GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC—A number of Islamic organizations right here Tuesday mentioned they’d raised greater than GUY$110 million (One Guyana greenback = 0.004 cents) in humanitarian assist for the folks of Palestine throughout the just-concluded holy month of Ramadan.
In an announcement, the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), the Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana (MYO), and The Guyana Islamic Belief (GIT) mentioned President Irfaan Ali launched the fund-raising initiative “on the twenty seventh evening of Ramadan, which Muslims imagine to be the “Evening of Energy” when the Superb Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad over 1400 years in the past.”
They mentioned Guyanese from varied strata of society “demonstrated their attribute generosity via their donations throughout and after the twenty seventh Evening of Ramadan and thru transfers “to a specific account.
“The overwhelming assist compelled an extension of the interval for donations,” the assertion mentioned, including that the funds raised had been handed over to President Ali in a easy ceremony on Tuesday.
“The sum raised shall be delivered to the United Nations Reduction and Works Company for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) to help these affected by the continuing warfare,” the teams mentioned, including, “We imagine that what continues to unfold in Gaza is nothing in need of genocide.
“Whereas it weighs closely on our hearts, it has been powerful for all members of the Muslim group. Whereas Guyana’s Muslim group is a small proportion of the nation’s general inhabitants and definitely not a group with nice means, the quantity raised is a sworn statement to their spirit of generosity and willingness to sacrifice wealth to assist the Palestinian folks.”
The teams mentioned that it was heart-warming to see the overwhelmingly constructive response of Guyanese residents from all walks of life to the pictures of demise and destruction in Gaza, the West Financial institution, and people dwelling within the outstanding metropolis of Jerusalem, residence of Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, Islam’s third holiest website.
“We commend President Ali for his astute management and public place he has taken on the continuing warfare in demanding a direct finish to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and the brutal occupation of Palestinian lands.”
In February, Guyana pledged to donate US$150,000 to the UNRWA in assist of Palestinians displaced and affected by the continuing battle in Gaza.
“Guyana’s contribution to UNRWA aligns with our appeals for a extra sturdy worldwide response to the continuing state of affairs within the Gaza Strip and the safety of civilians impacted by the continuing battle. To this finish, as an elected member of the United Nations Safety Council, Guyana helps a ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian assist into Gaza,” the Guyanese Ministry of International Affairs mentioned then.
“The Authorities of Guyana appears ahead to a brand new day for Palestinians and Israelis past the fixed shadows of warfare. Guyana is ready to work as a member of the UN Safety Council and with the whole UN membership to speed up the imaginative and prescient of two unbiased states dwelling aspect by aspect in peace and safety and of a peaceable Center East,” it added.
Preventing between Israel and Hamas within the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, when Hamas fighters invaded part of Israel, has claimed over 25,000 lives.
The United Nations says almost all of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents will face famine if Israel’s ongoing siege and blockade continues.
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