The prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial Award for social justice will be held in Mumbai on November 3, in which Hussein Al Qaidi will be honoured for rescuing 5000 Yazidi women from ISIS terrorists, a report in The Times of India has said.
Al Qaidi is the director of the Office of the Rescue of Yazidis.
According to the report, the award which is in its 15th year and backed by the Harmony Foundation, recognises personalities as per a humanitarian theme which is followed each year, to take forward the legacy of Mother Teresa.
The founder-chairman of the Harmony Foundation Abraham Mathai, was quoted as saying that the Foundation identifies a theme that echoes with the needs of the hour and affects humanity worldwide.
Highlighting this year’s theme of “Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery”, Mathai added that slavery is a man-made curse on humanity and it concerns all.
Iman Abdullah, a rape survivor who was sold to three ISIS terrorists as a sex slave, is also reported to be attending the function and will narrate her ordeal in a seminar, that will be held a day before the award ceremony.
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