29.04.2012, Jeddah, KSA – A shipment of 6000 frozen carcasses of Hajj-Meat utilized during Hajj Season 2011 has arrived in Tanzania for distribution among the poor. Of these 3000 carcasses are expected to be distributed in and around Dar es Salaam and the rest in Zanzibar.

The operation comes in line with the implementation of the Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat (ADAHI), managed by the Islamic Development Bank, IDB. According to the distribution plan for Hajj 2011, around 800,000 carcasses are for distribution in different parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through 270 charity societies and more than 200,000 frozen carcasses in 24 IDB member countries in Asia and Africa.

In a statement, the President of the Islamic Development Bank Group, Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Government and People of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their relentless support to the project.