Like most things in life, implementing the decision to open an orphanage did not happen overnight. In the aftermath of October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, many people wanted to contribute in some way to create a future of opportunities for those who had very little left.

 

 A compassionate and determined group of people combined their resources to improve the lives of orphaned children and brought them to Islamabad. Starting from a small rented house in G-11 we moved to a bigger house in Bani Gala as we started taking more children from other parts of the country.

 

With support from a larger group of donors, in 2019, we finally managed to build a larger facility in Islamabad's sector C-16. The new facility has the capacity to host up to 250 children and that’s what we’re aiming to achieve in coming months. We also intend to build our own school within the facility for our children as well as the children from surrounding areas. 

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We currently have children from all provinces  as well as Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.

 

Since moving to Safina these children have undergone an amazing transformation. Prior to coming to the orphanage all of them had grown up malnourished in poverty stricken areas, often from single parent families, surviving on a meager hand to mouth existence.

 

Today, however, at Safina these children are embracing a life they have never known - a healthy diet, an education, being nurtured and cared for and having the freedom to simply be children.