RAMADAN

RELIEF

YOUR IMPACT
REPORT 2020
Dear donors,

THANK YOU!

Thank you for your incredible generosity this Shahr

Ramadan, and for helping us provide food to 575,976
people living in impoverished communities.

Each year, your overwhelming support of our

Ramadan Relief appeal changes lives around the
world and this year was no different. In these
unusually difficult times, you have helped
ensure that hundreds of thousands of
people felt the blessings of the Holy month.

With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping

the world, the need for food was higher
than ever. Food markets closed, prices
increased, and people were unable to
work. Families who rely on community
iftars didn’t have that option due to
lockdowns. Because of you, we were
able to step in and provide nutritious
food packs to sustain families for a
whole month, giving them some relief
in these trying times.

Our food packs have helped vulnerable

families living in impoverished and
war-torn countries as well as refugees
fleeing conflict. This year, you funded
the distribution of 56,097 food packs
across 26 countries in Africa, Asia, and
the Middle East.

This was only possible through the

generous support from you, our donors, and the hard
work of our teams on the ground who have worked
The
through especially difficult conditions to ensure nourishment
families in need received their food. May Allah (swt)
accept your good deeds and reward you all for your
of the body is
efforts. food while the
On behalf of every single one of our 575,976 nourishment
beneficiaries, I thank you. This report will show you of the soul is
the impact you have had on hundreds of thousands of
lives. I hope you enjoy reading the report and seeing feeding others
the difference you have made.
IMAM ALI (AS)
Madiha Raza | Head of WF-AID MISHKAT AL-ANWAR,
NO. 325

RAMADAN RELIEF | REPORT 2020

 OUR REACH

This Shahr Ramadan, we distributed aid

across 26 countries. Here is your impact:

56,097 57,751
FOOD PACKS FAMILIES
DISTRIBUTED HELPED

10.4 MILLION 39,346

MEALS SADAATS
DISTRIBUTED ASSISTED

575,976 34,361
PEOPLE KHOJAS
REACHED HELPED

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 BANGLADESH IRAQ

FEEDING FAMILIES DURING A PANDEMIC

Millions of people around the world are living in unimaginable

conditions, without any proper or consistent source of food and
nutrition. While we look forward to delicious iftars, millions have to fast a
never ending fast - with no assurance of a meal at the end.

This year, with the world experiencing the coronavirus pandemic, things
were even more difficult. Cities and countries were in lockdown. Families
who would normally rely on community iftars because they can’t afford
to buy food found themselves having to seek other sources of food.
Markets closed, food prices increased, and people lost their jobs leaving
them unable to pay for their staple items.

We worked with our teams around the world to ensure that we were
reaching as many people as we possibly could, despite this especially
challenging environment, and also to ensure we accounted for their
safety.

Our teams wore protective equipment and held the distribution in

open spaces, with the beneficiaries maintaining a 2m distance and
where possible, they delivered the food packs to people’s houses to
limit crowds. Our teams also included items such as hand soap and
disinfectant to the packs for each family.

This appeal was running alongside our other ongoing education and
livelihood projects, which look to assist families and help themselves pull
themselves out of poverty. You can read more about our work by visiting
www.wfaid.org

RAMADAN RELIEF | REPORT 2020

A beneficiary in India with a WF-AID food pack

TANZANIA BANGLADESH

NUTRITIONAL FOOD PACKS

Each food pack you donated gave a family a rare opportunity to receive
essential nutritional aid, which can sometimes be the difference
between life and death.

The food gives people the strength they need to go to work the next
day and continue to fast. It gives people the opportunity to enjoy the
blessings of the Holy month and gives children the nutrition they need
to grow and pay attention in school.

Each pack is locally sourced, so your valuable donations not only

helped those in immediate need, but also supported the local
economy. We also made sure each pack was tailored to local and
regional diets.

RAMADAN RELIEF | REPORT 2020

 56,097 FOOD PACKS DELIVERED
IN 26 COUNTRIES

Bosnia
Kosovo
Afghanistan
Portugal Syria Pakistan
Palestine
Iraq Nepal

Myanmar
Yemen Philippines
Bangladesh
India
Thailand

Uganda Kenya
Congo
Rwanda
Burundi
Tanzania
Malawi
Mozambique

Reunion Islands

Madagascar

South Africa

Kenya | Tanzania | Burundi | Uganda | Malawi | Mozambique

Madagascar | Reunion Islands | Rwanda | Congo | South Af rica
Bangladesh | Pakistan | India | Myanmar | Thailand | Philippines | Nepal
Bosnia | Kosovo | Portugal | Iraq | Yemen | Afghanistan | Syria | Palestine

PAKISTAN IRAQ

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 REACHING FAMILIES
AROUND THE WORLD

Each food pack you donated gave a family a rare opportunity to receive
essential nutritional aid, which can sometimes be the difference
between life and death.

KENYA PAKISTAN

GAZA YEMEN

TANZANIA INDIA

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 MIDDLE EAST
PA LESTINE | SYR I A | I R AQ | YE M E N

Millions of people, including displaced Syrian refugees, living across the

Middle East brave the grave consequences of war and conflict. They
are gripped by hunger, poverty and displacement whilst struggling to
survive with the little help they receive from the outside world.

