Educate a Girl in Kashmir

Dear HOPE Friends,

I wanted to thank you all personally for your generosity and support of HOPE USA this Ramadan! By the Grace of God, we broke fundraising records this year, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. In total, our Food Rations, Door-to-Door Iftar Distribution, and Eid Clothes for Children campaigns have benefitted 30,000 needy people in Pakistan since the coronavirus pandemic started. This Ramadan HOPE USA was able to accomplish the following with Zakat donations:

• 3,500 Food Ration Bags Distributed (each bag feeds a family of 6 for one month)
• 6,500 Iftar boxes/Biryanis Distributed
• 550 Children in Kashmir and Muzaffargarh will receive new Eid Clothes during Eid ul Adha (postponed from Eid ul Fitr due to the lockdown)

Our impact extended from rural and adjoining areas in Karachi to Katchi Abadi's to interior Sindh to Muzaffargarh to Azad Kashmir.

Please note that HOPE USA also uses Zakat year-round for the following noble causes:

• Life-saving surgery for the poor at HOPE Hospitals
• Medicines from HOPE Hospitals for the Poor
• Monthly food rations for poor families
• Doctor's visits for poor people at HOPE Hospitals and clinics
• Education tuition and supplies for children in HOPE Schools

Many of you I know personally, and I wish to extend my sincere thank you to all of your for an incredible Ramadan. I honestly prayed for all of you this year. I pray that God Almighty accepts all of our efforts and grant us the capacity to do more. Ameen!

The pictures below are for our Food Rations Distribution efforts in Azad-Kashmir during Ramadan.  Many of these families are daily wage earners and were adversely affected by the economic fallout from Covid-19.  Specifically in Azad Kashmir, your Zakat donations were used to benefit 300 needy families with food rations, including the teaching staff of the students in our Kashmir schools:

• 100 Kashmir families received cash to purchase food rations when access to Kashmir was blocked
• 200 Kashmir families received Food Ration bags once access was restored

 Thank you all for your incredibly generous donations during this past month.  We are so humbled to have a group of supporters like yourselves.  

Best regards,

Ambereen Siddiqui
Director - HOPE USA

Links:

• HOPE USA website