Orphan Sponsorship
Child Sponsorship
Sudan & Sudanese Refugee Appeal
Palestine & Palestinian Refugee Appeal
Many low-income households in Turkey entered Ramadan 2024 facing elevated food prices and tight budgets, making it difficult to plan consistent, nutritious suhoor and iftar meals. Families in earthquake-affected provinces and dense urban districts are especially strained as rents, transport, and utilities compete with food needs.
Crowding, limited refrigeration in temporary accommodations, and irregular access to fresh produce and protein undermine dietary diversity and food safety. Without timely, dignified support, vulnerable groups—children, older adults, and people with chronic illness—risk meal skipping and nutrient gaps during a month centered on community and care.
Assistance should be timely, culturally appropriate, and market-aware, reaching high-need neighborhoods while protecting dignity and avoiding local price distortions.
Culturally appropriate assistance: Provide halal food baskets or e-vouchers aligned with suhoor/iftar that include staples, protein, dates, oil, and fresh items, with options for special dietary needs.
Safe, orderly delivery: Use verified lists, scheduled pickups at accessible sites, and limited home delivery for people who are homebound, with clear crowd management to reduce wait times and risks.
Vendor partnerships & digital payments: Redeem e-vouchers through vetted shops and supermarkets to support local markets, ensure quality standards, and keep logistics transparent and efficient.
Monitoring & feedback: Track stocks and redemptions in real time, conduct quick post-distribution checks, maintain hotlines/complaint desks, and adjust basket contents and targeting based on findings.
More than 2,000 low-income Uyghur families live in different provinces of Turkey, and they are experiencing a financially and morally difficult period. These families cannot adequately benefit from education, health and the services provided by the state for low-income families, and this situation becomes more evident especially among orphans and widows.
This project aims to provide financial aid to a total of 200 families, 150 living in Istanbul, 30 living in Konya and 20 living in Kayseri, to meet their daily needs of food through iftar programs during Ramadan.
Project Outputs:
• 200 families in various cities of Turkiye will be sponsored financially with the amount enough for 30 days of Ramadan for Sohur and Iftar meals.
• 500 children will receive $10 USD as eid gift.
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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