The Zakat Foundation (ZF), an international charity organization based in Chicago, Illinois, with support from Bridgeview’s Mosque Foundation and volunteers from the Chicagoland area are providing daily iftar-dinners for approximately 250 to 300 people per day at six Chicago-land mosques during the entire month of Ramadan. This is the fifth Ramadan during which Zakat Foundation … Continued
The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps today announced a $10-million contribution from Qatar Charity to lift up families in the Gaza Strip with much-needed economic assistance and development over the next three years. This week, a delegation from Qatar Charity will visit the agency’s Portland, OR headquarters to sign a Memorandum of Understanding … Continued
Hawraa Hakim passed out t-shirts to volunteers gathered at Hemlock Park and quickly realized that there were more people than shirts. “We ran out,” the 19-year-old Dearborn resident said. “We were surprised.” About 320 volunteers joined Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) Saturday in celebrating the fifth annual National Arab-American Service Day, … Continued
Mariam Wehbe learned about a program offering home-delivered meals made according to Islamic law at a good time — poor health made cooking impossible and a grandson who helps her had to cut back to devote more time to school. Plus, as a Muslim, she could keep halal. Wehbe, 70, who lives in the Detroit … Continued
In its third relief campaign to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, the American-based relief organization, Life for Relief and Development (Life) in partnership with Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services, a major humanitarian relief organization in Qatar, is preparing to send more humanitarian and medical aid to the hard-hit Caribbean … Continued
As if being expelled from Libya in 1995 because of his Palestinian heritage wasn’t hard enough, Mohamed Aboushaban said he faced isolation and prejudice when he settled in suburban Burbank soon afterward. But Aboushaban has found a ray of hope in a support group for elderly Arab-Americans, run by Arab American Family Services, a social … Continued
ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) is pleased to announce a donation of $1 million from the government of Kuwait to fund ANERA’s work with children in Gaza. With this donation, ANERA will operate its Milk for Preschoolers program, which has been delivering vitamin-fortified milk and biscuits to 20,000 preschool children across Gaza since 2003 … Continued
Today, The Jerusalem Fund and its partners, the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) Foundation and Physicians for Peace, officially dedicated the Palestine Diabetes Institute in Al-Bireh, Palestine [pictured right]. Moving from rented space in Ramallah, the Institute now occupies two floors (800 square meters) in an office building donated by Haj Mahmoud Ateya Mansour … Continued
When American couple Heather Henyon and Armen Vartanian decided to get married, they knew the gift they wanted to commemorate their marriage. They asked their guests to donate what they might have spent on a wedding present to helping build a playground in the West Bank, making a dream come true for Palestinian children there. … Continued
ACCESS’ Social Services Department and the Senior Alliance Area Agency on Aging 1-C have been working together to offer Halal Meals on Wheels to Muslim senior citizens. “ACCESS is trying to create an awareness in the senior community of the services available to them, keeping in mind the cultural sensitivity factor,” says Social Services Director … Continued
As part of its ongoing efforts to alleviate human suffering, the American-based relief organization, Life for Relief and Development (Life) in partnership with Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Charity (MBRMC), a prominent humanitarian relief organization in the United Arab Emirates, launched Phase One of their joint emergency relief campaign for the victims of the recent … Continued
Islamic Relief USA, America’s largest Muslim relief organization, announced today that it will immediately fly a $1 million shipment of aid to those impacted by yesterday’s earthquake in Haiti. That relief aid will be sent in coordination with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Those wishing to donate to Islamic Relief USA’s “Haiti … Continued
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