HYDERABAD: Friends of
software engineer Farhaj Ahsan who was one of the victims in the
Christchurch terror attack in New Zealand on March 15, have started an online contribution page to help his wife Insha Aziz and the two children he left behind.
A close friend of Ahsan,
Abdul Feroze, who created the page said he had known him for 14 years. The funds will be paid into a verified bank account of Insha Aziz.
The page was created on Friday and 108 donors made a contribution of 9,930 dollars immediately.
Farhaj Ahsan from Hyderabad was living in Christchurch and had gone to one of the mosques on Friday last to offer prayers. A terrorist killed as many as 50 people by shooting them down in two mosques.
In an appeal on the page, Farhaj Ahsan’s friend Abdul Feroze said he left behind his wife, a three-year-old daughter and seven months old baby boy. “His loss had effected his family and their surviving with daily expenses in this country as he was the sole provider for his family. Farhaj was a very easy going person, he always wore a beautiful smile and was always ready to help others. He was a wonderful person and a beautiful human being with a caring heart,” he said.
“I know that we can’t bring the little ones their father, but by supporting them financially we can bring the little ones' the future which their father Farhaj might have planned or wished for them,” he said in the appeal.
“I was unable to answer when his daughter kept asking "Uncle! Where is daddy?". His younger one lost his father before he could gain his consciousness. Let us please show our love in form of donations to his family. We can't get Farhaj back but can take care of his family in his absence,” he explained in the appeal put up at givealittle.co.nz.