Pakistan's
Poverty Crisis
Over 31.3% people in Pakistan are living below the Poverty line
How did you start your day today?
Woke up comfortably in your home, had a shower, followed by breakfast and hot drink perhaps?
You may have washed up your breakfast dish in your kitchen and then moved on the day ahead?
But can you imagine how difficult life would be without your usual access to food, water, housing, education and basic medicine?
Bad governance (especially over the past 20 years), economic debt, inflation, national disasters and now the COVID-19 pandemic has caused increases in unemployment and food insecurity.
Somewhere in Pakistan right now, a child is suffering needlessly while a parent is watching helplessly… all because they don’t have access to the absolute essential human needs such as food, housing & medicine.
Extreme Poverty breeds a scary number of issues in a vicious cycle
- 1. Malnutrition: The majority of early deaths in Pakistan are linked fundamentally to malnutrition.
- 2. Education: For people under the poverty line, most of the children don't even finish childhood education.
- 3. Impoverished living conditions: The inability to maintain a simple home & to pay for basic housing costs such as fuel, gas supply.
- 4. Unemployment: it is considerably higher for those in poverty than the Nations average.
- 5. Security & Abuse: Vulnerable people in poor condition have less security and can be taken advantage of.
- 6. Chronic & other diseases: Sadly, these are massively higher for people under the poverty line - the only way to tackle this is holistic life quality improvement.
- 7. Mental health: Something that is very often overlooked in Pakistan and of course will affect poor people even more due to their constant stress of trying to meet basic daily needs.
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Any support is greatly appreciated
How does the Sustenance Project help with this crisis?
By allowing the poorest and most destitute families to survive over the medium to long-term.
We’re not here for short-term solutions. By making these simple things normal, we can guarantee a better future for everyone, especially giving a chance for the younger children in the family to grow old enough to provide an income.
Will you help a family to survive through these harsh times?
Imran Khan initiated the biggest Anti-Poverty fight in the history of Pakistan
“No Pakistani government has spent so much money on alleviating poverty in the past,” Mr. Khan said at Islamabad the capital. “The government has launched a war against poverty.”
But he dearly needs help, if the Ehsaas plan (which is essentially the establishment of a welfare state) is to succeed it needs as much support as possible.
Mr. Khan has proposed a constitutional amendment that would make basic necessities such as food, housing, education and health care a fundamental right. The amendment would require the approval of Parliament.
“When a nation decides to help its poor, God finds ways for it to succeed. The real thing is to have honest intentions,” Mr. Khan said. “It is my belief that, God willing, one day you will see that we would be successful in eradicating poverty.”
Disabled grandad with children to try and support
Bavaa jee is in very deteriorated health and extremely malnourished with little ability to take care of himself nevermind provide an income, in addition his grandchildren have limited support and provision.
He is not even able to physically leave the house to receive other aid available, at the Sustenance Project our Welfare box is a direct to the door delivery, not relying on any 3rd parties our team ensures his support & allowance is given direct into his hands.
