Zubair Qureshi
The Ramazan Open Kitchen of Muslim Hands Pakistan is providing hygienic cooked food for over 200 poor and deserving families daily in the suburbs of the federal capital Islamabad.
An initiative of the Muslim Hands, the cooked food is being provided to the hungry and the poor with the thought in mind that people living in the rural areas feel it awkward to travel to the city and stand in queue outside shelter houses or charity centres. This may hurt their self-respect. Muslim Hands country director Syed Ziaul Noor said besides, there are many families that even don’t make it known to others that they are in dire need of food or assistance. He said that during ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Muslim Hands also provided safety equipment, soaps, sanitizers, N95 masks and other items to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as well as distributed rations among 10,000 families during the persistent lockdown that has deprived many hundreds thousands of their jobs.
Now we are distributing cooked meals on daily basis at the door steps over 200 poor and needy families through Muslim Hand Ramazan Open Kitchen, adding that they had also started Ramazan Open Kitchen in other cities of country during Ramadan to support needy persons for good cause.
“Once food is cooked our volunteers pack it and reach out to people affected by the lockdown during Ramadan and provided them food”, Ziaul Noor said. He said that several other welfare organizations, individuals and businessmen were also pitching in to help the citizens and the government through various initiatives with the hope that humanity would survive these dreadful times of coronavirus.
“Muslim Hands will continue to provide food support to such families and to help them have a reliable supply of meals in the absence of employment opportunities”, Zia further said.
“The needy families are facing worst times. They are worried about their own sustenance for the next 20 days or so in Ramadan. But we are doing our best to support them for humanity”, he concluded.
