Leaders and members of Alokito Gazipur, a humanitarian organisation, shared lunch with orphaned children at Madrasatul Madina in the Morkun area of Tongi, Gazipur, on Wednesday, October 14.
The event was organised around noon as part of an initiative to share happiness with the children and promote compassion, empathy and social responsibility.
Those present included the organisation’s adviser Masum Rana, President Mostakim Khan, Gazipur District Reporters Club General Secretary M. A. Farid, National Journalists Society Chairman Sumon Ahmed, Vice-President Nuruzzaman Sheikh, Joint General Secretaries Palash Sarkar and Ali Shikdar, and members Rezaul Kabir Rajib, Hanif Hossain and Sahid, along with other members of the organisation. Mufti Tanbir Al Mahmud, imam and khatib of the Madrasatul Madina mosque, also spoke about the importance of humanitarian initiatives of this kind.
The organisation’s leaders said they hoped to continue similar activities in the future to support disadvantaged and orphaned children and bring smiles to their faces.
Those involved in the initiative said greater participation by financially capable individuals and organisations could help expand efforts to improve the welfare of orphaned and underprivileged children.
