From Jordan to Lebanon, your generosity can change someone’s winter.
Winter has already begun to settle in — the season of warm blankets, favorite mugs, soft lighting, and evenings spent with the people we love. For many of us, including our team at Droplets of Mercy USA, this season is one we embrace with comfor
But for thousands of families around the world, winter looks nothing like this.
For them, it means staying awake as rain seeps into thin tent walls. It means children coughing in the cold, their tiny hands numb, with no extra clothes to layer, no heater to turn on, no safe place to escape the wind. It means parents watching the temperature drop and wondering if their shelter — or their strength — will hold through the night.
| Amount | $25 – Jacket & Pajama Set (Yemen), $55 – Winter Package (Jordan), $75 – Winter Clothing Kit (Lebanon), $150 – Winter Package (Palestine – clothing & heat), $250 – Shelter Kit (Yemen), $750 – Mesh Tent (Yemen), Other |
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Dr. Yahya Hendi is the Director for Muslim Life. He has been at Georgetown for 25 years and was the first Muslim chaplain to be hired full-time by an American university. Imam Hendi is a Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow at the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland School of Law and the Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. Imam Hendi is the founder and president of Clergy Beyond Borders. He also serves as a member of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America. Imam has served as an adjunct faculty member for Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Osher’s Lifelong Learning Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Fordham University, and Hartford Seminary. Imam Hendi also taught the course Inter-religious Encounters at Georgetown University. He is passionate about environmental responsibility, racial justice, eliminating poverty, fighting against the growing sense of militarism, and empowering Muslims to reform the way they practice and understand Islam. When Imam Hendi is not talking about these topics with students, you’ll find him in the kitchen cooking Maqloobah or his other favorite dishes, grilled chicken, rice, and hummus.
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1. Voluntary Participation
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I am free to decline or withdraw from participation at any time before or during the deployment,
understanding that doing so may be at my own expense.
2. Assumption of Risk
I acknowledge that international and domestic travel, particularly in humanitarian, disaster-response,
or underserved regions, involves inherent risks. I knowingly and voluntarily assume all such risks,
whether foreseeable or unforeseeable.
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or liabilities arising out of or related to my participation in the volunteer deployment, including
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