Ramadan: Lira Pakistani community donate to the vulnerable
LIRA – The Pakistani Association in the Lango sub-region have given food staff and sanitary materials to 250 members of the Muslim community, vulnerable people and inmates in Lira City as they observe the holy month of Ramadan.
According to the Association’s President, Sardar Muhammad Nawaz Ateeq, the vulnerable groups were identified from Ngetta, Kirombe, Kakooge and Anai including inmates from Lira and Erute government prisons.
He said, they have earmarked Shs50m to support Muslims, vulnerable people and inmates during this Ramadan.
“We shall continue supporting them until the end of Ramadan,” Ateeq said while handing over items worth Shs 9m to Muslim leaders and the head of the vulnerable group Umar Kasule on April 10, 2022.
The package includes beans, rice, posho, cooking oil, sugar, salt and toothpaste among others according to Ateeq. Lira main, Iddi Amin, Taqwa and Lira primary school mosques also benefitted.
Besides this, Ateeq said they are also offering daily food staff to Muslims to break the fast as they continue to fast and honor the holy month of Ramadan.
Handing over the food items on Saturday, Ateeq said, every year in the month of Ramadan they plan for needy people and share the little they invested.
He called upon other investors, the business community, and well-wishers to join hands to help the needy people in the City.
He added that they have also repaired 13 boreholes in Otuke, five in Oyam and 16 in Dokolo district. “All these are returns of what we earn from the community.”
Yusufu Balinda, Imam of Lira Primary School mosque commended the Pakistan Association for the support.
“When you are a Muslim and you do such a thing to help the needy, automatically you get insurance from Allah to protect your wealth,” he said.
The Mayor Lira City West division, Mike Ogwal Achonga called upon the Indian community also to join the charity to help the vulnerable.
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