A Turkish founded organization,’Nile Humanitarian Development Organization’ donated thousands of cows to Ugandan Muslims which were slaughtered during this year’s Eid Adhuha festival.
The cows were distributed to different Mosques country wide to and slaughtered and the meat distributed to mostly needy Muslims.
At UMSC, over 100 cows donated by Nile Humanitarian Development Agency were slaughtered and distributed.
The Mufti of Uganda His Eminence Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje officially blessed the exercise by slaughtering one of the cows.
In his remarks shortly after blessing the slaughtering exercise, the Mufti thanked Nile Humanitarian Development Agency for showing solidarity with Uganda Muslim Supreme Council during Islamic festive days.
The Mufti further commended Nile Humanitarian Development Agency for promoting peace and development by organizing regular inter faith dialogues under the umbrella of Fethullah Gullen movement.
He urged Ugandan Muslims to endeavor to slaughter their own animals in addition to those donated by well-wishers.
Nile Humanitarian Development Agency also supports education delivery and business development in Uganda. It has established a number of schools in Uganda. The schools include Turkish Light Academy Boys Secondary School, Turkish Light Primary School and Turkish Light Nursery School all running a local education curriculum.
They have also established a multimillion education facility “Galaxy International School at Lubowa operating on International Curriculum and soon to commission other education and health centers in Jinja.
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