Source: www.silive.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., November 1, 2010: In a gesture of interfaith and international compassion, Staten Island’s Hindu community has come together to bring some measure of relief to victims of the Pakistani floods. Several dozen boxes of supplies were sent to the region yesterday, in solidarity and empathy with India’s neighbor to the north.
“Our community is Hindi, they are Muslim. When it comes to helping others we do not see where they are from. On humanity efforts we try to support them as much as possible,” said Jyothi Setti, a spokeswoman for the group.
The devastating floods that lasted from late July to the end of September affected more than 20 million people in Pakistan.