Bilquis Edhi declared ‘person of the decade’
Renowned philanthropist was declared the most impactful person of first two decades of the 21st century
APP
January 29, 2021
LAHORE:
Pakistan’s towering philanthropist and humanitarian Bilquis Edhi has been declared the ‘Person of the Decade’, along with human rights rapporteur of the UN Prof Yanghee Lee and the US ethicist Stephen Soldz.
A spokesperson for the Edhi Foundation told
APP that as per the domino effect verdict, announced on Friday by the Impact Hallmarks, Bilquis Edhi was declared the most impactful person of the first two decades of the 21st century.
Bilquis Bano Edhi is a professional nurse and she heads the Bilquis Edhi Foundation. She has spent more than six decades of her life in serving humanity in need. Her charity has saved over 42,000 unwanted babies so far by placing
creates opportunities for girls in the developing world. she s also the star of the new film naomi and eli s no kiss list. victoria justice. [ applause ] in 2006, a high school graduate from new jersey didn t know what she wanted to do, so she took a year off to travel the world. maggie doyne helped a team rebuild a seawall in fiji, spent time at a buddhist monastery. her work with refugees in india brought her to nepal and a riverbed where she met a little girl in a tattered orange dress who said a simple greeting of hello. maggie decided to support that little girl so she could go to school and have a better life. maggie stayed in nepal and knew she had to do more. she called her parents and asked for the $5,000 she saved from baby sitting to start the kopila children s home.
riverbed and there s not going to be a single kid breaking stones. today there s not a single kid because they re all in our school. most women my age definitely have a different reality, but i have everything i need and all the love in the world. we love each other like a sister or brother because we are one family [ applause ] please join me in honoring cnn hero, maggie doyne. i am so incredibly honored to