Kabul University launches donation collection point for quake-hit people in Herat
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Saturday’s earthquakes left over 2,400 dead and hundreds of families homeless.
For the next two days, members of the public can drop off cash donations at the university.
Salahuddin Ayubi, deputy head of student affairs at Kabul University, said that the cash donations will be transparently distributed to the victims of the Herat earthquakes.
“The process of collecting donations at Kabul University has started today and Inshallah, it will continue until tomorrow,” said Ayubi.
Simultaneously, some Kabul University professors asked national traders and investors to step forward and help Herat quakes victims.
“It is not only our moral responsibility but also our religious obligation. Let’s help those who are harmed in these incidents, the help provided here is within the ability of students and professors,” said a Kabul University professor.
“To increase these contributions, this is a necessity and this is our Islamic obligation because we must hold the hand of our Muslim brother in difficult times,” said another professor.
A number of Kabul University students, meanwhile, say when a natural disaster harms the citizens of the country, it is a collective responsibility to take care of them.
“As a citizen, we must be responsible and we must cooperate with them, we must hold their hands because this may happen to each of us one day,” said a student.
In addition, aid packages from the King Salman Foundation have also arrived in Kabul and will be distributed to the earthquake victims through the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society (ARCS).
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