| Bilqees Sarwar Foundation | |
| Founder: | Farhan Sarwar |
| Headquarters: | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Area Served: | Globally |
| Focus: | Healthcare, Education, Ambulance, Humanitarian Aid |
| Method: | Donations and Grants |
The Bilqees Sarwar Foundation (BSF) is a registered non-profit organization based in Lahore, Pakistan, which provides public health and education support to the local community as well as around the world. It was established by the Sarwar family, and cooperates with NRS International, a Dubai-based disaster relief supplier with a manufacturing facility in Pakistan.
The Bilqees Sarwar Hospital (BSH) provides the employees of the HSNDS factory, their family, and patients in Pakistan with free and subsidized healthcare; this includes 50 dialysis machines to use without a cost and free eye-care treatments ranging from laser vision correction to minor surgeries. Since its inception, the hospital has served a community of 500,000 citizens and treats up to 3,000 eye patients per month. The hospital offers a range of other services, including:
In June, 2016 BSF established Razia Begum Dialysis Centre (RBDC) near Kahna, to treat patients with kidney disease free of charge.[1] The centre provides free dialysis to up to 4,500 patients on a monthly basis, and has provided 5,792 dialysis treatment to date.
BSF has supported Alseeraj for Development and Healthcare in order for it to continue its mobile medical clinic in Syrian refugee camps in eastern Lebanon.
BSF has donated to several departments of Mayo Hospital in Punjab, Pakistan:[2]
BSF has granted 77 scholarships worth US$33,398 to students at the Customs Public School in Lahore.[3] The scholarship programme supports young students from the age of 3 to 13. BSF has also donated US$11,450 in the form of 40 scholarships to Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust for impoverished students. BSF also partnered with The City School in Lahore to sponsor the 7th Annual City School Model United Nations Conference.[4]
The Bilqees Sarwar Foundation's parent company, NRS International, joined the Global Business Coalition for Education to extend their support towards the education of Syrian refugee children. NRS International, through BSF, has donated multi-purpose tents to serve as temporary learning spaces and homes for children to learn and live in.[5]
In April 2015, when a devastating earthquake hit Nepal, NRS International, through BSF, provided over 400 core relief items and solar products to Nepalese earthquake victims.[6]