According to statistics, more than 1,000,000 people in Pakistan suffer from Thalassemia and approximately 5000-6000 children are born with Thalassemia Major every year. Thanks to the tireless efforts of NGOs like Fatmid and Sundas, who have been providing services to the country’s thalassemia community for decades, it is not challenging for patients and their families to find blood bottles for transfusion. Consequently, the main challenge that patients face is the arrangement of ample funds to cover the expense of medicines and diagnostic testing. The average medical expense of a single patient suffering from thalassemia major amounts to PKR 10,000 to 15,000 per month. For most families, this is quite a hefty amount of money that has to forked out on a regular basis, year after year, due to the nature of the disease. Many lose hope and funds during this long battle and stop treatment. Alhamdulillah, we are extremely proud to share with you all that Taryaq has been sponsoring the monthly medication of 20 deserving children since 2014. And God willing, we plan to increase these numbers in the future.