Draft:Depilex Smileagain Foundation

Depilex Smileagain Foundation is a Pakistani nonprofit organization, started by Musarrat Misbah to provide medical treatment and financial aid to the female acid attack victims.

History

Musarrat Misbah established the nonprofit organization.

According to The Guardian in 2020, Misbah's Depilex salons were training and hiring acid burned victims and survivors.

Awards and recognitions

In 2010, Misbah received the Pride of Performance award for her contributions in the field of medical treatment and financial aid reportedly provided to the burn and acid attack victims for females in particular through her foundation.

Misbah received an award by the Italian government on Women's Day for her courage and commitment, making her the first Pakistani woman to receive an award by the Italian government.

Controversies

According to a report in 2017; since 2003, the foundation provided medical treatment for about seven hundred and sixty victims; however most of the victims died due to lack of facilities, though her organization was funded by the government and non government agencies.

In 2010, the Islamabad High Court seized Misbah's bank account for her alleged involvement in misusing funds she received from national and international agencies for her foundation which claimed to have provided medical and financial aid to burn victims. The foundation allegedly collected funds from foreign charitable organizations after it alleged to have helped acid victims. The organization established by her was also donated two acre land for the establishment of hospital and training camps for the burn victims; however the project of PKR380,000,000 was not completed.