{"id":166,"date":"2025-07-08T11:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/440\/?p=166"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:44:55","slug":"5-days-of-hope-my-ihope-experience-at-indus-hospital-by-faryal-anser-sheikh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/440\/5-days-of-hope-my-ihope-experience-at-indus-hospital-by-faryal-anser-sheikh\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Days of Hope \u2013 My iHope Experience at Indus Hospital By: Faryal Anser Sheikh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When I joined the iHope Youth Volunteer Program, a part of Indus Yaqeen at Indus Hospital and Health Network (IHHN), I thought I was signing up to observe. I thought I\u2019d just be shadowing doctors and learning about healthcare systems. But what I experienced was something far deeper \u2014 something that transformed the way I look at life.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfe5 Where Healing Meets Humanity<\/p>\n

From day one, it was clear that this was not just a hospital \u2014 it was a place that gave people newfound hope and second chances at life. Seventy students, including myself, were divided into four groups: Rescuers, Helpers, Healers, and Protectors. I was placed in the Rescuers group, and over five days, that name began to carry real meaning.<\/p>\n

We toured areas like the prosthetics workshop and blood bank, where we saw how every detail matters \u2014 how artificial limbs give people back their independence, and how each drop of donated blood is processed to save lives.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udec2 The True Spirit of Survival
\nBefore meeting patients, we had a session with the psychosocial team \u2014 one that taught us how to speak gently, listen fully, and connect with patients not as visitors, but as humans. The conversations with patients stayed with me. They showed me what strength really looks like \u2014 not just in survival, but in how people hold on to hope in the hardest circumstances.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\ude7a Learning to Save Lives
\nWe also received hands-on training in CPR, the Heimlich maneuver, first aid for dog bites, wounds, and heatstroke, and even fire safety. These weren\u2019t just activities \u2014 they were real skills, and learning them made me feel capable of helping in ways I hadn\u2019t imagined before. It felt like we weren\u2019t just students, but were someone\u2019s hope and could literally save a life one day.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd0d A New Lens on Life<\/p>\n

The final day brought everything full circle. I was honored to be selected as one of four students to speak in a panel discussion during the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n

This program didn\u2019t just teach me how a hospital runs. It taught me how a life should be lived. Now, I look at zakat and sadaqah differently \u2014 not as boxes to tick, but as lifelines. I\u2019ve seen exactly where those donations go, what they become, and who they help. I connected with people. I listened to their stories. And now, when I give, I give with meaning.<\/p>\n

Most of all, this program reminded me that even as students, we are not too young to make a difference. We are not too small to bring hope.<\/p>\n

I entered Indus as a student.
\nI left wanting to be a source of change.<\/p>\n

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