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Childlife foundation Chicago hosted fundraising event in Villa Park
Childlife foundation aim to safe every single child in emergency room
ChildLife Foundation Chicago, a non-profit organization dedicated to the health and safety of children, organized a grand fundraising event in the Villa Park neighborhood of Chicago, in which more than a hundred people participated.
The event began with the recitation of the Holy Quran, after which Dr. Samina Yousaf, acting as moderator, highlighted the aims and objectives of the event. She said that the main objective of this fundraising event is to provide better and safer medical facilities for children in Pakistan.
Highlighting the annual performance and mission of ChildLife Foundation, Arif Hussain, a senior representative of the organization, showed the participants highlights of the foundation’s work. On this occasion, the CEO of the organization, Dr. Ahsan Rabbani, while shedding light in detail on the role, services and vision of ChildLife in Pakistan, said that ChildLife Chicago’s agenda is to help Pakistani children, and our goal is to make Pakistan safer for children.
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Dr. Ahsan Rabbani said that ChildLife Foundation is running 13 modern emergency rooms and more than 300 telemedicine satellite centers in Pakistan under a public-private partnership in collaboration with the government. This organization provides free, round-the-clock, quality emergency medical care to more than 2 million children annually. He further explained that rural hospitals are connected to expert pediatricians through control rooms established in major cities like Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad, which provides immediate guidance to medical staff in remote areas. At the end of the event, entertainment was also added for the participants, in which renowned Pakistani stand-up comedian Ahmed Butt entertained the audience with his signature comedy style. Pakistani-American doctors, businessmen, and community leaders participating in the event appreciated the efforts of ChildLife Foundation and generously donated to this noble cause.
