Ramadan Project
For over a decade, mum has been running the Ramadan Food Packs project in our community in Arkilla, Sokoto. Every day for 30 days, she would cook freshly made iftar meals so the vulnerable, homeless and less privileged could break their fast in a dignified way.
Due to the 2020 pandemic impacting her business, she was unable to afford the expenses anymore. Knowing how many people relied on this project for iftar, Aisha turned to crowdfunding online to keep the project going. For the past four consecutive years, we have raised about £10,000 through online and offline donations and fed hundreds of people.
This year’s expenses is projected at £2,000. The funds would be used to purchase raw ingredients which include several bags of rice, sugar, millet and beans; fresh vegetables like tomatoes, onions and pepper; cooking oil and cooking gas; and spices for seasoning.
There are many young and vulnerable people including “almajiri” – orphans who rely on the food packs for Iftar and even Suhoor and with your support, you’ll enable our mum to continue the project and provide our traditional meal of steamed bean cake (moi-moi), millet porridge (koko), and Jollof rice meals to at least 100 people daily.
Watch this video where mum shows some ingredients purcased for Ramadan 2023
The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said:
Whoever feeds a person who is breaking his fast will earn the same reward as him without anything being lessened from the reward of the fasting person. [Tirmidhi]
And Allah (swt) says in the holy Qur'an:
By no means shall you attain righteousness unless you give freely of that which you love, and whatever you give, Allah knows it well. [Qur’an 3:92]
As a grassroot community project, we have a 100% donation policy whereby all the funds go directly to the project. This project is also eligible for Zakat as the recipients of the donation are from underprivileged backgrounds.
We do our best to keep costs low and every penny donated is carefully spent and much appreciated. We prioritise efficiency & sustainability and prefer to buy in bulk in order to spend wisely and reduce our impact on the environment.
