A second truck load of toys donated by GDN readers have been collected by the charitable society planning to distribute them to orphans and sick children during Eid.
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It aims to collect toys, game consoles and video games to distribute to 20,000 deserving youngsters as Eid Al Fitr gifts.
“According to our updated records, until Wednesday night we have around 12,000 toys in our possession,” said Maqabah Charity Society president Ali Alzaki.
“We still have to add whatever we have collected afterwards and from an estimate count, we may have reached 12,500, which is 7,500 short of the 20,000 target,” he said.
“Volunteers are now very busy collecting donations from across the country and there will be a time that they will have to sit down and start sorting things out because Eid is only around a couple of weeks away.
“The sorted toys will be distributed prior to Eid. We are on the right track.”
He added that Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) has not yet replied to its visitation request, but he hoped that it would soon be authorised. “We have visited sick children yearly in Eid before the pandemic and, hopefully, the necessary permission will be granted again so we can bring happiness to the child patients at their bedside,” said Mr Alzaki.
Help bring more smiles and receive a cheerful welcome from security officers Anthony and Ibrahim at the GDN’s East Riffa base or drop of your donated gifts to their colleagues at the GDN’s commercial HQ on Exhibitions Avenue in Hoora.
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