Today we witness genocide taking place in the world, with media leading the narrative in people’s minds. As human beings we forgot our responsibility towards others and with all the falsehood and injustice of leadership, we neglect displaying simple human qualities of compassion, empathy, social cohesion, alleviating others suffering and our ethical conduct when making decisions. As Mother Theresa said, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
Despite the falsehood being reported, the world witnesses the true meaning of having faith by those being oppressed. Did we ever ask ourselves what is our condition? What is the state of our faith and what are the lessons to take from these events? To explain, in islam humanity holds a great significance and is considered a fundamental aspect of faith. We acknowledge that God created human beings from a single soul, despite being split into different nations and tribes this emphasises that we are all united and equal. We have also been entrusted with the responsibility of taking care of each other.
As it is our responsibility as human beings to look after those suffering, we would like to take the opportunity to thank all the donors, the team and volunteers that made todays feeding possible. Today we managed to feed 2,500 people from the communities from Khayelitsha, Salt River, Milnerton, Parkwood, Lavender Hill, Retreat and Vrygrond taking the total mouths fed to date to 192,500.
During these turbulent times we want you to reflect on the words of Martin Luther King, “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all human”. As human beings let us start living by making a difference to those in need, alone we can make small differences but together we can achieve much more.
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