INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Pakistani woman helping other womenFarzana Shoaib came to Karachi some 18 years ago .She came to the city to
in too, did Farzana realise the gravity of the situation; she felt deep in her heart that this is what she should be doing
And so, using all of her savings, Bint-e-Fatima Old Home Trust(named after Fatima) was established.At first, Farzana had no intention of
caretakers, have been living on their own, and are spending their remaining days in poverty, misery and sickness.The job at this magnitude,
abandonment, more than anything, is what Farzana finds very disheartening
There are a few women whose families brought and left them here, who are more than able to care for them, but do not.However, Farzana takes
about it, to not neglect their duties, just as she is not neglecting what she now considers hers
As more and more people come to know about what BFOHT is doing, she hopes that this awareness does not go to waste
Farzana gives the example of the Robin Hood Army, a service she finds commendable for distributing surplus food from restaurants to less
