Orphan Sponsorship
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Sudan & Sudanese Refugee Appeal
Palestine & Palestinian Refugee Appeal
Seasonal monsoon floods and sudden flash flooding across river islands (chars), haor basins, and low-lying urban wards are inundating homes, farms, and markets—cutting off entire communities for days at a time. Tube wells and latrines are submerged or damaged, contaminating drinking water and forcing families to rely on unsafe sources while food stocks, seeds, and livelihoods wash away.
Crowded emergency shelters strain privacy and basic services, and children, older adults, and people with disabilities face the greatest barriers to safe evacuation and care. The risks of diarrheal disease, skin infections, and vector-borne illness rise sharply when clean water, hygiene supplies, and health services are disrupted.
Relief must move quickly over water and damaged roads, linking local responders with flexible assistance that restores safe water, protects health and dignity, and stabilizes household food and income.
Safe access & rapid delivery: Use boats and high-clearance vehicles with local volunteers to reach cut-off areas, delivering multi-purpose cash or food rations alongside tarps, shelter repair kits, blankets, and cooking sets.
Water, sanitation & hygiene: Restore or elevate tube wells, deploy emergency chlorination and portable treatment, truck safe water where needed, and provide jerrycans, latrine repair/desludging, cleaning tools, soap, and menstrual hygiene kits.
Health, nutrition & protection: Operate mobile clinics for ORS/zinc, basic medicines, and wound care; support routine immunization and nutrition screening; and ensure safe spaces, GBV services, and psychosocial support with clear referral pathways.
The Noakhali District in Chittagong, Bangladesh, has been severely impacted by catastrophic floods, leading to widespread devastation. As of August 2024, over 4.4 million people across 11 districts have been affected, with Noakhali among the hardest hit areas. Floodwaters have inundated entire villages, displaced thousands of families, and created an acute crisis in access to food, clean water, and basic hygiene facilities. The primary objective of this project is to distribute essential food and hygiene items to the families of flood victims.
A food package and hygiene items will be delivered to 720 families. An estimated 3600 people, including children, will have a nutritious and healthy meal, as well as access to hygiene items.
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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