KARACHI, Jun 05 (APP):The Dawoodi Bohra Community Saturday fed the
pigeons and other birds at various points in megalopolis in connection
with the World Environment Day.
The exercise was the part of Dawoodi Bohra Community’s already underway
awareness campaign regarding importance of environment.
While feeding pigeons near DJ Science College, Ali Asghar Quettawala
Regional Coordinator of Dawoodi Bohra community’s Nazafat (Cleanliness
Department) Pakistan, said that the Dawoodi Bohra Community under His
Holiness Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin’s guidance believe that a major
part of eco-system restoration was raising awareness to bring back the
pigeons, sparrows and other birds that once filled the skies of Karachi.
He said this World Environment Day when Pakistan had the distinct honor
of being the host country, the Dawoodi Bohra Community residing in
Karachi had taken up a city wide bird feeding activity where community
members had set out grains for pigeons and other birds individually and
collectively.
Ali Asghar Quettawala added that as part of the activity, bird feeders
for sparrows were placed alongside the Yusufi Masjid complex at
Shabbirabad where volunteers from the community had taken up the
responsibility to top up the bird feeders.
He said the Dawoodi Bohra Community under it’s global project “Rise
Initiative” undertake various steps for improvement of environment. The
project is a philanthropic endeavour initiated by the Dawoodi Bohra
community which is being implemented wherever the community resides
across the world. It deals with a wide spectrum of initiatives and
activities in healthcare, nutrition, water and sanitation, environmental
responsibility and conservation, and education.
