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It started with oxygen.

In 2014 the founder took his mother, in a medical emergency, to a local hospital. She needed oxygen. The hospital had none. Everything since has grown from one decision: people here should not go without the basics.

The school building seen through leaves and maize at dusk.
The school at duskJowar, Buner
The road in BunerKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Timeline

From one emergency to a registered foundation

  1. 2014

    Oxygen, free

    After his mother’s emergency, the founder opened an oxygen centre where patients were helped without charge.

    The beginning
  2. Then

    A free ambulance

    A free ambulance followed, open to anyone in need in the area. Fuel, maintenance and driver were all paid for.

    Ambulance service
    The foundation ambulance parked outside a hospital building.
  3. 2023

    A school, built by hand

    Classroom furniture was made on site, and new chairs arrived for the classrooms in August and September 2023.

    August–September 2023
    Two carpenters building a wooden cabinet on a classroom floor.
  4. 2023

    Classes in uniform

    Pupils in uniform with their school ID cards, outside the school.

    September 2023
    A row of pupils in grey school uniforms.
  5. Since

    Tuition, food, medicine

    A free tuition academy, open every day; monthly food packages for families; and help with long-term treatment costs for patients across Pakistan, by referral.

    Growing support
  6. Floods

    Flood relief

    When floods struck the area, the founder led a relief effort himself. By his account he contributed about Rs 1 crore (PKR 10 million) to flood-relief support for affected communities.

    Founder’s account
  7. 2026

    Registered, and a computer lab for women

    In 2026 the foundation was incorporated with SECP as a company limited by guarantee (CUIN 0321446), and a women-only computer lab opened to teach practical digital skills.

    2026
  8. Next

    Future initiatives

    Classes up to Class 10, which needs more funding, and a second ambulance.

    Planned
Founder Muhammad Sadiq Hijazi, seated outdoors in a beige shalwar kameez and grey waistcoat.

The founder

Muhammad Sadiq Hijazi

Founder & CEO

By his account, he left a settled life to do this work and has paid for most of it himself, including about Rs 1 crore (PKR 10 million) towards flood relief. The foundation is now bigger than one person, and so are its costs: fuel and repairs for the ambulance, food every month, salaries every term.

The foundation today

Registered in Islamabad, rooted in Buner

A registered foundation

Incorporated on 5 January 2026 as a company limited by guarantee, SECP number 0321446. Its charitable work began in 2014.

Registered

Where the work happens

The school, tuition academy, computer lab, ambulance and food support are based in Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Help with treatment costs reaches patients across Pakistan, by referral.

Registered office

Office No. 10, 1st Floor, Shaukat Plaza, F-6 Markaz, Islamabad. Open in Google Maps

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In the foundation’s own words

Three lines already painted on its work

“Our aim: practical service to people.”Around the foundation’s badge
“Without discrimination: immediate, welfare service.”On the side of the ambulance
“From hope to certainty.”The ambulance service poster

Be part of what’s next.

The work has reached the point where one family can’t carry it alone.

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