Google Doodle honors Abdul Sattar Ehdi, Pakistan's "Father Teresa"

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..."Edhi was deeply affected by the death of his mother when he was 19. He never finished school but later said that the world of suffering became his tutor.

He noticed that many Pakistanis lacked medicine, education, and other essentials, and he made it his life's mission to help others. In 1951, he established the Edhi Foundation, which is funded solely by private donations.
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The Ehdi Foundation is currently the largest
organisation in Pakistan. Since its inception, it has rescued more than 20,000 abandoned babies, rehabilitated some 50,000 orphans and has trained more than 40,000 nurses. It also runs the world’s largest ambulance service (operating 1,500 vehicles) and Edhi ambulances are welcomed as friendly neighbours throughout Pakistan.
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In 2005 the Foundation donated $100,000 to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the United States.

Despite the vast sums of money that passed through his foundation, Edhi lived modestly with his family in a two-room apartment adjacent to the headquarters of his foundation.

His work earned him numerous awards at home and abroad, including the Gandhi Peace Award, the 2007 Unesco Madanjeet Singh Prize, the 2011 London Peace Award, the 2008 Seoul Peace Award and the Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Service
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But unlike Mother Teresa who he was often compared to, Edhi had to surmount many obstacles including regular death threats. His ambulances were attacked as were volunteers who worked for his foundation. In October 2013, Islamists occupied one of his Karachi facilities and stole £400,000 (it was quickly replaced with a flood of donations), and the baby cradles he and Bilquis set up to accept unwanted babies were criticised as encouraging out-of-wedlock births.
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“Empty words and long praises do not impress God. Show Him your faith by your deeds.”
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“The Holy Book should open in your souls, not on your laps. Open your heart and see God’s people. In their plight you will find Him."