Dr. Mohammed Saleh Benten, President of Saudi Post Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi Post, the sole provider of postal services in the Kingdom, has joined the ranks of humanitarian organizations during the holy month of Ramadan by enabling Saudis and residents to deliver charity to needy visitors to the Grand Mosque in Makkah. “The service is now fully implemented after three years of experimentation in different regions of the Kingdom. We are not in competition with charitable organizations already operating; we instead are opening the door wider for charitable giving by Saudis and residents, to share in feeding and comforting visitors to the Grand Mosque,” Engineer Samir M. Nahas, Director-General of Saudi Post in Makkah region, told the Saudi Gazette in a telephonic interview. Charitable acts of feeding and supplying water to Makkah visitors are deeply entrenched in the consciousness of Makkah residents and were practiced long before the advent of Islam. “Makkah is the only place on earth where the divine reward of a prayer is equivalent to 100,000 prayers elsewhere. We intend to enable all pilgrims performing Umrah and Haj to devote their time to the reception of divine blessings by easing concerns about getting food and its cost,” said Nahas. Saudi Post in collaboration with Ehsan Charitable Organization (ECO) enables people to pay for selected meals. ECO then delivers the food to the needy. In addition to Ramadan activities Saudi Post carries out other charitable services throughout the year including providing Eid clothing, Sadakh (sheep, camels and cows), food baskets and Zakat Al
