Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation launches “Pilgrim’s Chair” initiative to help pilgrims with special needs

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, one of the humanitarian organizations affiliated to the office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Holy Karbala, has launched the “Pilgrim’s Chair” initiative to take the elderly, people with disabilities and the sick from the city center and its surroundings to the holy shrines.

The Public Relations official, Hussein Al-Adli, told Shia Waves Agency that “The Foundation launches its “Pilgrim’s Chair” initiative every year as part of its service and humanitarian activities during the Arbaeen of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.”

He explained that, “The Foundation has prepared a large number of wheelchairs to help those unable to walk to reach the holy shrines,” noting that “A number of younger believers have volunteered to carry out this humanitarian mission.”