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UK: Farnham young Muslims to participate in Mercy for Mankind Charity Challenge


The event invites participants to walk or run for 10km to raise money for various causes, and has been a regular feature of AMYA’s charitable work. Since its inception in 1985, it has raised more than £2 million for UK charities.

Pictures from 2015 charity challenge
Times of Ahmad | News Watch | UK Desk
Source/Credit: Farnham Herald
By Community News | April 14 2016

YOUNG Muslims from the Farnham area will take part in the 31st annual Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK (AMYA) ’Mercy for Mankind’ charity challenge in Hyde Park, London. on Saturday, April 16.

The event invites participants to walk or run for 10km to raise money for various causes, and has been a regular feature of AMYA’s charitable work. Since its inception in 1985, it has raised more than £2 million for UK charities.

Around 15 people aged from seven to 30 years old will be participating from the Farnham, Tilford, Elstead and Fleet areas.

Beneficiaries of the money raised by the charity challenge have included Barnardos, the British Heart Foundation, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Humanity First, Macmillan Cancer Support, the NSPCC, Save the Children, the Royal British Legion, The Royal Hospital for Neuro Disability Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, and the RNIB.

AMYA is the UK’s largest Muslim youth organisation and the leading Muslim youth group challenging extremism in the UK. For more information about the event, to take part, or to donate, visit the website which can be found at  www.mercy4mankind.org/.


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