More than 23 million people face acute hunger, including 9 million who are nearly famished, in Afghanistan due to 2 decade-long US occupation.
The people of Afghanistan, who had to sell their clothes and shoes in order to be able to buy food for their children, are waiting for help from all Islamic countries, especially Turkey, and from all states and international organizations with a conscience.
Hope Caravan Foundation, an international help organization based in Istanbul, Turkey, engages in a great deal of charity works such as the construction of mosques and freshwater wells and the delivery of food, clothes, and shoes to the poor across the world.
A delegation from the foundation went to Afghanistan to launch an aid campaign in the nation’s capital, in cooperation with the Hope Fountain (Cheshmi Omid) Foundation headed by Sayed Nemat Ullah Sadat, who came to Turkey and raised funds for several charities during a program aired on Rehber TV in December.
Hope Caravan Foundation, which aims to carry out various charitable works such as distributing food, clothes, firewood, and the copies of Holy Qur’an as well as opening freshwater wells in the country, provided food assistance to hundreds of families during a food distribution ceremony in Bagrami district, a town located in the central part of Kabul Province.
Speaking at the ceremony, Cemal Çınar, the deputy chairman of the foundation, said:” As Hope Caravan Foundation, we are in Afghanistan now. We will distribute food parcels to families in need. May Allah be pleased with all philanthropists who supported us in our charitable activities. We have mobilized all our means to help our Afghan brothers who are a part of the Ummah. We will continue carrying out humanitarian action in Afghanistan. May Allah be pleased with all of you.”
The ceremony ended with a prayer recited by Sayed Nemat Ullah Sadat, the head of the Hope Fountain (Cheshmi Omid) Foundation. (ILKHA)