessed in rural villages in Pakistan.

HOPE has established Hospitals and Schools in rural areas such as Sujawal and Thatta (Sindh) to uplift these communities.

In Ramadan we accelerate our efforts in rural regions to reach those who need it most.

This Ramadan, we distributed Food Rations and Door-to-Door Iftars to over 40,000 people in underserved communities.

Please Consider Supporting Our Efforts:

• A Month of Food Rations: $33/Family (8 People)

launchgood.com/FoodRationsRamadan

• Door to Door Iftars: $1/Person

launchgood.com/DoorToDoorIftars

• Eid Clothes for Children: $17/Child
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launchgood.com/EidClothesforKids

You May Also Donate ZAKAT or SADAQA for Year-Round Efforts:

•  Website: https://www.hopecharityusa.org

•  Zelle: hopeusa@hope-ngo.com (Be sure to include a donation category and your email address for a tax-receipt.)

• Mail a Check: HOPE USA, PO BOX 786, Newark, CA 94560 (Be sure to include a donation category and your email address for a tax-receipt.)

Much gratitude for helping us reach 40,000+ poor people this Ramadan!

Warm regards, 

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

Dear HOPE Friends,

Underserved Schoolchildren Treated to Sit-Down Iftars, Food Rations, and Eid Clothes 

As 2025 Ramadan has been zooming by, the HOPE Field Team is working diligently to reach as many Zakat-Eligible people as possible during this blessed month.  Across our various educational facilities in Pakistan, hundreds of underprivileged children have been treated to Sit-Down Iftars with their friends and also given Food Rations for their families as well as gifted Eid Clothes.

The children across HOPE's Formal and Home Schools come from extremely impoverished backgrounds and their families are struggling to thrive.  By uplifting these children and their families with basic human needs such as Education ,Healthcare, and Food Security, we are providing them with a formidable foundation by which they can break free from generational poverty.

Please Join Us to Reach the Needy:

• A Month of Food Rations: $33/Family (8 People)

launchgood.com/FoodRationsRamadan

• Door to Door Iftars: $1/Person

launchgood.com/DoorToDoorIftars

• Eid Clothes for Children: $17/Child

launchgood.com/EidClothesforKids

You May Also Donate ZAKAT or SADAQA for Year-Round Efforts:

    Website: https://www.hopecharityusa.org

    Zelle: hopeusa@hope-ngo.com (Be sure to include a donation category and your email address for a tax-receipt.)

    Mail a Check: HOPE USA, PO BOX 786, Newark, CA 94560 (Be sure to include a donation category and your email address for a tax-receipt.)

Thank you and warm wishes as the blessed days of Ramadan come to an end!

Warm regards,

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

Dear HOPE Friends, 

University Students from Chicago Pitch In to Sponsor Door-to-Door Iftars in the Northern Areas of Pakistan - Featuring Yusuf Foundation MCHCs

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1KVktQy9zw/

This Ramadan, in a heartwarming gesture of support for the needy, a group of college students from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Depaul University, and College of Dupage banded together to form a collection for HOPE's Door-to-Door Iftars.  Altogether, they were able to raise enough funds to provide meals for underserved children and adults at all four of Yusuf Foundation's Maternal and Child Health Centers in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.

• According to Unicef, Pakistan has the highest Infant Mortality Rate in the world - 1 in 22 infants are at risk for dying within a month of birth.

• Similarly, Pakistan's Maternal Mortality Rate accounts for 28% of the global total - one woman passes away from pregnancy complications every 37 minutes.

• Though these statistics are dire, there is a tremendous opportunity for intervention as 80% of infant deaths and 33% of maternal deaths in Pakistan are preventable.

Over the course of almost three decades, HOPE has been able to make tremendous strides with regards to mitigating the adversely high Maternal and Infant Mortality rates in Pakistan.  By working at a grassroots level in underserved communities and providing free access to healthcare to mothers and babies, HOPE has been diligently and resourcefully taking advantage of the statistically-backed windows of opportunities to save lives. 

Most recently, our efforts have been catapulted by the tremendous generosity of Yusuf Foundation -  through Yusuf Foundation's backing, HOPE has been able to expand into the Northern Areas of Pakistan, remote village regions in which no health facilities previously existed for disadvantaged populations.  

