By Foday Moriba Conteh
As part of their continuous support in extending love to the people of Sierra Leone, especially Muslims, during the month of Ramadan, Orange SL Mobile Company, on Friday 30 April 2021, donated food items worth millions of Leones to Inn-Muziki Mosque and Masjid-Nabawia respectively. The said donation was done at the respective mosques at Hill Station in Freetown.
The assorted food items that were donated to both mosques included 15 bags of rice, 5 gallons of cooking oil,5 bags Onion, 5 bags milk, 5 bags sugar, 5 cartons of tin tomatoes and 3 cartons of Maggie. These mosques received the same set of food items.
Donating the food items on behalf of the company, the Cooperate Social Responsibility Manager, Kamal Abass, said that this is not the first time their company has done such donation, noting that it is part of the company’s Corporates Social Responsibility and a way of showing love to their Muslim brothers and sisters during the month of Ramadan.
He added that the donation is a way of sharing love and thanking Allah for the successes of the company. Kamal Abass furthered that fasting is one of the major pillars of Islam.
Receiving the items on behalf of Inn-Muziki Mosque, the Chief Imam Alhaji C.M Jalloh, applauded Orange for their continuous support, adding that the company has always remembered their mosque during the month of Ramadan with such huge donation.
He described the donation as timely, noting that they had an existing relationship with Orange SL and had been benefiting a lot since the arrival of the CEO, Madam Aminata Kane Ndiaye.
He disclosed further that this is not the first time they have received such donation from Orange, adding that during the early period of Covid-19, when people were not allowed to go to worship centers, Orange did the same. He expressed appreciation to the CEO for being part of the presentation, and further prayed for God’s continuous blessing in the life of all the staff and the company.
One of the Imam of Masjid-Nabawia, Abdul Latiff Bangura, also expressed thanks and appreciation to Orange SL for their timely intervention, adding that he is not surprise to receive such a donation. He said the company had shown love, not only to the mosque, but to Allah also, noting that the donation is exactly what the almighty God wants for his people.
According to him, the donation came at the right time when they were thinking on how to prepare for the “Lalatugadri”, and further thanked the company on behalf of the entire Jama for remembering their mosque among others.
