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Every morning 29-year-old Mohammad Sujathullah follows a ritual. Once up, he heads straight to a local hotel, gets 20 kgs of rawa upma cooked along with the chutney, and then loads the containers onto a load carrier. The food is free breakfast for almost 1,000 hungry people, that Sujathullah has been feeding since 2016 without missing a single day, outside Hyderabad’s three prominent hospitals.
It all started as a thankful 'gesture to God' that turned into a passion for helping those in need. It was 2016, and Sujathullah was on cloud nine after clearing his backlog and passing with flying colours. In the spirit of celebration, he remebered the sacred promise he'd made with Allah.
“I had a backlog in one of my papers. I had decided to feed 10 hungry people if I successfully clear the backlog. It was my way of thanking Allah. I succeeded and then I fulfilled my promise,” says Sujathullah. “But then, something happened... the experience of feeding the hungry changed me entirely. I felt at peace.”
The college boy first used all of the pocket money he had saved to buy the food. Then, he approached each earning member of his large joint family and requested they contribute one day’s salary towards preparing more food. Besides some irregular donations, Sujathullah’s family continued providing financial assistance to his endeavour, and Sujathullah started with feeding the hungry outside Hyderabad’s Niloufer Hospital – one of the most commonly visited hospitals in the city.
“I have only one criterion: humanity. I don’t ask anyone what their religion, caste, creed or belief is. Every one gets food,” says Sujathullah. That explains the name of Sujathullah’s NGO: Humanity First Foundation - putting humanity first.
Over the last two years, the Humanity First Foundation, has also started providing free dinner for 300 people. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic waves, the Foundation stepped up to support over 400 patients by providing them with free oxygen cylinders.
Sujathullah wants to continue to serve the hungry in front of theses hospitals. The poor today are in more need than before as there are no shops or small hotels open to serve them food. He has the permission of the Telangana police to serve breakfast to 1000 people in front of the hospitals. He needs funds to continue his work.
Your help will ensure that the patients and their attendants (relatives) in these government hospitals don't stay hungry.
