WINTER BLANKET APPEAL

A blanket is all it takes, to keep a child or an adult warm, through the winter months in Bangladesh, where homes are little more than wooden huts, providing little shelter from the severe weather.

Whilst £5 seems little to us, this is beyond the means for the country workers living hand to mouth, earning just enough to buy food for their families.

WHY BUY BLANKETS?

Each winter in Bangladesh, many elderly people die due to exposure to the cold weather.

Many have no family or friends to care for them. Buying blankets is one way we can put into practice, the teaching in the Quran to care for widows and orphans.

Poor children, like the elderly, do not have enough warm clothes or blankets and are more likely to catch colds and influenza which in some cases without medical treatment can lead to pneumonia and death.

BANGLADESHI WINTERS

Weather in Bangladesh becomes quite cold from November onwards. The temperatures drop to about 7 Degrees Celcius. Fog and rain causes many, without shoes, winter coats or cars, to be unable to go to work or school. Houses have gaps under the doors allowing cold winds to blow straight through . Adults and children sleep on soil floors rather than on beds.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Muslim Project Foundation purchase and distribute blankets in response to severe weather and reports of health being impacted.

With your help we can maintain stocks of blankets and be ready to respond sooner and help more people.

Whilst we have shoes and socks, warm beds, central heating and insulated houses, the poor of Bangladesh live without any of these things we consider essential.

Through our website and Facebook page we will keep you informed on distributions made this winter.

With your help we can support them, bring relief and save lives.

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