Over the course of the past three years, Yusuf Foundation has sponsored construction and operational costs of three MCHCs in the Northern Areas of Pakistan (Mansehra, KPK, Garhi Habibullah, KPK, and Muzaffargarh, Punjab) along with adopting a fourth MCHC in Azad Kashmir.  Altogether, these facilities provide 24/7 no-cost healthcare to 200,000 villagers annually, 70% of whom are women and children. 

By providing prenatal, postnatal, and infant/child healthcare during critical times, HOPE/Yusuf Foundation's MCHCs have been able to impact regions in which mothers traditionally gave birth in their own homes with no assistance - often with precarious consequences such as hemorrhaging or other severe labor complications.  These MCHCs have had a transformative effect in their respective regions, especially with regards to enhancing Maternal and Infant health for these communities.  

Featured in these pictures are the UIUC, Depaul, and COD students' contributions towards making a difference in the rugged terrain of the Northern Areas of Pakistan.

We would like to extend our appreciation to the Chicago students' for their initiative in making a difference this Ramadan.  The HOPE Team was so touched by their gesture that we chose to dedicate their gift to the regions impacted by Yusuf Foundation's life-saving efforts.   

Dear HOPE Friends, 

Procter & Gamble Celebrates 20 Years of Clean Water Efforts and Highlights HOPE Founder, Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla as a South Asia Clean Water Champion

Even before HOPE's longstanding partner in clean water efforts, Procter & Gamble, introduced its Children's Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) initiative 20 years ago, HOPE Founder, Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla, had been advocating for clean water in Pakistan, especially with regards to underserved communities who are more vulnerable to adverse health outcomes.  

As a change proponent for the socioeconomic welfare of downtrodden communities in Pakistan, Dr. Mubina partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the early 2000s to conduct field studies and trials for improved health outcomes.  Working alongside CDC researchers, Dr. Mubina rigorously tested and documented the effectiveness and safety of P&G's Purifier sachets.  Her research was published in leading journals and used to provide the scientific foundation for P&G's CDSW Program.

Since then, P&G has joined hands with HOPE to provide over 50 million liters of P&G Purifier sachets to tens of thousands of children and families living in poverty throughout Pakistan.  HOPE has been the sole authorized distributor of P&G's Purifier sachets in Pakistan, both via established routine clean water efforts and urgent natural disasters such as the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake and 2022 Pakistan Floods.  

HOPE's partnership with P&G during the ravishing 2022 Pakistan Flood Crisis was transformative as 1/3 of the country was underwater and 33 million people were impacted.  Polluted water is a breeding and transmission medium for various diseases such as malaria, diarrhea, and dengue fever, and the criticality of distributing clean water during natural disasters is a matter of saving lives.  During our Disaster Relief Efforts following the 2022 Pakistan Floods alone, HOPE distributed 21 million liters of Purifier sachets to thousands of families in need, thanks to our partnership with P&G.

As P&G celebrates 20 years of advancing clean water efforts through CSDW, we are humbled to take part in their journey and milestones.  Dr. Mubina's and HOPE's collaboration with P&G can be found here: https://csdw.org/partners/ . 

Dr. Mubina expressed that "Clean water is more critical than ever," and she looks forward to helping the CSDW Program reach the 25-billion-liter milestone in 2025.

Much gratitude to P&G for recognizing the efforts of Dr. Mubina and HOPE in uplifting marginalized communities throughout Pakistan and promoting clean water efforts throughout the country.  

Warm regards, 

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

Dear HOPE Friends, 

Zakat-Eligible Ramadan Efforts Continue: Door-to-Door Iftars, Food Rations, and Eid Clothes for Children 

Please join us in helping bring joy and stability to the lives of disadvantaged communities in Pakistan!

Our Special Zakat-Eligible Ramadan campaigns:  

• For Just $33 You Can Sponsor Food Rations for a Family of 8 for One Month launchgood.com/FoodRationsRamadan

• For Just $1 You Can Sponsor a Hot Meal Delivered to a Needy Person This Ramadan launchgood.com/DoorToDoorIftars

• For Just $17, You Can Help an Underprivileged Child feel Special with a Gift of New Eid Clothes  launchgood.com/EidClothesforKids

The pictures depict our 2025 Door-to-Door Iftar distributions in urban slum districts in the Karachi, Pakistan metropolitan area.  HOPE operates a multitude of Healthcare, Education, and Vocational Training facilities in downtrodden communities within large metropolitan areas in Pakistan.  All of these facilities provide free/nominal cost services to underserved communities with the end goal of lifting them from the tenacious grips of poverty.  

