Lebanese Union in Sierra Leone, a newly formed body of Lebanese residents in Sierra Leone, has on Tuesday, 21st March, 2023 donated 120 bags of rice and 120 (20-liter) gallons of oil to Muslims at the Central Mosque in Freetown.
The donation, according to the Chairman of the Union, Abass Khazem, was part of their way of supporting the Muslim community in Sierra Leone during the Holy month of Ramadan.
Mr. Abass Khazem noted that although the union is only a month old, its members saw the crucial need to help Muslims in their own little way.
‘ The world is undergoing serious economic challenges and now is the time more than ever for people to render whatever assistance to their compatriots because they need it”, the Union Chairman stated adding that they will continue to contribute in their own little way as a union in a bid to ameliorate the suffering of Sierra Leoneans.
He further called on other organizations, and goodwill people in society to also step in with other forms of support to help the society from the current economic challenges facing Sierra Leone and the world over.
Receiving the donation on behalf of the Muslim Jamaat, the Chief Imam of Central Mosque, Sheik Mohamed Alie Sesay, thanked the union and its leadership for such a wonderful gesture. He maintained that the donation came at the right time as Muslims are preparing for the Holy Month of Ramadan.
”Many of our brothers and sisters in Islam are complaining that they will not be able to observe this year’s Ramadan due to the hardship in the country and the world over”, he noted adding that with such gestures from the union and hopefully others, it will go a long way in addressing some of the challenges they’re facing.
He, therefore, called on other goodwill ambassadors to emulate the good gesture of the Lebanese Union in a bid to help the Muslim community in this month of sadaqah.
