Video: Doing good deeds: instead of a wedding banquet, the newlyweds fed 4,000 refugees
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
It is generally accepted that a wedding for a couple in love is a special day in which everything should "revolve" only around them. Newlyweds from Turkey decided to do the opposite. Instead of enjoying a noisy and lavish feast, they spent their wedding day distributing food to 4,000 hungry Syrian refugees.
Young couple Fetulla Uzumkuloglu (Fethullah Üzümcüoğlu) and Esra Polat (Esra polat) decided to do an extraordinary act. They donated money intended for the celebration of the wedding to a charitable foundation. Kimse yok mu … Moreover, the bride and groom in wedding dresses themselves stood up for distribution in the dining room and served food to those in need. For the whole day, they managed to feed more than 4,000 people.
The newlyweds live in the city of Kilis, located on the border with Syria. According to the United Nations in 2011, during the armed conflict in Syria, Turkey hosted more than 1 million refugees. As the newlyweds themselves note, they did not want to have a fancy feast, knowing how many Syrians are in dire need. And they wanted “their road to family happiness began with making others a little bit happier first. And this is an incomparable feeling."
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