KARACHI: Turkey’s Turkiye Diyanet Foundation (TDV) distributed food aid packages to 350 families, including widows and orphans who had come from Myanmar and Bangladesh, in Karachi as part of the foundation’s Ramadan-related activities.
TDV Pakistan Project Manager Ahmet Kandemir stated that the foundation aimed to reach the oppressed and needy across the world by organizing Ramadan activities in 278 regions across 64 countries this year.
Speaking about the event organized in Pakistan, Kandemir said that the TDV would deliver food aid to 1,500 families in Karachi, Islamabad and Multan throughout the week. The packages included basic household items like flour, oil, lentils, rice and dates, Kandemir said.
The aid group, connected to Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) will also organize an iftar, the fast-breaking meal, for at least 500 people.
Kandemir also said he hoped that the bond between Turkish and Pakistani nations would strengthen even further.
“We cannot forget the support that the Pakistani people gave us during the [Turkish] War of Independence. Pakistani women sent their bracelets to Turkey for financial support. We owe our gratitude to these people. We had to be in Pakistan this Ramadan, just as we have been for the past years,” Kandemir added.
