Afshan Subohi – dawn.com: AFSHAN SUBOHI Pakistanis privately spend about as much as the government to pull less fortunate fellow citizens out of the depths of poverty and derivation. While charity is given all year round, the donations dispersed in Ramazan are estimated to be more than what the nation doles out during the rest of the 11 months put together.
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There is no way of knowing exactly how much people donate collectively in a year as it is usually done quietly by families. For the purpose of analysis, the above-mentioned number was projected on the basis of extrapolation of estimates projected in a study conducted 13 years back. The study, National survey of individual giving, was carried out by the Aga Khan Foundation with the support of an assortment of international development institutions. The report published in 2000 quantified the quantum of giving and tossed a figure of Rs70 billion. It included all: monetary donations, volunteer time and gifts in kind.
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The Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy, an Islamabad-based NGO, claims the total amount of private donations in 2010 to be Rs140 billion. The centre certifies credible NGOs to facilitate donors. Its focus, it says in its literature, is to streamline social development by sensitising the society about issues affecting growth in the social sector.
via Philanthropy unlimited – DAWN.COM.
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