ARIZONA – A Muslim non-profit effort to help the needy in the US and abroad has resulted in a unique partnership of Muslims, Christians, and Mormons in Chandler, Arizona.

“It’s a good feeling,” 12-year-old Aman Aar said as he helped load boxes into a shipping container, AZ Central reported.

“We all come together as one and learn new perspectives.”

Along with other volunteers, Aar spends time at the Arizona chapter of Helping Hand for Relief and Development loading boxes of food and aid to the needy.

The effort started in 2016 by Gul Siddiqi, the area manager for the Arizona chapter of Helping Hand. The non-profit partners with government agencies and the private sector to send aid to areas of disaster and humanitarian crises.

They also help refugees in the Phoenix area and hope to educate the community about this population that many know little about.

The group gets support primarily in the Muslim community, they received unexpected help from missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have developed.

Susan Whetten Udall, executive director for the Mesa Welcome Center for Immigrants and Refugees, was looking to learn more about the Muslim faith when she visited the Helping Hands’ warehouse and instantly realized it was something she wanted to be a part of.

“I just asked, ‘What can we do to help you?'” Udall said.

Udall and others from the Mormon Church have partnered with Siddiqi since spring 2016.

“God is love and you feel it whether you’re in a mosque or in a church,” Udall said.

Udall and Siddiqi both hope that interfaith partnerships for the betterment of mankind will cut through the negativity that can be aimed at religious groups.

“We come together on a common platform,” Siddiqi said.

“That’s what unites us.”