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For many low-income families in Pakistan, rising food and fuel prices have pushed protein out of reach, and Eid al-Adha may be the only time they receive fresh meat. In urban settlements and rural districts alike, stretched budgets and fragile supply chains limit access to safe, hygienically prepared meat portions during the Qurbani period.
Uncoordinated slaughter and ad-hoc distributions can create crowding, duplication, and food safety risks—especially where clean water, cold storage, and waste management are limited. Without organized support, vulnerable households miss out and public health hazards increase.
The project must deliver safe, Sharia-compliant meat at scale without distorting local markets—pairing ethical sourcing with hygiene, orderly distribution, and clear accountability.
Ethical sourcing & animal welfare: Procure healthy, age-appropriate animals from vetted local suppliers at fair prices, ensure humane handling, and conduct pre-slaughter veterinary checks.
Sharia compliance & food safety: Use trained slaughter teams and certified sites, with clean water, tools, and carcass handling; apply rapid chilling or same-day distribution where cold chains are limited.
Fair targeting & last-mile delivery: Allocate standard portions to verified vulnerable households, schedule staggered collection times, and provide limited home delivery for people unable to queue.
Droplets performed 35 shares of Qurbani – 5 cows/bulls. Meat shall be distributed in rural areas of District Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan where majority of the abjectly poor people live and 40 per cent of whom are food-insecure.
Altogether, about 1,000 people comprising widows, children, orphans, destitute, elderly and disabled, coming from about 165 families shall benefit from the project. Each household would receive 3 kilograms of meat for qurbani of cows.
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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