Eid-Al Fitr at the Charity Centre for Refugees

The Charity Centre for Refugees, Implementing Partner of UNHCR Moldova, organised on 09 July 2016 the celebration of the Eid-Al Fitr - an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.

The event gathered in one place more than 100 children, women of men from the refugee community in the Republic of Moldova. The representative of UNHCR Moldova also joined us at the event.

The cultural program included performance of songs, dances, poems, entertaining games, magical performances, and alive book stories about the meaning of the celebration in different countries such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc..
The event was led and moderated by two volunteers - 1 refugee from Iraq and 1 refugee from Sirya, who involved in organisation and offered CCR a huge support in conducting the event.
All the participants received gifts ans sweets in recognition of their implication and activity at the event.

Eid Al-Fitr celebration at CCR

The Ramadan month ended on 8^th of August for the Muslim all over the world. With it, the Ramadan fast also came to its end. Eid Al-Fitr marks the conclusion of all the Muslims’ fast, thus being a very important holiday for them and for the Charity Centre for Refugees (CCR), which celebrates it each year. This year, on 12^th of August, CCR organized an event in order to raise awareness about some Muslim customs related to Ramadan, Eid Al-Fitr and not only. In the opening part, the CCR director, Mr. Djavid Paknehad, the Programme Coordinator of UNHCR, Mr. Dinu Lipcanu, together with representatives of Ave Copiii NGO congratulated everyone with “Eid Mubarak” and wished all the Muslims and non-Muslims good health, joy and success. The UNHCR support is crucial in these events, where the humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality and humanity are directly applied in its work with all its persons of concern, no matter their religion, race, country of origin, or political convictions.