Orphan Sponsorship
Child Sponsorship
Sudan & Sudanese Refugee Appeal
Palestine & Palestinian Refugee Appeal
Across many communities, families are entering Ramadan 2025 with strained incomes and soaring food prices, making it difficult to prepare consistent suhoor and iftar meals that meet basic nutritional needs. Children, older adults, pregnant and lactating women, and people with chronic illnesses are at heightened risk of meal skipping and nutrient gaps.
Markets and services are overstretched, while limited access to refrigeration, clean water, and cooking fuel undermines food safety and dietary diversity. Without timely support, households turn to debt, reduce portions, or rely on low-quality calories during a month centered on dignity, sharing, and community.
Assistance must be timely, dignified, and aligned with Ramadan routines while strengthening local markets and prioritizing the most vulnerable households.
Culturally appropriate assistance: Provide food baskets or e-vouchers timed for suhoor and iftar that cover staples, dates, protein, and fresh produce, with options for special diets where needed.
Safe, efficient distribution: Use verified lists, staggered pickups, and limited home delivery for homebound people, with simple digital tokens to reduce queues and duplication.
Community kitchens & hygiene: Operate temporary kitchens with safe water points, WASH kits, and clean-fuel solutions to serve hot meals in accessible locations throughout Ramadan.
Monitoring and feedback: Track stocks and deliveries in real time, run post-distribution checks, maintain feedback channels, and adjust basket contents and targeting based on findings.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, exacerbated by ongoing conflict and severe restrictions on the movement of goods and people. As of December 2024, approximately 90% of Gaza’s population lives in poverty, a significant increase from 64% before the escalation of hostilities. By October 2024, over 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza faced extremely critical levels of hunger, with 70% of crop fields destroyed and livelihoods decimated. This project aims to address urgent food insecurity and provide nutritional support during the holy month of Ramadan. The intervention targets the most vulnerable populations, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), orphans, families with young children (0-4 years), elderly individuals (60+), widows, and persons with Disabilities.
Project Outputs:
● 225 food parcels will be distributed to sustain families for the entire month of Ramadan.
● An estimated 150 meals per day will be served on the first ten days of Ramadan. Each meal is enough for 2 people. Therefore, 300 beneficiaries per day in Gaza will receive daily hot meals during the first 10 days of Ramadan.
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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