Yousuf Goth, on the outskirts of Karachi bordering Baluchistan and twenty-five kilometers away from APWA Headquarters, is a slum with dirt tracks full of potholes instead of roads and garbage spread all over. There are no proper schools or clinics within five miles, hence over a decade ago APWA set up a community centre and clinic. Subsequently, APWA was fortunate to find a donor who constructed a double-stored sixteen-room building which is being used for a school, with a clinic setup on the first floor.

The newly established Dallas Chapter of APWA has come to our rescue, along with the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) who both generously provide the needed funding. This has gone a long way in alleviating the pain and miseries of the patients, who have to travel miles to come for treatment in a proper clinic.We have now employed a doctor who, being a Balochi herself, speaks the language and has affinity with the locals. She is also a Sonologist, which is an asset. With the doctor, Lady Health Visitor, a male motivator, a night watchman and an ayah, the staff-team is complete and has been working to serve the community since the 1st of August 2009. We urgently required a medical unit to enable us to serve the adjoining Goths, who also have no access to any medical services.