wandsworthguardian.co.uk: Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) have joined with thousands of other young Muslims around the country to raise £400,000 on Remembrance Sunday.
The fundraising came as part of the ‘Mercy 4 Mankind’ initiative, and included 130 volunteers from Wimbledon and Wandsworth selling poppies at 25 stations around central London and a 10k run at Manchester’s Heaton Park.
Brother and sister Salik Ahmad and Sadia Rahman, from Wimbledon, collecting money for the Poppy Appeal at Leicester Square Station
Volunteers from AMYA, which is the country’s largest Muslim youth organisation, have also been collecting for the Poppy Appeal and other charities in high streets, stadiums and airports in a bid to raise money and combat negative Muslim stereotypes.
Money will be donated to UK charities including the Royal British Legion, Save the Children, NSPCC, Barnardos, Unicef, Macmillan Cancer Support, the British Heart Foundation and many more.
Press officer for the AMYA, Surfaraz Mustafa, said: “We wanted to show that we are supporting our troops and raising some money for them.
“It’s our duty and our will to do these kind of events. If we don’t we would feel like we were failing.