528,047 2,663 2,460

Meals Food Packs Sadaats
distributed distributed Assisted

SYRIA IRAQ

YOU’RE HELPING PEOPLE LIKE

MUHAMMAD IN YEMEN

Muhammad has a wife and four children, and

they live in Yemen. Muhammad also has two
elderly parents who live separately. He earns two
thousand Yemeni Riyals a day (approximately
$3), most of which he uses to support his parents.
He said ‘we live in difficult conditions under war,
siege, the high cost of living, and the loss of all basic services for living,
and there is no strength except in God Almighty’.

Your donations allowed us to give him and his family some relief during
the Holy month.

RAMADAN RELIEF | REPORT 2020

 AFRICA
KENYA | TANZANIA | BURUNDI | UGANDA | MALAWI | MOZAMBIQUE
MADAGASCAR | REUNION ISLANDS | RWANDA | CONGO | SOUTH AFRICA

Food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa is higher than anywhere else

in the world. Nearly one-third of people in the region are defined as
severely insecure. We are working with our partners and our regional
federation, Africa Federation, to make a long term impact in the
region.

6.56 M 33,313 2,394

Meals Food Packs Khojas
distributed distributed helped

TANZANIA KENYA

YOU’RE HELPING GRANDMOTHERS

LIKE RAHEMA IN KENYA

Rahema is in her 50s and is a mother,

grandmother, and great grandmother who
lives in a village in Kenya. She lives in a mud
hut, which has a leaky roof and huge gaps
and cracks. When it rains, she has to look for
alternative accommodation for herself and her
grandchildren, who are dependent on her. She often turns to the imam
at the local mosque for help as she can’t sustain her family by herself.

She said that Shahr Ramadan is the only time she and her
grandchildren are guaranteed a daily meal because your donations
allow us to give her a food pack every year.

RAMADAN RELIEF | REPORT 2020

 ASIA
AFGHANISTAN | BANGL ADESH | PAKISTAN | INDIA
MYANMAR | THAIL AND | PHILIPPINES | NEPAL

It is reported that there are 520 million people who are suffering from
hunger across countries in Asia. 70% of all malnourished children in the
world live in Asia, particularly in countries like India and Bangladesh.
In Shahr Ramadan, and throughout the year, we work with our
partners and our regional federations (India Federation and Pakistan
Federation) to help families in need.

5.66 M 19,976 31,967 36,768

Meals Food Packs Khojas Sadaats
distributed distributed helped Assisted

BANGLADESH INDIA

YOU’RE GIVING MOTHERS LIKE

ZAHRA IN INDIA THE SUPPORT THEY
NEED
Zahra lives in India with her three young children.
Her husband passed away a few years ago after
suffering a heart attack, leaving her the sole
breadwinner of their family. She started working
in a private school, earning just enough to cover
their basic needs of food and water. When the
pandemic hit, the school closed and her salary was stopped. She had
nothing and nowhere to turn.

On the first day of Shahr Ramadan, she broke her fast with very little
and remembered when she was able to fill her table with food. The
next day, our team arrived at their door with enough food to last their
family a whole month. She said she prayed for her donors every single
day when she broke her fast.

RAMADAN RELIEF | REPORT 2020

 EUROPE
B O SNIA | KO S OVO | PO RTUG A L

Europe became the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, with the

pandemic affecting everyone in different ways. Due to the lockdowns,
many people have lost their jobs and have no income and no savings
to fall back on. Our teams have been identifying families living in
Kosovo, Bosnia, and Portugal who needed our help.

25,050 145 112

Meals Food Packs Sadaats
distributed distributed Assisted

BOSNIA KOSOVO

YOU HELPED FAMILIES LIKE

KHADIJA’S IN BOSNIA

Khadija, who lives in Bosnia, is a widow and

mother of 5. Like many others around the world
and in her country, she lost her job due to the
coronavirus. She was the sole breadwinner and
has no other source of income to support her
family.

Your donations funded a food pack for Khadija and she was able to
feed her family for the Holy month of Ramadan.

RAMADAN RELIEF | REPORT 2020

 EID GIFTS

YO U HELPED B RI NG JOY TO THE FACE S OF

C H I LDREN A RO U ND THE WORLD THIS E ID

Eid gift distribution in Syria

Eid gifts ready for distribution in Tanzania A child with new pair of trainers during Eid

Across the world, there are millions of innocent children who don’t
experience the same joy and excitement that we have been blessed with
on Eid day.

Through your generous donations, we were able to provide gifts including

new clothes, shoes, and toys, to children around the world, including
displaced Syrian orphans.

You provided gifts to 903 children this Eid ul-Fitr!

T H A N K YO U FO R B RIN GIN G SMILES T H IS EID !

RAMADAN RELIEF | REPORT 2020

 Whoever feeds a Muslim till one satiates
him then nobody from the creation knows
how much reward will be for him in the
next world, neither a close angel nor a
messenger, except for the creator himself.

IMAM JAFFER SADIQ (AS)

AL-KAFI, 2:201, HADITH 6

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