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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;"><strong>Ramadan Food Appeal</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Support Muslim Charity in providing food to the most needy during the blessed month of Ramadan.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Muslim Charity supplies regular food aid to the needy and poor people in different countries through its food distribution program every year. For example, in Pakistan alone last year some 1.1million people benefitted from a food distribution programme undertaken by the Ehsaas partnership between ARY, Muslim Charity and partners. Additionally, another 55,000 people directly benefitted from Muslim Charity’s food programme all over Pakistan in 2010. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In 2011, along with Pakistan, Muslim Charity will distribute food in the following countries:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Somalia<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Bangladesh<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Palestine <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Kashmir<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Srilanka</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><strong> </strong> </span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Insha’Allah in Palestine, the food distribution will take place at the holy mosque of Al Aqsa under the auspices of an Imam of Al Aqsa.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Current Situation in Pakistan</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -17.85pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.7pt; tab-stops: list 1.0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">· Extortionate inflation has put the price of basic food items well beyond the </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">reach of the struggling poor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -17.85pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.7pt; tab-stops: list 1.0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">· During the monsoon floods of 2010, Pakistan lost millions of pounds of crops. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -17.85pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.7pt; tab-stops: list 1.0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The country is still struggling to recover.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Current Situation in Somalia</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></strong></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The drought in the horn of Africa has put 12million in desperate need of help, over 4 million are in Somalia. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -17.85pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.7pt; tab-stops: list 1.0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">• Nearly two million children under five are currently at risk of starvation in East </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Africa.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -17.85pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.7pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">• The refugee camp at Dadaab, in Kenya, housing 500,000 (world's biggest </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Refugee camp)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -17.85pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.7pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">• The tragic irony is that some of them will die within a day or so of their arrival,s</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ince food is short.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -17.85pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 41.7pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">• Some mothers are letting the weakest children die, while they try to save the</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>stronger ones.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm 6pt 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Muslim Charity Plan:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm 6pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Muslim Charity is working to feed the hungry in this Ramadan by <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>delivering:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm 6pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> .Ramadan pack for £100 – Monthly food supply for a family for a </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm 6pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> month+ Eid Gift.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm 6pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Water Hand Pump for £150.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm 6pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> A small truck of food for 25 families for £2500.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tel: +44 (0) 1777 702 555 | Web: <a title="www.MuslimCharity.org.uk" href="http://www.muslimcharity.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.MuslimCharity.org.uk</span></a><br />Address: Muslim Charity, Eaton Hall, RETFORD, DN22 0PR (UK)<br />Donate by text: Just text ‘MCUK11 £5’ to 70070 or ‘MCUK11 £10’ to 70070</strong></span></p>
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