Factors of Mild Award given to Rizq basis for offering meals safety to native communities. PHOTO: TWITTER/@RoyalFamily
ISLAMABAD: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth honoured two Pakistani volunteers with a ‘Commonwealth Points of Light Award’ throughout a telephone name hosted by British Excessive Commissioner Christian Turner.
The award to Huzaifa Ahmad (Co-Founder and CEO Rizq) and Hassaan Irfan (Government Director, Rizq), recognise their work in offering meals safety to native communities, particularly throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
☎️ The Queen yesterday recognised Commonwealth Factors of Mild Award winners Syed Hassaan Irfan and Huzaifa Ahmed of @Rizq_Sharefood
The Queen heard how volunteers have distributed over 2.2m meals in Pakistan utilizing meals waste throughout a name with Hassaan and @CTurnerFCO pic.twitter.com/suwLs5guRV
— The Royal Household (@RoyalFamily) June 6, 2020
“The call with Her Majesty The Queen also marked National Volunteering Week in the UK, an annual celebration of the power and contribution of volunteering,” learn the official assertion.
Social enterprise Rizq, which began as a college undertaking in 2015 geared toward making certain a starvation free Pakistan by distributing extra meals to probably the most susceptible.
Through the coronavirus pandemic and within the holy month of Ramazan, Huzaifa and Hassaan mobilised a community of over 3,000 volunteers to distribute over 2.2 million meals to throughout 23 cities.
“Food is a fundamental need. For every human to reach his or her true potential it is important for this basic right to be accessible, affordable and available,” mentioned CEO Rizq, Huzaifa felicitating the queen for recognising their efforts.
“I would like to dedicate it to our amazing volunteers and Rizq heroes,” he added.
Hassaan mentioned: “We have more food than ever before yet more people than ever go hungry every day. We all have an individual responsibility to eliminate hunger – no one should go without a daily meal.”
“This award is a tribute to the folks of Pakistan, the work of volunteers in Pakistan, and our sturdy custom of serving to one another,’ he added.
I wish to thank @RoyalFamily @commonwealthsec & @PointsofLight for this essential recognition.
It was an absolute honour to talk together with her Majesty the Queen together with @CTurnerFCO about our imaginative and prescient to finish starvation by means of compassion @Rizq_Sharefood pic.twitter.com/KniANvYg7L
— Syed Hassaan Irfan (@HassaanIrfan) June 6, 2020
The British excessive commissioner mentioned that it was an honour that the Queen Elizabeth recognised Rizq’s exceptional work to sort out meals insecurity.
“Moments like this are examples of the profoundly positive relations between the UK, Pakistan and Commonwealth,” he added.
