Daily Times

SOS Village has provided a chance for underprivileged children to shop free of cost as an Eid gift to them on Wednesday.

SOS Village brought around 200 underprivileged children from Faisalabad to a shop where they were allowed to shop as per their choice free of cost.

Talking exclusively to Daily Times, Shahid from SOS Village explained the reason behind this act of SOS, saying, “We could see how thrilled they were to be able to choose from a galore of lovely clothes and gratify one of the most basic needs known to man.”

He added that perhaps this initiative could bring some contentment to the lives of these deprived young children for some time.

“This couldn’t have been possible without the cooperation of humanitarian welfare organisation with clothing brand Breakout that chose to draw attention towards the children that are mostly neglected by our society,” Shahid said.

He went on saying that due to excessive financial pressures, upbringing of underprivileged children has become very challenging in Pakistan.

In our society, one of the biggest challenges facing underprivileged children is access to quality education and low standard of living and falling prey to wayward attitudes, he said, adding that SOS Village not only provides these living souls safe and loving homes but they also call for attention to children in need worldwide.

Speaking about the clothing brand’s efforts Shahid noted, “Our children are so happy today. I would like to thank Imran Ghani of Breakout and his team for this gesture. We need more people to take such steps which bring a smile on these children’s faces.”

Ten-year-old Ahmed said that he was happy to buy clothes of his own choice. Ahmed added that he did not know the prices of these clothes but believed that these clothes seemed expensive for him. He said that children like him wanted to study just like other children and SOS Village is providing him with a chance to do just that. When asked about his future plans, he said that he wanted to become a doctor in future.

Published in Daily Times, September 6^th 2018.