Campaign launched to distribute meat to Makkah’s needy

A meat distribution campaign has been launched in Makkah to help needy people affected by the coronavirus curfew period, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal launched the campaign, which is managed by the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDBG). Saudi Arabia’s Project for Utilization of Hady and Adahi, which is in charge of supervising animal sacrifice during the Hajj and distributing meat to Muslims around the world, is participating.

Dr. Bandar Al-Hajjar, chairman of IDBG and Adahi, said that the project allocated more than 15,000 carcasses, equivalent to 150,000 kilograms of meat, for distribution to families affected by the precautionary measures against the coronavirus pandemic in Makkah, in cooperation with charitable societies, neighborhood associations and charitable endowments centers.

He said the distribution was made directly to families, while the meat was also added to food baskets and provided to charitable endowments that provided meals cooked daily for the neediest families, where some endowments provided more than 2,000 meals a day.