<p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.5861535342410207" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Safwan ibn Salim related that the Prophet (saw) said: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&ldquo;Anyone who looks after and works for a widow and a poor person is like a warrior fighting for Allah's (swt) cause, or like a person who fasts during the day and prays all night.&rdquo; </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Bukhari)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: #ff0000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>My Challenge</strong></span></span></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inspired by this Hadith I have decided to complete a voluntary fast everyday until the start of Ramadan, insha'Allah. I intend on maintaining my heavy workload and all my commitments during the days, as I normally would so no sleeping half the day away!!<br /><br />I think many of us, including myself, have build a resilience to seeing suffering around the world, especially in Africa. It is important that we remind ourselves and are thankful to Allah (swt) for our own blessed lives and we actively strive to complete our duty to help others.<br /><br />I will provide daily updates on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sarahbibi7" target="_blank">Facebook status</a></span></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> </span></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>The Harsh Reality</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A deadly combination of successive failed rains and rising food prices has resulted in the worst drought the Horn of Africa has seen for 60 years. There are over 14 million lives now at risk, with a child dying every 6 minutes. We must act <strong>NOW</strong>!</span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.4cm; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.4cm; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><br /><br /></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 0.4cm; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Every pound you donate could make the difference between death and survival</strong></span></span></span></p> <p class="western" style="line-height: 0.4cm; widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><br /><br /></p> <p class="western" style="widows: 2; orphans: 2;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>&pound;75</strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">can feed a family for a month<br /></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>&pound;270&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">can treat 3 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">severely</span> malnourished children<br /></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>&pound;920</strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;can provide clean water to 20 families for a month<br /></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>&pound;10,000</strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">can run a mobile health clinic for 3 months</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>