SUKKUR: Fatima Foundation on Thursday has distributed ‘Ramzan ration packs’ among poor widows and needy families of different localities of Sukkur.
Food package worth Rs 1200, comprising 10 kg flour, 2 kg rice, one kg sugar, one-litre oil, one kg dates, noodle packets, Rooh Afza syrup besides pulses were supplied to over 250 underprivileged families during a ceremony here at a local hotel.
“We have identified around 300 families in various areas of the district to supply the ration,” said Sukkur’s Fatima Foundation Chief Executive Officer Nosheen Khan.
She said that her organisation distributes rations among the poor every year at the outset of Ramzan. She said that foundation would continue facilitating people in distress, especially the families. “The participation of women in an uplift of a home is only possible if they are empowered and given the due respect,” she maintained.
Inter Global Human Development Society (IGHDS) Chief Jamil Khan, who was the chief guest at the ceremony, hailed the efforts of the organisation for providing relief to the poor families during the holy month of Ramzan.
He said that donors should come forward to join hands with organisations for helping the needy people.
Representatives of the various NGOs, civil society, journalists and other notable ladies also attended the ceremony.