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Tuesday 29 Sep 2015 - 17:49 Makkah mean time-16-12-1436
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Makkah, (IINA) - A group of 2,500 Keralites has set an example of voluntary work when they helped paramedics in providing healthcare services to the pilgrims injured in the Mina’s stampede as well as other work such as guiding lost pilgrims and offering free food, Saudi Gazette reported citing Al-Hayat Daily.
The volunteers were divided into two groups: the first one had 2,000 members and all of them were expatriates living in the Kingdom. The 500-member second group offered various services to pilgrims in different languages.
The coordinator of the group Abdul Aleem Kano said that both groups consisted of Keralites coming from all over Saudi Arabian regions.
Qassim Mohammad, one of the members, taught methods of offering services to pilgrims and ways of guiding lost pilgrims, Qassim said: “We all believe that volunteering to provide services during Haj is a supreme form of humanitarianism. Some of the members are academics who can speak different Indian languages in addition to English, French, and Arabic”.
According to Qassim, the group was formed five years ago on an initiative made by some Indian workers in Makkah. It started with seven people and the number kept growing year after year. All members of the group work 24 hours in shifts and some members refused to rest because they wanted to seize the moment and help as many pilgrims as possible.
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