Alma Hospital Trust

The Alma Bi Hospital operates in District Hafizabad, Pakistan. It's an amazing place that treats thousands of poor people each year for free. It owes its existence to Mohammed Younis (MBE), Watford postman and a remarkable individual who spent ten years campaigning to raise the £1million it cost to build. It's now a unique haven of western medicine amidst rural poverty, serving a population of around 150,000 people.

The hospital is funded entirely by charitable donations, mostly through The Alma Hospital Trust in the UK. It's eschewed government or corporate support in order to ensure its integrity and high standards of operation. But these ethics clearly come at a cost and there's a constant struggle to raise enough money to keep the hospital going.