KUCHING: Head of State (TYT) Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Raghad Kurdi Taib recently handed over donations in conjunction with Ramadan.
The donations were handed over to the poor group (asnaf) comprising 50 people during the Jalinan Kasih Raghad Foundation ceremony at Astana Sarawak yesterday (Mar 27).
The group consists of people from different racial and religious backgrounds, and they received donations in the form of food baskets and some cash.
After the ceremony, the TYT and Raghad performed Isyak and Tarawih prayers together with other invited guests, which was led by an imam from Darul Hana mosque, Ismanhadi Jaafar.
Also present were Ministry of Defence Undersecretary (Policy and Planning Division) Ahmad Nadzri Mohd Hassan, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Sarawak branch Rector Professor Datuk Dr Jamil Hamali and private senior secretary to Taib, Riziandy Nawawi.
