Our first stop after the Eid morning prayer was Yurevka village. While we were distributing shares, an elderly man heard we'd come from Türkiye and asked, "Can I hug you?" We embraced him warmly. He told us: "IHH comes to our village every Qurban. They never leave us alone. I knew you'd come again this year. No one else visits us, no one else asks about us."

Watching the qurban shares we delivered bring a happy holiday to dozens of families, and seeing the bonds of brotherhood between us grow stronger because of it, was the greatest joy we could have asked for.

Kyrgyzstan, 2025