Abdul Sattar Edhi, who founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network, would have been 89 years old on Tuesday.
Unlike wealthy individuals that fund charities in their names, Edhi dedicated his life to the poor from the age of 20, when he himself was penniless in Karachi .
The reach of Edhi's foundation grew internationally, and in 2015 the organisation raised $100,000 in aid relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Edhi was born before partition in Bantva Gujarat, India on February 28, 1928.
He
died last year in Karachi of renal failure.
He was offered treatment abroad, but insisted on being treated in a government hospital at home.
| A team of "Googlers" decides who gets the doodle treatment, the tech giant says [Screenshot from Google] |
The Edhi Foundation's slogan is: "Live and help live".
Tuesday would have been his 89th birthday.
In his honour, Google changed its logo in the United States; Iceland; Portugal; Australia; New Zealand; Japan; Estonia; UK; Denmark; Ireland and
Pakistan to a doodle, or illustration, of Edhi.
Google hailed Edhi's "super-efficient" ambulance service.
"In celebration of
Abdul Sattar Edhi, let's all lend a hand to someone in need today," it said.
"The doodle selection process aims to celebrate interesting events and anniversaries that reflect Google's personality and love for innovation," the company says.
'No religion higher than humanity'
With more than 1,800 ambulances stationed across
Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation is
Pakistan's
largest welfare organisation. In 1997, the foundation entered the Guinness World Records as the "largest volunteer ambulance organisation".
If you call 115 in the South Asian nation, the Edhi Foundation will answer.
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network in Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation.
Unlike wealthy individuals that fund charities in their names, Edhi dedicated his life to the poor from the age of 20, when he himself was penniless in Karachi .
The reach of Edhi's foundation grew internationally, and in 2015 the organisation raised $100,000 in aid relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Edhi was born before partition in Bantva Gujarat, India on February 28, 1928.
He died last year in Karachi of renal failure. He was offered treatment abroad, but insisted on being treated in a government hospital at home.
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