Pilgrims to get more than 200,000 free meals at Jeddah Islamic Port

Jeddah, 24 December 06

Governor of Makkah Region Prince Abdulmajeed bin Abdulaziz, who is also the Honorary President of the Charitable Storage Program, has issued his directives to carry out the program of providing meals to the pilgrims.

Executive Director of the Charitable Storage Facility in Jeddah Abdul-Hai al-Mahmadi said in line with the directives of Prince Abdulmajeed more than 200,000 meals will be provided to the pilgrims who come via Jeddah Islamic Port.

Meals will also be distributed when the pilgrims leave after performing their Hajj rituals.

Al-Mahmadi noted that the charitable storage program also takes care of orphans and sons of poor families.

'The charitable storage facility has been taking care of more than 4,000 poor families in Jeddah', he added.