As depicted in the photographs, our Door-to-Door Iftar distributions this week included Zia Colony Hospital, Bilal Colony Maternal and Child Health Center, Mujahid Colony, and 100 Quarters Maternal and Child Health Center.  Each person enjoyed a meal of biryani.    

Thank you to all our supporters for helping combat poverty in the most vulnerable communities!

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

Dear HOPE Friends, 

Pakistan Radio 105's Shireen Akhtar Features HOPE Physicians Dr. Rehana, Dr. Abida, and Dr. Shagufta for International Women's Day

https://youtu.be/fzdqr6FHkaI

On March 4, 2025, Pakistan Radio 105 Host Shireen Akhtar interviewed Dr. Rehana Yasmeen and Dr. Shagufta Khan, both loyal HOPE physicians who have dedicated their careers to bringing healthcare to the most downtrodden urban slum neighborhoods in Karachi, Pakistan.  Unfortunately, Dr. Abida Raza was unable to attend this event due to emergency cataract surgery, however we wish to include her contributions as she is a vital component of our team. 

In a recent podcast, Ms. Akhtar featured HOPE's very own Dr. Rehana and Dr. Shagufta as part of Radio 105's effort to celebrate the achievements of women.  In a male-dominated country such as Pakistan, the contributions of women can often be overlooked or diminished due to the biases of media narratives or cultural traditions.  And more often than not, opportunities for women to rise above and leave behind a fulfilling legacy are significantly hampered as compared to their male counterparts.  

At HOPE, we are proud of the fact that our most dynamic leaders are women, and that the poverty alleviation work centers on uplifting women and children and recognizing their potential.  In fact, HOPE was founded in 1997 by Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla, then a medical student at DOW University in Karachi Pakistan.  28 years ago, what began as humble dream to bring healthcare to marginalized communities Pakistan has transformed into a nationwide movement encompassing a broad array of tried and true poverty alleviation avenues: Healthcare, Education, Vocational Training, Clean Water, Food Security, Disaster Relief, Ramadan Outreach, and Qurbani. 

Amongst our cherished medical staff are Dr. Rehana Yaseen, Dr. Abida Raza, and Dr. Shagufta Khan.  For this interview, Dr. Shagufta filled in for Dr. Abida who was not able to attend due to emergency cataract surgery:

• Dr. Rehana has been an invaluable physician with HOPE for the past 15 years.  As our supervising Head Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Dr. Rehana's expertise constitutes a critical component of our efforts to reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality within Pakistan.  Over the years, Dr. Rehana has been an active presence in HOPE's Hospitals and Maternal and Child Health Centers.  On a daily basis, she conducts prenatal visits, normal and cesarean deliveries, neonatal care, and life-saving surgeries for women experiencing severe labor complications.  Amongst her many distinctions, she performed HOPE's first laparoscopic surgery - a life-saving procedure for an 18 year old with a potentially cancerous ovarian cyst. 

• Equally so, Dr. Abida has been a pivotal force in HOPE's largest Hospital in Karachi.  As a Pediatrician and Administrator at HOPE's Zia Colony Hospital, Dr. Abida is responsible for managing and treating an assortment of medical emergencies that routinely come through Zia Colony's 24/7 facility.  These include women in labor, traffic accidents, respiratory cases, gastrointestinal cases, cardiac emergencies, and life-saving surgeries.  Patients often remark how Dr. Abida treats them with compassion and care and that their experience at HOPE feels like they are being taken care of as if they are part of the family.

• Dr. Shagufta is HOPE Gurumandir's Hospital's Administrator, an accomplished physician with 42 years of experience.  As a senior physician, she oversees HOPE's Gurumandir Hospital and her expertise is women's care.  HOPE Gurumandir has a labor and delivery room, cesarean section facilities, 24 hour emergency unit, surgery facilities, and outpatient services.  Dr. Shagufta has dedicated many years towards managing patient care and treating various critical cases which come through Gurumandir Hospital.  She plays a vital role in ensuring the welfare of women who suffer complications during pregnancy and/or labor.

