INTRODUCTION

Karwan-e-Hayat is a voluntary welfare non-government organization, registered under the 1984 Companies Ordinance and active in caring for mentally ill indigent patients since its establishment in 1983.

Late Begum Liaquat Ali Khan, wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, was amongst founder members of Karwan-e-Hayat.

Male OPD at Karwan-e-Hayat Corporate Office on Khayaban-e-Jami

Other eminent personalities were: (Late) Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro, Ms. Anita Ghulam Ali, Begum Abdul Kadir, Prof. Zaki Hasan, Dr. Abdullah Hussaini, Dr. M. Zafar Quraishi and Mr. Ismail Bawany. Dr. M. Zafar Quraishi continues to be on Karwan-e-Hayat Board.

Karwan-e-Hayat runs an outpatient facility at Khayaban-e-Jami and a Psychiatric Care and Rehabilitation Centre at Keamari, in Karachi.

It is the only non-profit, non-government organization in mental health field in Karachi.

THE MISSION

Karwan-e-Hayat mission is to:

• Work for relief, prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of psychologically distressed and underprivileged persons.

• Raise public awareness and foster behavioral change in the community (by holding camps, seminars and other means) that mental illness can be managed with scientific treatment.

• Organize, train and maintain a team of dedicated psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers to provide the service of mental health care.