Chance to donate to Feeding the Poor in Ethiopia Ramadan 2012 Project

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We're going to raise funds for this project inshaa'Allaah, as we did with the feeding the poor in Egypt project. The first batch of donations were transferred on Tuesday, a total of over $13,000 mashaa'Allaah. The next batch will be transferred next Tuesday 31st June, so we'd like to raise some funds before then to transfer over inshaa'Allaah. We'll then continue to raise for another week afterwards.

Here's a message from sister Sara Hassan, the organiser, along with a video for you to watch with footage of what was distributed last year:

Assalaamu Alaykum wa rahmitullah wa barakatu, my beloved sisters and brothers,


Having finalized the donations for our annual Feed the Poor in Egypt project for this Ramadan (we raised over $45,000) we now shift our energy and attention to our Feed the Poor in Ethiopia project. Last year we raised over $12,000 that went towards supplying hundreds of families with supplies of flour to make their staple dish of injarra, a flatbread that forms the bulk of the Ethiopian diet. It is eaten plain, as most families cannot afford condiments to dip the injarra into. In addition, we were able to provide dozens of sheep and several large cows, the meat of which was distributed to people for whom meat is an absolute luxury.


As always, 100% of donations will be spent on food/supplies, as everyone working on all our projects does so on an unpaid volunteer basis, seeking the reward only from Allah. My beloved sister Zulfa and her family work tirelessly to organize things on the ground for us in Ethiopia and have done so successfully for the past 2 years. The collection will be ongoing throughout Ramadan, and the first amounts will be sent on Monday the 23rd of July.


Here is video footage of our efforts last year.





As you will see in the video, this is an extremely easy way to earn the Pleasure of Allah, and also get the reward of feeding needy fasting Muslims during this Blessed month.


There will be no minimum donation amount set. For your reference, however, feeding an entire large family with the staple of injarra for the month would cost approximately $100. Those wanting to fund a complete iftaar for several families, with meat included, can contact me for further details inshallah.


Inshallah I hope to share further footage from this year with you all on the conclusion of Ramadan


Please invite all your friends who would be interested in donating to this cause.


JazakumAllahu khayran


Sara Hassan and Omar Marzouk

You can donate to this cause through the following bank account.

[mod: no longer collecting funds]

If anyone wants to donate via paypal, please send me a pm for details.

May Allaah reward everyone involved, those who donate and those who wish to do so but can't.

and Ramadaan Mubaarak to all

[SuBMiSSioN]

I transferred $800 into sister Sara's account today. Any further donations will be transferred next Tuesday inshaa'Allaah.

[SuBMiSSioN]

Firstly I wanted to apologise, last week I transferred $750 to sister Sara, not $800.

I was able to transfer a further $450 to sister Sara on Tuesday Alhumdulillaah. We won't be collecting anymore funds for this project.

to all those who contributed.

[Ujeen]

Very noble deed!!