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Help Yemen This Ramadan: Starving Children Are Forced To Eat Leaves
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Key Points
- At least 5 million people in Yemen are on the brink of famine and a further 16 million are “marching toward starvation”
- Families are resorting to eating the waxy leaves of a local tree to survive, boiling them to soften them into a bitter-tasting paste that is slightly more digestible.
- Just RM18 for an Iftar pack of Mandi Rice and Chicken. Each pack has portions large enough to feed 3-4 persons.
- This campaign is Zakat Eligible. The Asnaf includes poor villagers and families that fall under fakir and miskeen categories.
- Donations to this campaign will provide Iftar and free bread to extremely poor families, internally displaced people, the elderly, the homeless and orphans in Taiz and Zabid areas of Yemen.
Campaign Story
Yemen is going through an unprecedented level of hunger, the likes of which have not been seen in recent human history. At least 5 million people in Yemen are on the brink of famine and a further 16 million are “marching toward starvation”, as the country’s humanitarian crisis worsens. Aid workers describe ‘horrific’ scenes in one hospital where starving and malnourished children ‘look like skeletons’. Families are resorting to eating the waxy leaves of a local tree to survive, boiling them to soften them into a bitter-tasting paste that is slightly more digestible.
The Covid-19 pandemic has increased costs, made access to resources, and distribution of aid more difficult.
With the blessed month of Ramadan approaching soon, all of us are preparing to welcome this guest into our lives. When the adhan for Maghrib is called, we will turn to a filled table and quench our thirst and satisfy our hunger. But for many families in Yemen, this hunger doesn’t end.
This Ramadan, al-Iltizam is working on the ground to make sure that the poor and needy families in Yemen have enough to eat and to get them through this month. The team will start distribution just before and continue during the first week of Ramadan. Our brothers and sisters also deserve to be free of the burdens of worrying about food and dedicate themselves in worshipping and making the most of the blessed month of Ramadan.
Just RM18 for an Iftar pack of Mandi Rice and Chicken. Each pack has portions large enough to feed 3-4 persons.
Donations to this campaign will provide Iftar and free bread to extremely poor families, internally displaced people, the elderly, the homeless and orphans in Taiz and Zabid areas of Yemen.
How Are The Beneficiaries Selected?
Each beneficiary is carefully vetted and verified by the team on the ground that is connected to the local community. A strict verification procedure makes sure that your donations reach those who really need it this Ramadan. Al-Iltizam has been providing free bread via a bakery set up in Taiz and Zabid for a few years already. This gives them first hand access to the local community.
Explore Yemen Bakery Campaign Here
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever gives Iftaar to one who is fasting will have a reward like his, without that detracting from the reward of the fasting person in the slightest.” [Tirmidhi] After hearing this Abdullah Ibn Umar used to only break his fast with orphans and the poor and needy. Imagine, if you help feed ten fasting brothers and sisters. You would get the rewards for their fasting as well.
🇲🇾 Malaysia Bank Transfer
Bank Name: Alliance Bank
Name: GS Global Guardian Sdn Bhd
Account: 620100010023192
SWIFT Code: ALSRMYKL
Bank's Address: Menara Multi-Purpose, Capital Square
8 Jalan Munshi Abdullah
50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Reference: R22 Yemen
If you have made a direct bank transfer. Please send your transfer proof to [email protected] or via WhatsApp to +60333100069
Campaign Updates
Campaign Started
al-Iltizam has successfully distributed 1,190 Iftars and 56,000 breads till Friday, 15 April 2022.
Your donations helped provide Iftar and bread to extremely poor families, internally displaced people, the elderly, the homeless and orphans in Taiz and Zabid areas of Yemen. 490 hot meals were provided in Taiz and 700 hot meals were provided in Zabid with over 56,000 bread distributed as well.
Campaign Partner
Al-Iltizam Relief Program Association is a Non-Governmental Organization registered since 8th April, 2013. Hailing from Malaysia, based in Shah Alam, Selangor, aiming to provide the less fortunate a ray of hope and relief, no matter where they are and who they are. Started with a mission to help Gaza, Palestine, Al- Iltizam’s support has quickly spread to other countries such as home ground Malaysia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Syria and Yemen.
