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[KavkazUzel] Residents of Ingushetia bring so much food, clothing, and basic necessities to the collection points for humanitarian aid for residents of Palestine that they cannot do without the help of volunteers who sort and pack it all, said one of the leaders of the Tesham Foundation, Akhmed Kostoev. Many residents bring their accumulated money, which is transferred to the accounts of charitable foundations.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the head of Ingushetia on November 10 instructed the government of the republic to organize a collection of aid for the Palestinians and called on residents to participate in it. On November 13, it became known that 24 collection points for humanitarian aid had been opened in the republic. On November 20, the head of Ingushetia, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, reported that residents had collected 104 tons of humanitarian aid .
For more than a week now, the Tesham charity foundation has been working in intensive mode - from eight in the morning until 10-11 in the evening. “It happens that even late in the evening, just before closing, cars drive up to the house on Chechenskaya Street 34, where Tesham is located, and belated visitors bring bulky bags of food and things,” Mukharbek , a college student, told a Caucasian Knot correspondent on November 21 , who comes to Tesham during his free time from classes to offer his help.
“There are a lot of us volunteers here, even schoolchildren come to help sort out the packages that residents bring. There is enough work for everyone,” said the young man. Mukharbek also said that this is not the first time he and his friends have helped Tisham as volunteers. For example, their help was needed when sending humanitarian aid to Syria, during the earthquake in Turkey.
“Our Tesham charity foundation has existed for almost ten years. And when we carry out such an action as the current one, when we need to prepare and send humanitarian aid to those in need, then without volunteers we would have a very difficult time,” one of the leaders of the fund, Akhmed Kostoev, told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent .
According to him, in the seven days since this action was announced, more than one hundred tons of humanitarian aid were collected together with the charitable foundation “Club of Good People”. “These are food products, women's and children's clothing, bedding: blankets, rugs, mattresses. There are a lot of different medications. Residents of the republic bring wheelchairs, baby strollers, and crutches. They brought several generators,” Ahmed lists and adds that from experience they know: the funds that operate directly on the ground know best what is needed in a particular region.
“Therefore, we are coordinating our work with colleagues from Egypt, contacting and consulting with Russian funds, which have been sending humanitarian aid for several years, and we managed to contact the residents of Palestine. The most important thing is to choose the right products. To date, we have already collected three thousand food packages. This includes pasta, rice, buckwheat, halal stew, which is made in our republic, peas, lentils, pearl barley, bulgur, flour, sugar, salt, sweets - a total of 12 items in this food basket. A guy from Palestine studies at Ingush University, his name is Magomed. He is studying at the Faculty of Medicine. Three days ago he was here, contacted his relatives who are in Palestine, and said what products were in this set. His relatives approved of the composition of the basket and said that all this is the most necessary for today,” Kostoev said.
He especially noted that the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and regional authorities entrusted Tesham employees with packing humanitarian aid themselves. Moreover, it was agreed at all levels that the fund’s employees would accompany the humanitarian aid collected by the foundation to Egypt.
According to the Minister for External Relations, National Policy, Press and Information of the Republic of Ingushetia Ruslan Miziev, the head of Ingushetia Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov said at the meeting that the republic, like all regions of Russia, is joining the volunteer mission to provide humanitarian assistance to the residents of Palestine. “Anyone can join this action. Therefore, a list of humanitarian aid reception points was compiled quite quickly with the heads of administrations.
A list of necessary products and those things that are especially needed by Palestinian residents left without housing was also compiled. There were about thirty such points throughout the republic. And after two or three days, people began to come to these points,” the head of the Ministry of Nationalities of the Republic told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
According to him, some citizens offered money, there were even very elderly people who offered money that they had collected over the years in order to perform the Hajj. “Those who wished were asked to transfer funds to a special account of charitable foundations, and they would use these funds to purchase necessary items or products,” added Ruslan Miziev. He also said that the work of the Tesham and Good People Club charitable foundations is coordinated by the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the Republic of Ingushetia.
