Story by: Nana Kwame Andoh

Spiritual Leader and Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mizra Masroor Ahmed (Khalifatul Masih V), has admonished members of Humanity First to prioritise saving lives over personal comfort by strengthening disaster relief plans and aim for greater impact as the mission enters the next 30 years.

“With global instability rising, Humanity First must strengthen disaster relief plans and always prioritise saving lives over personal comfort”, he said.

Mirza Masroor Ahmed (Khalifatul Masih V) made these remarks through a Worldwide live telecast of his address to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community during the occasion of the 30th anniversary commemoration of Humanity First held at the Baitul Futuh mosque in London.

According to him, it is a divine instruction unto every Muslim to feed the hungry, support the oppressed and care for everyone.

He further added that, every Ahmadi has a responsibility to relieve the suffering of others and Humanity First is built on those divine teachings and not on gaining.

“Islam instructs us to feed the hungry, support the oppressed and care for everyone and therefore every Ahmadi has a responsibility to relieve suffering, hence the foundational teachings on which Humanity First is built and not on gaining”, he added.

Joining the live event from Accra, Alhajj Nasir Ahmed Bonsu, the Director of FundRaising for Humanity First Ghana also highlighted some relevant donations and interventions carried out in Ghana in commemoration of the 30th anniversary including donation of food items, clothings, footwears, medical supplies and cash amount, all summing up to GH¢50,000 to the Bahasa Mental Home and Rehabilitation Center. Other donations includes parazone, sanitizers, liquid soaps, tissues, powdered soaps , disposable gloves, faca masks, etc to the Kwasimintaim Hospital in Takoradi.

Some donations made of several boxes of sanitary pads to students of T. I. Ahmadiyya Girls Senior High School in Asokore, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

He therefore used the opportunity to appeal to all and sundry to heed to the call from the Worldwide Head and help prioritise saving lives in these present days of rising global instability.

Humanity First is an international charity organisation that has touched and transformed millions of lives around the world since 1995 from the UK and has expanded its operations to 67 countries across six continents, supporting eight different programmes.