Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association organized a charity iftar for more than 320 orphan boys and girls from the various Lebanese regions, under the patronage of the generous benefactor Hajj Akram Hammoud at the Imam Al-Khoei Mabarra, and in the presence of social and intellectual figures among the friends of Al-Mabarrat.
Children from several care institutions took part in the iftar, namely: the Social Care Institutions in Lebanon - Islamic Orphanage, the Nazek Hariri complex, the Guidance and Reform Association, SOS Bhersaf, the Imam Ali Mabarra - Maaroub, the Lady Maryam Mabarra - Jwaya, the Imam Al-Khoei Mabarra, the Prophet Ibrahim Mabarra - Al-Khiyam, the Imam Al-Rida Mabarra - Nabatieh, Al-Hadi Institution for Hearing and Visual Impairment and Language and Communication Disorders, and troops of the Al-Mabarrat Scouts.
To the strains of the scout musical band the guests entered the edifice of the Imam Al-Khoei Mabarra in the complex, and the ceremony began with verses from the Holy Book. After that the choir of Al-Mujtaba High School and the students of Al-Hadi Institution for Hearing and Visual Impairment presented a Ramadan artistic item, then a recreational item for the children that included conjuring tricks.
After that the religious supervisor at Al-Mabarrat Sayyed Jaafar Fadlallah delivered a speech in which he stressed “the importance of the month of Ramadan as a spiritual station for a person, through which they can put in order their accounts for the days past and the days to come”, affirming “the importance of spiritual enrichment in this noble month”.
He valued “the initiatives of the people of goodness towards Al-Mabarrat in these difficult circumstances”, affirming “Al-Mabarrat's continuation in giving in the various fields of humanitarian service despite the challenges”.
In closing, the Director General of Al-Mabarrat Association Dr. Mohammad Baqer Fadlallah, Hajj Akram Hammoud, the director of the Doha educational and care complex Sheikh Fouad Khreis and Sayyed Jaafar Fadlallah distributed the gifts to the orphans.
