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Young drifters aid flood hit residents of Jeddah
(MENAFN- Arab News) JEDDAH: A group of young men in Jeddah many of them illegal drifters has been helping people stranded by this week's flooding including pulling their cars out of waterlogged streets and delivering food and medicine.
The group recently published a poster with a photograph of a Sports Utility Vehicle with two lines of copy stating: 'If your car gets stuck don't hesitate to call the volunteers.' It urged drivers with four-wheel-drive vehicles to help people stranded by the floods.
The group first started operating during the catastrophic November 2009 floods that killed over 100 people and caused billions of damage to cars and property.
Tareq Alabdullah a volunteer said that he had asked several young drifters to use their cars to help members of the community. The alert was issued three days ago he was quoted as saying by a local publication.
He said that the group has already helped people suffering from hypertension and diabetes elderly people and others stranded in their homes and cars on Jeddah's roads.
Alabdullah said the group has been trying to recruit owners of large vehicles across the city so that each person is responsible for a certain area and would provide contact numbers to the public.
The team has already helped people stuck in east Jeddah's Abraq Al-Roghamam where they delivered food beverages and medicine to some families. He said they prioritize the elderly and sick including dialysis patients who cannot be late for their appointments and motorists who are stranded with children inside their cars.
He said they reach people through Google Maps and are careful on the roads. They do not speed or drive recklessly and take photographs of closed or damaged roads so that people can avoid these locations.
He said people have opened their homes to those needing assistance. Mosques have also been open for those who need help he said.
The group recently published a poster with a photograph of a Sports Utility Vehicle with two lines of copy stating: 'If your car gets stuck don't hesitate to call the volunteers.' It urged drivers with four-wheel-drive vehicles to help people stranded by the floods.
The group first started operating during the catastrophic November 2009 floods that killed over 100 people and caused billions of damage to cars and property.
Tareq Alabdullah a volunteer said that he had asked several young drifters to use their cars to help members of the community. The alert was issued three days ago he was quoted as saying by a local publication.
He said that the group has already helped people suffering from hypertension and diabetes elderly people and others stranded in their homes and cars on Jeddah's roads.
Alabdullah said the group has been trying to recruit owners of large vehicles across the city so that each person is responsible for a certain area and would provide contact numbers to the public.
The team has already helped people stuck in east Jeddah's Abraq Al-Roghamam where they delivered food beverages and medicine to some families. He said they prioritize the elderly and sick including dialysis patients who cannot be late for their appointments and motorists who are stranded with children inside their cars.
He said they reach people through Google Maps and are careful on the roads. They do not speed or drive recklessly and take photographs of closed or damaged roads so that people can avoid these locations.
He said people have opened their homes to those needing assistance. Mosques have also been open for those who need help he said.
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