26.01.2013, Jeddah, A shipment of 10000 frozen carcasses of Hajj-Meat utilized during Hajj Season 2012 has arrived in Dakar seaport today for distribution among the poor in Senegal.
The operation comes in line with the implementation of the Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat (ADAHI), managed by the Islamic Development Bank, IDB. According to the distribution plan for Hajj 2012, around 793,000 carcasses are for distribution in Makkah and other different parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through 270 charity societies and more than 200,000 frozen carcasses in 24 Countries in Asia and Africa.
In a statement, the President of the Islamic Development Bank Group, Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Government and People of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their relentless support to the project.