By Karifa Kello Thoronka
During the handing over of five thousand new Leones to the Executive Director of Residential Elderly Care Foundation on Saturday 25th March, 2023, towards the Ramadan Food Basket, the Chief Executive Officer of AL-HAMD Enterprise, Mohamad Shahroz Ansari, stated that it is not in any way compassionate for people to fail in rendering assistance to others that are in need and continued by encouraging others to start supporting charitable work in the country.
Whiles addressing members of the Charity Foundation, Mohamad Shahroz Ansari, expressed the view that it always feels good to help others as such could reciprocate to members when they are in need further maintaining that it is also psychologically encouraging to know that you have made a difference in someone else’s life.
He averred how Charitable giving can give one’s business a sense of purpose, beyond just making profits, adding that it can strengthen one’s connection with a community and build moral uprightness.
Mohamad Shahroz Ansari revealed how they have supported over 80 Hernia and appendix operations last year further disclosing the offering of scholarships and helping schools to pay teachers in remote communities through the LIMRA Charity Foundation.
Receiving the donation, on behalf of the Foundation, the Executive Director of Residential Elderly Care Foundation, Karifa Thoronka thanked the CEO of AL-HAMD Enterprise for their consistent supports towards the Foundation also maintaining that those supports have made a significant impact over the years by supporting hundreds of underprivileged elderly people in Sierra Leone.
The Communications Manager for the Residential Elderly Care Foundation ,Alhaji Ramadan Kallay, pointed out that their philanthropic work and efforts have greatly helped elderly persons in society live better and dignified lives.