The work of the selfless ought to be appreciated and recognised. Four months back, Rubena Kashwar, set up a petition for Abdul Sattar Edhi to be awarded the next Nobel Peace prize.
Edhi, has been a great inspiration in Rubena's life. She shared, “I started doing charity work almost a year ago. My inspiration was Abdul Sattar Edhi. I never knew who Edhi Saab was until I watched a documentary on TV about him. I looked further into his life and was amazed by this mans selfless devotion to helping others. He spent most of his life helping others. This made me look at myself and my life. I was blessed with everything but had never really thought about helping the needy.”
Rubena set up her own voluntary organisation called, Humanity against Hunger, where she has helped the homeless, contributed to food banks, helped Syrian orphans, as well as visited Calais twice to distribute aid to the refugees.
The petition for Edhi to receive the Nobel Peace prize garnered 50,000 signatures in two weeks. Four weeks back, Nobel Peace Laureate, Malala Yousafzai's father, Ziuaddin Yousafzai, also set up a petition for Edhi, for the same cause. Malala and her father got in touch with Rubena and decided to unite for the same cause. They have so far managed to garner 126,000 signatures, and are looking for more people to sign the petition, as they have about a week left for the petition to be sent to the Nobel committee in Norway.
Rubena concluded, “It's my dream for this beautiful being with a heart of golf to receive the recognition he deserves and I won't give up until he does. He deserves worldwide recognition so generations to come will know his name and his devotion to helping the needy. Hopefully many, many more people will also be inspired to follow in the footsteps of this humanitarian.”
If you would like to sign this petition, please visit: https://www.change.org/search?q=rubena%20kashwar
