1 Million Pound East Africa Campaign

Muslim Charity is raising money for Muslim Charity
“Waqas Akhtar's fundraising”

on 23 August 2011

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Muslim Charity is a leading international relief and development NGO that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world's poorest people. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, it successfully carries out short and long-term development projects - regardless of race, religion or gender.

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Target units

Target £

·         £150 for a family food bag for 8 weeks (8-10/family)

·         200 needed

£30,000

·         £300 for a water tanker for (3000 people)

 

·         £2500 for a water well

 

·         £5000 per share for a deep borehole (500,000 people)

·         60 needed

 

·         20 needed

 

·         10 needed

£120,000

·         £7500 for a mosque (500 people)

 

·         4 needed

£30,000

·         £1000 per share for a Maternity hospital (500,000)

 

·         £10,000 for an ambulance

·         140 needed

 

·         3 needed

£170,000

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH Facts & Figures

 Hospital in Somalia:Muslim Charity’s first maternity hospital was established in 2005. Today MC is running 5 hospitals in Pakistan benefitting 1000’s of poor and vulnerable families.

 

 

MDG 4: Reduce child mortalityFor every 1,000 live births, 200 Somali children die before their fifth birthday (UNICEF - Somalia Statistics March 2010). One in 10 Somali children dies before its first birthday.

MDG 5: Improve maternal healthUNICEF estimate maternal mortality at 1,000 per 100,000 live births, which puts Somali women as one of the most high-risk groups. Only 33% of all births are attended by a skilled health worker. In the UK, the comparable ratio is 8.9 per 100,000.

A women dies every 90 seconds from complications of pregnancy 90% of these are preventableThere are a total of 429 midwives (including nurse-midwives) in Somalia, with a density of 1 midwife per 1,000 live births

Tel: +44 (0) 1777 702 555 | Web: www.MuslimCharity.org.uk
Address: Muslim Charity, Eaton Hall, RETFORD, DN22 0PR (UK)
Donate by text: Just text ‘MCUK34£5’ to 70070 or ‘MCUK34 £10’ to 70070
   OR Text' MCUK11 £5' to 70070 or ‘MCUK11 £10’ to 70070



Donation summary

Total
£103,050.00
+ £112.50 Gift Aid
Online
£1,050.00
Offline
£102,000.00

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