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'''Chhipa Welfare Association''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|انجمن رفاه چھیپا}}}}) is a [[Nonprofit organization]], [[Non-governmental organization]] (NGO) based in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]. This association is funded by the [[Chhipa]] community of Pakistan. |
'''Chhipa Welfare Association''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|انجمن رفاه چھیپا}}}}) is a [[Nonprofit organization]], [[Non-governmental organization]] (NGO) based in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]. This association is funded by the donations of the [[Chhipa]] community of Pakistan. |
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==Welfare Programs== |
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The association collects [[Sadaqah]], [[Zakāt]], [Religious male circumcision|Aqiqah]] and donations. The Chhipa Welfare Association provides free lunch and dinner to poor and low income families. It also provides free [[Ambulance|ambulance]] service. It also has nurser for [[Child abandonment|abandoned infants]]. |
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== Chhipa Community== |
== Chhipa Community== |
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The word [[Chhipa]] is derived from the [[Urdu language|Urdu]] word ''chhapa'', which means to [[Printing|print]]. The Chhipa community specializes in [[Dyeing|coloring and dyeing]] of clothes. |
The word [[Chhipa]] is derived from the [[Urdu language|Urdu]] word ''chhapa'', which means to [[Printing|print]]. The Chhipa community specializes in [[Dyeing|coloring and dyeing]] of clothes. The Chhipas in Pakistan are a [[Sunni]] [[Hanafi]] [[Muslim Rajput]] community that migrated from [[Gujarat]] after the [[Pakistan Movement|independence]] of Pakistan in 1947 and settled in Karachi. |
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== Babies given away in a TV show == |
== Babies given away in a TV show == |
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Revision as of 22:26, 2 August 2013
Chhipa Welfare Association (Urdu: انجمن رفاه چھیپا) is a Nonprofit organization, Non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. This association is funded by the donations of the Chhipa community of Pakistan.
Welfare Programs
The association collects Sadaqah, Zakāt, [Religious male circumcision|Aqiqah]] and donations. The Chhipa Welfare Association provides free lunch and dinner to poor and low income families. It also provides free ambulance service. It also has nurser for abandoned infants.
Chhipa Community
The word Chhipa is derived from the Urdu word chhapa, which means to print. The Chhipa community specializes in coloring and dyeing of clothes. The Chhipas in Pakistan are a Sunni Hanafi Muslim Rajput community that migrated from Gujarat after the independence of Pakistan in 1947 and settled in Karachi.
Babies given away in a TV show
Aamir Liaquat Hussain has given abandoned infants from Chhipa Welfare Association to parents who wanted to adopt babies in Amaan Ramazan show.[1]
External links
- Chhipa Welfare Association
- Abandoned babies given away on Pakistani TV programme
- Babies given away live on Pakistani talk show