REACH 25 - Zara Goes to Lebanon

Zara Masood is raising money for Human Appeal

Team: REACH Finest 2023

As the winter season descends on Lebanon refugee camps, the harsh conditions become even more tougher for the vulnerable families residing there. Currently, they are experiencing flooding, food poverty and poor shelter.

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In March 2023, I spent time in Lebanon delivering life saving aid to the 1000’s of displaced Syrian and Palestinians living in refugee camps, some for over 30 years.

My aim is to continue the humanitarian work. Therefore, I will be going back soon in'sha'allah to continue the hard work. This is only possible with your generous donations.

Lebanon has the largest population of refugees in the world with over 2 million living in makeshift camps. Most struggle to make ends meet.

The donations raised will help support those living in some of the worst conditions we can imagine.

Help us feed 1 million people

The Messenger ﷺ said: “Whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his fast, shall have his sins forgiven, and he will be saved from the Fire of Hell, and he shall have the same reward as the fasting person, without his reward being diminished at all." (Hadith Ibn Khuzaymah)

Each Ramadan, we fast in obedience to The Most Merciful. But the holy month is so much more than avoiding food and drink. It’s about connecting with Allah, religion, about asking for through our own acts of mercy, and about compassion for others.

It’s a month of opportunity, when Allah rewards us multiple times over for good deeds and selflessness. This Ramadan, seek Allah’s blessings by supporting the ummah around the world.

After a year of unprecedented tragedy, so many families urgently need help simply to have enough to eat. So many are displaced, traumatised, living amid destruction, and on top of this, will go to bed hungry in Ramadan without your help.

Help a family to have nourishing meals for iftar for the entire month of Ramadan, and reap the blessings of extra fasts for the whole month of Ramadan.

Each food parcel provides an average of 6 people with food for the entire month. Donate now and receive the blessings of up to 180 additional fasts while helping to support vulnerable families in the ummah.

Hunger and conflict in 2025

This Ramadan, a staggering 828 million people will go to bed hungry. You can help us to change this. There is enough food in the world to feed everyone. Your Sadaqah can be the difference between a Ramadan of hope and worship, and one of never-ending hunger for an orphan in Gaza, a displaced family in Sudan, or a widow in Pakistan.

The Prophet ﷺ said that Ramadan is the month of his ummah. It’s our duty to reach a caring hand out to all who are struggling for food this Ramadan, and to shield them from hunger.

For 33 years, we’ve been working to address the causes of long-term hunger through empowering projects that provide training and tools to help people become self-reliant. But after a year of spiralling, devastating crises, families facing war and drought, and those still recovering from earthquakes and floods need help to access food now. Donate, and follow the sunnah of this act of compassion.

Be a mercy in their lives, and reap the multiplied blessings of Ramadan.

A duty on Muslims

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Sadaqah is due on every joint of a person, every day the sun rises.” (Hadith Muslim)

He encouraged Muslims to feed the fasting in Ramadan, even if all the Sahaba could afford was a date or water. Such is the power of providing iftar. Now imagine the reward of a full, nourishing meal for an entire family, every single day.

Give a Ramadan food parcel now, and allow us to deliver your charity in time for the holy month.

Your charity can be the difference between a family facing another day of hunger on an empty stomach, or that family having plentiful food throughout Ramadan. In Gaza, where families face destruction and starvation; in Pakistan, where communities are struggling with cycles of flooding; in Sudan, where children are facing war, forgotten, you can be a lifeline. You can be a mercy.

You can also donate a hot meal from just £3.50, helping those facing crises to eat well even if they have nowhere to prepare a meal.

Last year, we helped 978,340 people to eat well with food parcels and nutrition projects. This Ramadan, help us to support even more.

An idea of how you can help...

£100 – be a lifeline to a family in crisis. Provide a vulnerable family with food, clean water, and medical aid. Your donation can transform the recovery of a family that has lost their home and livelihood.

£40 per month/£480 per year - you can spread hope to an orphan living in unimaginable hardship without their parents. Honour the Prophet's (PBUH) Sunnah of mercy to children in one of the most beautiful acts of charity

£60 - keep a family-of-five fed and nourished for an entire month with a wholesome and nutritious food parcel.

£30 – Provide a family with 2 bread deliveries per week for two months

£90 - provide a family food parcel in Lebanon.

£20 - To provide an orphaned child with new clothing and basic necessities.

It would mean the WORLD to me if you could donate and share this page! No donation is ever too small and together we can REACH EVERY HUMAN!

“Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity.” (Tirmidhi)

P.s This project is Zakat applicable- Please leave the donation amount visible and mention "zakat" in the message!

Jazakallahu khairun 💜

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Donation summary

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£1,429.94
+ £218.13 Gift Aid
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£1,429.94
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