Visiting the Saylani Welfare Trust in Karachi

Published June 6, 2013
A volunteer poses for a photograph as he carries a pan full of mutton curry before serving at the Saylani Welfare Trust food distribution stall in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
A volunteer poses for a photograph as he carries a pan full of mutton curry before serving at the Saylani Welfare Trust food distribution stall in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Workers prepare mutton curry in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Workers prepare mutton curry in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Workers prepare roti (flat bread) at the Saylani Welfare Trust's food distribution stalls in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Workers prepare roti (flat bread) at the Saylani Welfare Trust's food distribution stalls in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Workers place caps on pots filled with mutton curry, before their distribution, in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Workers place caps on pots filled with mutton curry, before their distribution, in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Volunteers serve food to people at a Saylani Welfare Trust food distribution centre in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Volunteers serve food to people at a Saylani Welfare Trust food distribution centre in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Men eat at the Saylani Welfare Trust food distribution centre in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
Men eat at the Saylani Welfare Trust food distribution centre in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
A worker hangs mutton in a cold storage unit in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013.
A worker hangs mutton in a cold storage unit in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013.

The Saylani Welfare Trust is a non-profit organisation that provides free food daily to needy and low income families twice a day.

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