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Ramadhan
Iftaar Programmes
Ummah Welfare Trust has been providing Iftaar for the
poor and needy Muslims of the Ummah in 9 countries across the world
throughout this Ramadhan.
|
Country |
Specific Area(s) |
Beneficiary details |
Contents of packages |
Total Cost |
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Burma |
Dagon, Tanyi, Hlaingtharya, Yaokle, Indago, Thingangyun |
170-180 households |
Rice, oil, lentil for curry, lentil (chana), chillies,
onion, ginger, garlic, milk (in tins), tea, and 2 sugar bags |
£5,000 |
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Somalia |
Various areas – further details will be provided upon
completion of project |
500
people, throughout the month of Ramadhan |
Details will be given in due course |
£10,000 |
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Albania |
Various areas – further details will be provided upon
completion of project |
Large packets:
275 families on
a weekly basis
Small packets:
3400 people |
Large packet:
rice (2kg),
vegetable oil (1ltr), coffee (200gms), flour (2kg), macaroni
(900gms), dates (200gms), drink (1ltr), sugar (1kg) and salt
(1kg)
Small packet:
drink (250ml), cake (100gms),
dates (5 pieces), 1 apple, 1 banana and a bottle of water |
£10,000 |
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India |
Ahmedabad City and neighbouring areas, Rajasthan |
1000 most vulnerable families – wherein there are widows,
female-headed households and the handicapped – given
priority in the distribution |
Dates (2kgs), besan (1kg), sharbat (2ltrs), oil (2kgs),
sugar (3kgs), custard powder (500gms), rice (10kgs), dal
(2kgs), tea (500gms) |
£10,000 |
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Pakistan |
Earthquake areas: Balakot (NWFP), AJK and Afghanistan |
5000 poor families, orphans and widows |
Food package: wheat flour (20kg), cooking oil (2.5kg), sugar
(5kg), lentils (5kg), rice (5kg), tea (500g), salt (1kg),
match (1 packet)
Orphans: Gift pack box |
£97,876 |
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Bangladesh |
Dhaka, Sylhet, Habigonj,
Khulna, Rajshahi, Sunamgonj, Mymensingh, Maulvi Bazar |
Large packets: 400 large families
Small packets: 200 small families |
Large packet: flour (2kg), oil (1ltr), sugar (1kg), dates
(500g), dahl (1kg), rice (5kg)
Small packet: flour (1kg), oil (500ml), sugar (500g), dates
(250g), dahl (500g), rice (3kg) |
£5,000 |
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Chechnya |
Chechen refugees in
Baku,
Azerbaijan |
932 families x
5 persons (approximately) = 4,658 people |
Tomato paste (700g), oil (3ltrs), rice (3.6kgs), macaroni
(7.2kgs), flour (5kg), sugar (2.7kg), tea (500g), Grachqa
(4.5kg), Moloko (1 piece) |
£10,000 |
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Iraq |
Anywhere within these areas: Arbel, Kirkuk, Talawer, Kifri,
Yanghige, Amirli, Deyala, Mosul, Baghdad, Fallujah, Abu
Ghuraib, Al-Azamiyyah, Taji, Al-Ridhwaniyyah |
Food packets: 275 families
Small packets: 1,500 people |
Rice, sugar, oil, meat, tea, chicken, dessert, tomato |
£5,000 |
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Palestine |
Masjid al-Aqsa |
2,500 worshippers |
Dates, water,
fruit, soup, rice, chicken, yogurt, bread, juice and sweets |
£5,000 |
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Palestine |
Gaza
and poor areas |
Financial Aid (Approximately 59%): families, widows and
orphans
Food Aid Project (Approximately 41%): families, the elderly
and local farmers |
Hot
meals for the elderly;
Food parcels: Essential items such as rice, chickpeas,
cooking oil, tea, sugar and canned food. In order to support
the local Palestinian farmers, vegetables and meat/chicken
are also included |
£8,500 |
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Total amount spent: |
£166,376 |
India Iftari Pack |
Chechen Refugee Iftar |
Pakistan Iftar Programme |
Eid al-Fitr Gift Programmes
Ummah Welfare Trust is providing Eid Gifts (Sadaqah
al-Fitr) to the poor and needy Muslims of the Ummah in 4 countries:
|
Country |
Specific area(s) |
Beneficiary details |
Contents of packages |
Total Cost |
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Pakistan |
Most deserving (poverty-stricken) areas |
7,000 families |
Wheat flour (20kgs) |
£21,000 |
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Bangladesh |
Dhaka, Gazipur, Kishoregonj, Netrokona, Mymensingh, Sylhet,
Hobigonj, Sunamgonj, Pabna, Kurigram, Rangpur, Faridpur and
Sirajgonj districts |
2,000 poor families = approximately 10,000 people |
Rice, pulse, sugar, semai, salt, sharee and lungi |
£10,000 |
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India |
Slum areas of Ahmedabad |
1,000 families |
Rice (2kgs), daal (1kg), sugar (2kgs), flour (4kgs),
sevaiyan (500gms), naan bread (5), chawana (500gms), sweet
(1kg) and biscuits (500gms) |
£5,000 |
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Palestine |
Gaza
and poor areas |
200
Palestinians/orphans |
Details will be given in due course |
£1,500 |
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Total amount spent: |
£37,500 |
Other Ramadhan Projects
Pakistan
Ummah Welfare Trust paid towards the sponsorship
of 491 orphans in Pakistan & Kashmir and 256
orphans in
Afghanistan,
at a cost of £120 each, bringing the total disbursed to £89,640.
Afghanistan
Ummah
Welfare Trust paid towards the cost of constructing a Masjid
in the capital of
Afghanistan,
Kabul, at a cost of £7,500.
India
As part of the flood relief work in India, UWT funded
the cost of the construction of 15 houses for the poorest of
the poor which included widows, the physically challenged and the
economically marginalised in Cuttack City, an area in Orissa,
India
affected greatly by the recent floods. UWT also paid towards the
repairing of 30 dilapidated houses. Total cost: £10,000.
UWT carried out an animal sacrifice in
India
on behalf of a donor. Cost:
£30.
Bangladesh
UWT, as part of the Post-Flood Rehabilitation
Programme in Bangladesh, paid £10,000 – a third of the
total needed – towards the construction and repair of 55 homes
to cater for the homeless and distressed families in
the Netrokona, Kishoregonj, Sunamgonj, Habigonj and Sylhet
districts.
Burma
An Orphanage is being run in Burma by UWT
catering for around 150 children comprising mainly
orphans and children from very poor families. The children are
taught Islamic education and food, clothing and bedding is provided.
Monthly cost: £1,000.
Total
Expenditure – Projects Within this Period Plus Ongoing Ones
| Project |
Amount (GBP) |
|
Iftaar
costs |
£166,376 |
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Eid
Gift costs |
£
37,500 |
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Other
project costs: |
£118,170 |
| Total Costs |
£322,046 |
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