LONDON, April 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Young Muslims from around the country travelled to
London's Hyde Park to raise hundreds of thousands of
pounds for several UK and international charities. Hundreds of
volunteers, as young as 6 years old, took part in
the 31st "Mercy for Mankind" charity challenge organised
by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA).
In previous years, the charity raised a total of 1.6 million
pounds for dozens of charities. This year they hope to raise the
amount by £400,000 to bring the total to 2
million. Due to the AMYA's continued commitment to
charitable causes, charities such as CLIC Sargent and Humanity
First came forward to support the event as official partners and
suppliers.
Leading up to the event, volunteers arranged a number of local
fund raising initiatives in schools, football stadiums and
supermarkets to raise money for great causes such as Save the
Children, NSPCC, Barnardo's, CLIC Sargent, UNICEF, The Silver Line,
The Royal British Legion, Macmillan Cancer Support, British Heart
Foundation, LLR, RNIB, and the Royal Hospital for
Neuro-Disability.
Volunteers were joined by former England Cricketer and Ashes
Winner Matthew Hoggard, Secretary of State for Energy &
Climate Change Ed Davey and Secretary of State for International
Development Justine Greening.
Matthew Hoggard commented:
"Mercy for Mankind - I think mankind says it all. It doesn't
matter where you come from, what your background is. We all have
the same beliefs, the same upbringings and to see so many
youngsters, raising money for great causes is great"
Speaking about AMYA's contribution to society, Ed Davey said:
"The AMYA is an amazing group within your community that brings
everyone together and does such amazing things"
"Your whole focus is on goodness and helping other people. I've
had the privilege of listening to his holiness talk about
charitable works and the importance which he places on charitable
works"
Justine Greening further
added:
"You really do have a massive impact on us all for the better I
believe"
"The role of AMYA is a shining example of the kind of work young
people are doing all over the country"
National President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK,
Mirza Waqas Ahmad said:
"All the participants, the charities and the prestigious venue
all made the Mercy for Mankind run a thoroughly enjoyable event and
we were blessed with excellent weather. We are already looking
forward to our next charity event and are keen to raise even more
for charity."
"Everything we do with humanitarian efforts are charitable works
which has been taught to us by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) who was a Mercy for Mankind.
Accordingly, we wanted to capture that and we thought that the
title 'Mercy4Mankind' was perfect for these charitable
efforts."
The AMYA is the UK's largest organised Muslim youth organisation
and the leading Muslim youth group challenging extremism
in the UK. For more information about the event, or to donate,
visit: http://www.mercy4mankind.org/
For media enquiries please contact the AMYA press
office:
Jamal Akbar
(+44(0)7961-444-005)/Farooq Aftab
(+44(0)7584-100659)
Email: press@khuddam.org.uk
Twitter: @MKA_UK
Website: http://www.muslimsforhumanity.org.uk/
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