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KUWAIT, Aug 18 (KUNA) -- Bearing in mind that one of the lessons of the holy month of Ramadan is to feel for the whole of mankind and particularly for the less fortunate
, the State of Kuwait is host to scores of Iftar feasts for simple workers and those wishing to break their fast with their brethren before performing prayer. What is commonly known as "Mawaed Al-Rahman", which is reference to alms or charity which funds such feasts, is by now a tradition. The organization of such gatherings gets better year after year, and companies as well as individuals provide the funding and logistics. "One individual donated a sum of KD 70,000 for this year's Iftar Feasts project," an organizer of such activity in Abu Al-Hasaniya area, Yusef Abdelrahman, told KUNA. The organizer said this year's feast project is the tenth, is run by volunteers, and the meals are provided for 12 mosques in Al-Mhaboula, Al-Qurain, Abu Al-Hasaniya, Rumaithiyah, Hawally, Mansouriyah, and Jaber Al-Ali areas. He added 150 volunteers, five chefs, and a number of drivers all manage the operation from the main kitchen all the way to the respective mosques. As for Fitr Zakat, he said it would be received from residents of the area in Haya Al-Ibrahim Mosque. Head of the volunteers' team in the area Khalid Shmais meanwhile told KUNA the Abu Al-Hasaniya Iftar Feasts Project is the biggest in Kuwait. The meal, he said, consists of a main dish of rice with meat, chicken, or fish, along with other dishes, dates, and buttermilk and the like. The team is this year managing meals for a daily 4,000 people at the mosques covered by the project. This is in addition to aid provided, in due privacy, to poor families which are too proud to openly seek out aid. Supervisor for Hawally and Salmiya Iftar Feasts Khalid Ali said preparations for this month starts with stocking the main kitchen ahead of time, and the actual preparation of meals then starts with the start of the month and continues till Eid. This project is now in its fifth year, he said, and the number of people sharing Iftar at the Hawally Iftar Tent and Salmiya Iftar Tent reached as many as 800 each, and the meals are distributed by volunteers wishing to serve The Almighty in this fashion throughout the holy month. - Kuna
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