The Mohammed VI Foundation, a Moroccan non-governmental organisation for humanitarian service, on Sunday presented assorted food package to over 200 families in Accra to support them observe the annual month-long Ramadan fasting.
The donation of the food stuffs- bags of rice, cooking oil, tomato paste, milk, Lipton tea and sugar- forms part of the foundation's corporate social responsibility to the needy in society, especially during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The items were presented to the beneficiaries by the Islamic Council for Development and Humanitarian Services, a partner organisation in Ghana Besides, the Foundation is supplying cooked food package on daily basis for individual Muslims to break their fast (Iftar), after the dawn to dusk fasting.
Sheikh Mustapha Ibrahim, the Chairman of ICODEHS told The Ghanaian Times that the annual Ramadan food package embodies the spirit of sharing and caring for others, to strengthen community ties among the Muslims, and help to alleviate hardship facing some needy Muslims community. "Every year the foundation help families, so this year we are doing similar gestures to help the Muslim community observe the fasting without much challenges," he said.
