RESOURCES
Problems faced by the developed and the developing countries in the area of welfare services demand radically different approaches. Whereas the developed countries are putting the responsibilities primary on the government, the devolving countries are struggling to mobilize their own resources or look for foreign assistance for this purpose. At best it is to be hoped that there could be coordinated efforts between the private and the public sector for provision of the needed welfare services through the most economical and effectible use of finance human and technical resources. Edhi foundation has been successful in developing a model of welfare services in a large number of areas where the foundation supplements and supports the government system by mobilizing community resources without burdening the public exchequer.
In actual practice, the organizational setup of the foundation has been constantly in the process of shaping it self to suit the requirements of its ever expanding network of services. Being outside the formal bureaucratic setup. It has the plasmatic flexibility to mould itself in response to the exigencies of the situation. The ingredient of the current resources of the current resources of the Edhi Foundation.
VOLUNTEER BASE
Edhi foundation is run entirely with the help of volunteers. There are round six thousand volunteers, compromising zonal heads, workers at several Edhi Homes, Clerks at Edh Centers, workers at maternity homes and drivers for the ambulance for their services, the companion is not the form of salary.
DONATION
Voluntary donation from individuals ranging from Rs. 5 to many hundreds of thousand of rupees, support the foundation`s activities, the emphasis is on individuals social masses contribution are also made in form of food, clothing medicines and animal hides.
MANAGEMENT STYLE
Management of all funds is centralized and remains in the exclusive controls of edhi with his son Faisal Edhi and Daughter Kubra Edhi who are personally involved in all forms of operations of the foundation they are associated with the raising of funds from home and abroad. Edhi himself drives an ambulance, makes fund of the city and goes for surprise checks of various centers.