Kindness abounds this Eid season
In the spirit of Eid, philanthropists spread joy by distributing gifts to low-income families and individuals in various areas, ensuring they're included in the festive celebrations.
The recipients were overwhelmed with gratitude, offering special prayers for their benefactors. The Choti Khushi Group discreetly distributed Eid gifts among needy families in FC Area, Liaquatabad, and surrounding neighbourhoods on Sunday.
The group's organiser Asif Khan said that Eid is a festival of joy, but some families are unable to celebrate it due to financial difficulties. They cannot afford to buy clothes and footwear for their families. Therefore, their group, with limited resources, distributed Eid gifts to these families so they too could celebrate Eid.
Deputy organiser Muhammad Kashif said that the Eid gifts were distributed among women, children, and people of various age groups. The group provided ready-made shalwar kameez and footwear for children, girls, women and men. The Eid gift packs included small, medium, and large-sized clothes and footwear.
He added that each Eid gift was worth up to Rs2,000. The group distributed gifts on a limited scale, while other welfare organisations and philanthropists also contributed. He suggested that if such initiatives were carried out at the neighbourhood level, every low-income household could partake in Eid celebrations.
Fakhar, a balloon seller and father of one, said his income is limited. He could not afford to buy clothes and footwear for himself and his family for Eid but thanks to the philanthropists' help for adding joy to their Eid.
A woman, Roshan Begum, mentioned that philanthropists provided Eid gifts for her two daughters and son, calling it a noble act. A young girl, Fatima Saleem, stated that her father had passed away, and her mother works as a domestic worker.
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