Making the best of their Ramadan, two British young Muslim girls from Small Heath, Birmingham, have launched a new campaign to help the most poverty stricken areas of Pakistan and Kashmir.
For the third year in a row, Haziqah, 11, and six year old sister Khadeejah, known as Team H&K, kicked off Pakistan Ramadan Appeal to raise ยฃ30,000 for Jigsaw Charity for Ramadan.
Money raised this year will go to help those in Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir who are in need.
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The girlsโ dad, Yuser Iqbal told Birmingham Live: โMy eldest daughter did a cake a bake sale at Birmingham University to help with raising the funds. They have been encouraging the community, friends and family to donate through short videos of them but also fundraisers like the bake sale.
โIโm surprised myself, my little daughter is so motivated with raising the money and we have been so overwhelmed with all the support from everyone.โ
Success
The 2022 campaign follows the huge success of 2021 Ramadan appeal which collected just under ยฃ100,000.
Till the time of writing, the JustGiving campaign has raised almost ยฃ50,000.
The projects supported this year include provision of sewing machines and setting up honey bee farming businesses for needy families.
โSindh is one of the most poverty stricken areas of Pakistan which is why we have chosen this area to distribute the provisions,โ Yuser said.
โWe had a lot of support from Al Akhirah funeral services in Sparkbrook who supported the girls โ as well as donations from everyone up and down the country,โ he added.
The holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
Ramadan is about sacrifice, patience and discipline. There are countless ahadith attesting its significance.
The Prophet (SAW) said: โWhoever helps his brother in his time of need, Allah will be there in his time of need.โ (Muslim)
