Update December 2015:

Winter will increase the poverty and hardship for many across the Ummah. The higher food and fuel costs mean that many families will not be able to cope. Facing an unrelenting winter with no income may force a family to choose between eating a meal or staying warm and free from illness. For the young and old, this can be devastating. More people die in the winter than in any other season.

SURVIVING WINTER

Ummah Welfare Trust has launched an emergency campaign to ensure that families across the Ummah can beat the cold and survive this winter. The campaign, called 'Surviving Winter 1437 AH,' will provide thousands of struggling families with the essential items needed to stay warm. You can help. Just £50 will provide a family with a winter aid pack that consists of clothes, blankets and other essentials. Please donate for as many packs as you can. Only wealth that is spent for the sake of Allah will benefit us. So let us remember our brothers and sisters in these long nights; support them with our charity; and help them survive this winter.

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In May 2011, following uprisings in the Maghreb, protests broke out across Syria seeking change. The response has however been brutal and has led to a terrible situation for residents of the country

Allah's Messenger Salallahu ‘alaihi wasallam said, ‘How blessed is Al-Sham.’ The Companions Radiallahu ‘anhum asked, ‘Why is that?’ The Messenger Salalahu ‘alaihi wasallam replied, ‘I see the Angels of Allah spreading their wings over Al-Sham.’

- Musnad Ahmad, Jami al-Tirmidhi

The oppression in Syria continues.

Men, women and children continue to be murdered. Homes, clinics, hospitals and schools continue to be bombed. The sanctity and honour of Muslims continue to be violated.

Families continue to be butchered by militia, illegally detained and tortured. Their wounded continue to die slow deaths and their dead continue to remain unburied.

Over 70,000 have been martyred. Hundreds every day, murdered in cold blood, continue to add to this tally.

Whatever one can say to describe the suffering that has taken place, it has been more than this.

Ummah Welfare Trust has been appealing for funds to help our brothers and sisters for many months now. Alhamdulillah through your generosity, much relief has been administered.

Aiding the Displaced in Syria:

• 8,000 food packs distributed to families across Homs, Damascus and Aleppo
• 200 wounded victims in Homs received emergency medical treatment
• 550 medical kits provided to medical centres across northern Syria
• 50 tonnes of flour distributed across rural areas
• Winter aid kits provided to hundreds families in Aleppo
• In April 2013, 7,000 newly-affected families across the Idlib, Aleppo, Damascus, Hama, Homs, Raqqa, Deir Ezzor and the coastal areas received food supplies.

Aiding newly-arrived Refugees in Jordan and Turkey:

• 24,000 families provided with emergency food provisions
• 4,000 families received kitchen and wash utensils
• 4,000 families received hygiene kits
• Winter aid kits provided to wounded refugees

Allah is our witness; we must continue to help. Ummah Welfare Trust needs your donations in order to continue supporting families affected by the violence.

When we stand in front of Allah, Glory be to Him, we will not regret the help and money we rendered to the suffering Muslims of Bilaad al Shaam inshaAllah.

Please continue to help.

Please open your hearts and remember our brothers and sisters in these sad times – surely our wealth can never decrease when used in the aid of the Ummah.

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