We are excited and humbled that Ms. Akhtar featured a couple of HOPE's formidable female forces to be featured on Radio 105's interview for International Women's Day.  The most heartwarming aspect of Dr. Rehana, Dr. Abida, and Dr. Shagufta's careers is that they have especially dedicated their expertise to helping those who have no voice.  By providing quality healthcare to the needy and treating them with dignity and respect, they are directly working on the ground to break the tenacious cycle of poverty.  HOPE is honored to have them as part of our loyal team which has banded together for decades to bring a vision to life.

We hope you will join us in commemorating the achievements of Dr. Rehana, Dr. Abida, and Dr. Shagufta along with Radio 105's, Ms. Akhtar.  

Much gratitude to Radio 105 for their gracious appreciation of HOPE's efforts to help the needy.   

Warm regards, 

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

Dear HOPE Friends,

Ramadan 2025 Door-to-Door Iftars in Pakistan - HOPE Field Team Reaches Disadvantaged Inner City Children

During the month of Ramadan, the HOPE Field Team ventures into the most downtrodden neighborhoods in Pakistan to hand-deliver meals to help combat food insecurity, especially amongst vulnerable children.

The pictures below represent our distributions during the first few days of Ramadan: Sachal Goth, Bilal Colony, and Bhittaiabad, three urban slum neighborhoods within the Karachi metropolitan area.  HOPE has a strong presence in multiple urban slum districts in Karachi via our vast system of Home Schools and Maternal and Child Health Centers which provide free/nominal cost services to downtrodden communities in Pakistan.  

In Ramadan 2025, the HOPE Field Team will tackling all areas of Pakistan via special Ramadan distributions.  During this month, we aim to serve 10,000 warm meals through Door-to-Door Iftars, provide Food Rations to 2,000 families, and gift new Eid Clothes to 2,000 disadvantaged children. 

Please Join Us to Promote These Zakat-Eligible Efforts:

• For Just $33 You Can Sponsor Food Rations for a Family of 8 for One Month  
•  

launchgood.com/FoodRationsRamadan

• For Just $1 You Can Sponsor a Hot Meal Delivered to a Needy Person This Ramadan

launchgood.com/DoorToDoorIftars

• For Just $17, You Can Help an Underprivileged Child feel Included and Special with a Gift of New Eid Clothes
•  

launchgood.com/EidClothesforKids

Other Ways to Donate Zakat or Sadaqa:

• Website: https://www.hopecharityusa.org

• Zelle: hopeusa@hope-ngo.com (Be sure to include a donation category and your email address for a tax-receipt.)

• Mail a Check: HOPE USA, PO BOX 786, Newark, CA 94560 (Be sure to include a donation category and your email address for a tax-receipt.)

As charity is emphasized during the month of Ramadan, our Field Team will be taking extra strides to reach out to underserved communities throughout Pakistan.  Thank you to all supporters for helping us reach the most vulnerable segments of society.

Warm regards,

The HOPE USA, HOPE UK, and HOPE Pakistan Teams

 

Dear HOPE Friends,

And We're Off! Door-to-Door Iftar - 200 Needy People Served/Day - HOPE Launches 2025 Meal Distributions in Zia Colony, Karachi

Concurrent with the first day of Ramadan in Pakistan, the HOPE Field Team debuted our 2025 Door-to-Door Iftar campaign in Zia Colony, Karachi by distributing biryani to 200 needy people.

Our goal this month is to distribute warm meals ? to 200 people per day, and during the last ten days of this blessed month of Ramadan, we will be doubling our efforts to combat food insecurity by providing meals to at least 400 people daily.

In total, we aim to reach 10,000 people via Door-to-Door Iftars ? during 2025 Ramadan.

Zia Colony is a urban slum community within Karachi, Pakistan which has been steeped in poverty for decades. HOPE has a prominent presence in Zia Colony via the establishment of a Hospital, Formal School, Maternal and Child Health Center, and Vocational Center, all facilities providing services to the needy for free/nominal cost.

As is our tradition, in Ramadan, we accelerate our efforts to reach the underserved:

• For Just $1 You Can Sponsor a Hot Meal Delivered to a Needy Person This Ramadan
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HOPE USA uses Zakat and Sadaqa to uplift disadvantaged communities in Pakistan year-round.  

Many thanks to our loyal supporters for lending a hand and opening your hearts this month and all year round!

Warm regards,

The HOPE USA Team