Young members of a minority Muslim group, Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) launched a nationwide initiative this Christmas as they decided to spread some festive joy to those who are isolated, as well as the elderly. Young Ahmadi Muslim visited hospices and care homes on Christmas Day.
AMYA members also visited homeless shelters where they prepared warm meals and gift bags. 50 AMYA members in Yorkshire also offered free taxi service to over 100 elderly people from the local community and took them to YMCA centres.
In 2016, AMYA is said to have fed over 1,600 people, and donated 336kg of food, 100kg of clothing and visited 1,500 isolated adults.
The organisation expressed in a statement, “This campaign is particularly important to us as we feel that it offers our youth vital training and personal development, which helps to shape them into productive, conscientious and well integrated members of British society. Moreover, it enables us to demonstrate the motto of our community: Love for all, hatred for none.”
