Edhi Foundation
By: Ahmed Mustafa
Tags: Amal Academy, Edhi Foundation, Kindness, Edhi, Donations

I convince people a lot and engage individually. I think it was different from others because most of the people tried to engage with groups to convince more people. But I convince people individually like my cousins, some friends and fellows, and parents. — TAUHEED

Yes, I collected individually because we all are not from the same city, and due to pandemics, it’s not possible and feasible to do so. We decided to start the task individually and support each other throughout the time. I went to the streets and asked them to participate in donating to the welfare society It was hard in the beginning since I was collecting the fund on my own. But, as I started to talk to people it become fluent and easier. Yeah, It was a little different due to pandemics. But I managed to pull through it and collected as much as possible for Edhi foundation social welfare society — AHMED

What challenges did you face? And how did you overcome those challenges?

The biggest hurdle to raise funds is laziness. People don’t want to go to the bank just for donations. So they keep on saying I will do it by tomorrow. I also told them about donations through mobile apps. Some didn’t use the app and most of the people didn’t know how to donate money to the Edhi foundation so I guided them through the screenshot of the process. I asked my friends and a few of them donated immediately. I procced by, asked my family and cousins to donate and they agreed. But again the same issue causing the problem of how to donate. Moving forward I decided to discuss the matter circle fellows to get the solutions they said the following. Stay persistent and remember them, again and again, this method was effective as it lured many people. — HINA

Poster

Flyer

People didn’t know how to donate money to the Edhi foundation so I guided them through the screenshot of the process. I asked my cousin who is a bank manager to help me in fundraising for the Edhi foundation. He assured me that he’ll ask his bank staff to donate but didn’t do so. I reminded him twice but there was no positive response. I had the same experience with many others too. They said that they will donate to the cause but they didn’t. I asked them again but no response.

I realized that people need the motivation to donate for a social cause so we as a group decided to make a poster and our group fellow Arham designed an eye-catching poster and I suggested some convincing words. I believe words move people to feel compassion, sympathy, and concern, which often leads to a donation. I put the poster on my WhatsApp status and also sent it in WhatsApp groups but people still didn’t respond so I approached them personally and asked for help in my project. In this way, I was able to collect some funds. Approaching people personally was the only strategy that got successful for me. — EZA

How has this experience helped you in accepting failure?

“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. ”

I asked the same people again and again for donations because I thought maybe they’ve forgotten but I realized that they were just making excuses. I wasn’t ready to accept the failure but after trying many times, I accepted. It’s important to move on because only that way we’ll be able to devise a different strategy to achieve success. I wasn’t alone and we all were facing the same challenges and hurdles. This was the one thing that helped me in accepting the failure. I was able to raise more funds than the past fundraising experience and that was only because I applied the learnings from that experience. I believe that the learnings from this experience will help me achieve even more in the future. The important thing is that we got an opportunity to apply and learn teamwork, leadership, planning, and organizing skills. — MUQADAS

Never Give up.

Yes, this experience teaches us that everything does not flow according to your well but all you can do is just keep moving and trying your best. It’s okay to accept reality, but it is not okay to run from the circumstances because failure is just part of learning; it teaches you a lesson. — AYESHA

Summary

It was a beautiful experience even though it made us sad halfway through but kept on trying to motivate each other. Through this project, we all understand that we should be very grateful to Allah for the blessing he has given us. My comrades (Arham, Akash, Eza, Tauheed, Hina, Muqadas, Ayesha). Everyone participated with their, full hearts which made me even happier.