The first results were summed up on November 20: more than 100 tons of humanitarian aid were collected in the republic, three thousand food baskets were packed, and 33 million 940 thousand rubles were transferred to a special account to help the residents of Palestine.
One of the farthest points for receiving humanitarian aid is in the Dzheirakh region. As administration employee Jamali Yevkurov said , the first people to bring blankets, warm blankets and knitted woolen socks were from the farthest village of Guli. “The villagers believe that in the areas where the Palestinians live, the rainy season will soon begin, and warm rugs, blankets and woolen socks will come in handy,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Asya Tsitskieva runs the Children and Youth Creativity Center in Dzheirakh. She is an excellent artist, paints ceramics and pottery. Asya is a kind and cheerful person, although it is not easy to raise two daughters on her own. Together with their daughters, they prepared something for the Palestinians that would be very useful for young mothers. “We bought a large number of diapers and wet wipes. Water is not always at hand; to wipe the baby and change the diaper, you sometimes need a wet napkin. The girls and I were packing diapers with napkins,” Asya told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. In addition, they bought disposable syringes, bandages, cotton wool, and everything necessary for women’s personal hygiene. Asya painted the boxes in which they packed everything with Ingush patterns.
According to Mareta Gorchkhanova from the village of Plievo, she did not expect that there would be so many people willing to take part in collecting humanitarian aid. “Most of all they bring things for children. Diapers, wet wipes, disposable sheets. In addition, various bottles and plastic dishes. Everything is new, in factory packaging. The newlyweds brought several brand new children's suits for boys and girls. They said that they chose these children’s things with love,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Marem Temirkhanova from Malgobek had a long time to convince a young woman who brought autumn platform shoes in a bag of women's clothing. “I say that there is no time for walking in such shoes, and she answers me: “But this war will end there, then the woman will need my shoes.” Look, they’re brand new.” In the end, she convinced her and she ran home and brought sneakers. According to her, more people bring food: various cereals, flour, sugar, local stew. “Many people bring money. The amounts are small, two to three thousand. I explain that it is not possible, that if you want, you need to transfer it to the Tesham fund account. They get offended, especially older people. For some reason, they want these two thousandth bills that they hold in their hands to reach someone there, in Palestine,” Temirkhanova told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Sonya Merezhko lives in Troitskaya. She said that many in the village live very modestly, there is no work, they have large families. “We also have ten families from Prigorodnoye who have been living in barracks since 1992, living in poverty, and have not been able to provide them with normal housing for more than thirty years. But even these people did not stay away from this action. They brought little clothing, mostly food: flour, sugar, buckwheat, beans, pasta. Something that can be quickly prepared for a large family,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Merezhko noticed that almost everyone brought diapers for children, and two women brought diapers for adults. “They told me that they saw on TV that there are very sick and infirm people. These diapers can be useful for them,” the woman said.
Akhmed Kostoev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the last days before the end of the campaign to collect humanitarian aid were especially tense. “We need to have time to pack everything. And few people paid attention to the seven-eight-year-old boy standing at the open door, who was holding a large iron box of sweets in his hands. “Who do you need, boy?” - a girl from among the volunteers drew his attention. “And here,” he handed her the box. “I was saving for a bicycle, but I want to give it to you so that my money can be sent to a boy from Palestine so that he can buy himself a bicycle or a skateboard,” he asked boy.
The fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement began on October 7 with the firing of hundreds of rockets into Israeli territory, including civilian targets and civilians. The Israel Defense Forces responded by launching the Iron Swords military operation against Hamas, after which Israel announced a blockade of the Gaza Strip: supplies of water, food, electricity, medicine, and fuel were suspended. Thousands of people died on both sides .
The Islamic movement Hamas is recognized as terrorist in a number of countries: in particular, France and the European Union added it to the list of terrorist groups after the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In Russia, the movement has not been declared terrorist, since none of its representatives have been convicted in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office said in response to a request from a deputy from St. Petersburg.
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