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R amadaan is a month of reflection, prayer and fasting.During the month, observers gain a better understanding of and appreciation for the suffering of impoverished and hungry people around the world. Ramadaan also serves to remind Muslims of the importance of charity, and their obligation to be charitable during the month and all throughout the year.

Islamic Relief teams distribute food packets in impoverished communities to provide relief during Ramadaan. Each food hamper holds essential food items that is important to the local diet of the recipients, and is designed to help a family of five to seven people.

Islamic Relief South Africa will once again host its annual Iftaar Dinner in aid of its orphans & vulnerable childrens projects.

We are cordially inviting you and your loved ones to join us for a spiritually uplifting evening where we would provide detailed feedback on our current projects.

Dates for regional events are as follows:

Johannesburg Sunday 21 June 2015Durban Saturday 27 June 2015Cape Town Sunday 12 July 2015

A donation of R120 per person towards catering costs will be appreciated.Should you wish to sponsor in kind or volunteer at the Iftaar Dinners, please email shahnaaz.paruk@islamic-relief.org.za or call 0800 111 898.

FEED A FAMILY IN NEED THIS RAMADAAN

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R500 South Africa /MaliGROUP B

R400 Malawi /Palestine GROUP E

R700 Syria /ChadGROUP D

R600 Yemen /Zimbabwe

India / EthiopiaR300GROUP A

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ANNUAL IFTAAR DINNER LIVE TV APPEAL

OTHER COUNTRIES AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP

Islamic Relief South Africa will host two LIVE TV appeals on ITV Networks (DSTV channel 347), to raise funds for our local and international projects.Habib Malik from IRUK will host the pledge sessions and will provide viewers with the latest information from areas such as Syria, Nepal, Gaza and Yemen.

Save the dates:

Saturday, 20 June 2015 Saturday, 11 July 2015

Help Islamic Relief make a difference in the lives of thousands of vulnerable families around the globe.

Tune in from 22h15pm and pledge your support.

RAMADAAN

D O N AT E T O W A R D O U R P R O J E C T S A N D A P P E A L S .

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GENERAL & LILLAHStandard Bank, Islamic Relief SA

Acc. No. : 005318459Fordsburg Branch

Branch Code : 005205Reference : Your Contact Number

ZAKAAH CONTRIBUTIONS FNB, Islamic Relief SAAcc. No. : 62161066933Smith Street BranchBranch Code : 221426Reference : Your Contact Number

info@islamic-relief.org.za

For more info and updates on our appeals:

Islamic Relief launched a new innovative Corporate Social Responsibility Fund which will give the business sector easy access to the NGOs various developmental projects.The NGO has been running a number of humanitarian support programmes locally i.e. Education, Health, HIV/Aids and Food Security, since it opened its first office in Johannesburg in 2003.

With our long-standing relationship with rights holders [beneficiaries] and the donor community, we are well placed to be a CSI implementation partner for business owners and corporate institutions, Country Director Yusuf Patel said.

Islamic Relief also provide sustainable, social economic development solutions to communities, through micro finance projects; making our CSR initiative, ideal for businesses to support.

We are passionate about the work we do, and feel that the time is here for businesses, individuals and key community leaders to start playing an active role in both giving to themselves, and giving back to others.

For more information on Islamic Reliefs Corporate Social Responsibility Fund, call 021 696 0145 or email ebrahim.mohamed@islamic-relief.org.za.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FUND LAUNCHED

CAPE TOWN396 Imam Haron Road,LansdowneTel : 021 696 0145Fax: 021 696 1783

JOHANNESBURG1st Floor, 57 Mint Road,FordsburgTel : 011 836 1054Fax: 011 838 1055

DURBAN3rd Floor Legend House, 534 Peter Mokaba Ridge,OverportTel : 031 208 2838Fax: 031 207 9141

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An already devastating humanitarian situation in Yemen has been severely worsened by increased fighting. At least 900 people have been reported dead, 2,000 injured and more than 100,000 have been displaced from their homes.

Islamic Relief has launched an emergency appeal, aiming to reach 700,000 people in the worst affected areas with food, water and sanitation, trauma and first aid kits.

According to Mohamed Salah Eldin, Country Director for Islamic Relief in Yemen, urgent action is required.

We need to act before we have an acute humanitarian disaster on our handsThere is a massive need for medical supplies and clean water in Aden and our contacts on the ground are telling us there are huge queues of people everywhere desperate for water.

Food distributions began on April 9 in Sanaa and will continue into six other governorates. Every day, 200 families will receive flour, rice, sugar, beans, noodles, peas and cooking oil, which normally last between two weeks and a month.

Islamic Relief has been working in Yemen since 2004 and is working through offices run by local staff in Sadah, Hajja, Amran, Sanaa, Marib and Dhamar.

To support our efforts in Yemen, donate to the Yemen Emergency Appeal today. This fund allows us to respond quickly and effectively to those affected by the conflict. We will be using this fund to support the worst affected in Yemen.

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YEMEN APPEAL

Over 4 years of unrest have created the worst humanitarian crisis in the modern history of the Middle East region.

Over 12 million Syrians are in need for humanitarian aid, around 6 million people have been internally displaced, and more than 3 million refugees have fled to neighbouring countries.

Working with Syrians since 2011

Four years on from the beginning of the conflict, Islamic Relief has implemented more than 223 projects to support vulnerable Syrians in Syria, and neighbouring Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan. These projects have varied from providing food aid, non-food items, education support, shelter assistance, psychosocial support, Water and Sanitation Health projects, and medical assistance.

Islamic Relief has reached 7,126,795 people in Syria and neighbouring countries since 2012 through its humanitarian and urgent assistance in various sectors.

In 2014 alone, more than 500,000 Syrians benefited from Islamic Reliefs Winter programmes, with over 11,000 Syrians in Lebanon receiving items such as blankets, clothes, vouchers, gas heaters, gas cylinders and mattresses. Inside Syria, over 44,000 blankets were distributed, as well as thousands of mattresses and sheets.

We intend to carry on our work inside Syria in 2015, so please donate today to make this work possible.

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The last escalation of conflict in Gaza, which began in July 2014 and killed more than 1,900 Palestinians over seven weeks, has worsened an already grave humanitarian crisis within the enclave.

Successive outbreaks of conflict have deepened suffering in Gaza. Even before the most recent fighting, poverty fuelled by years of blockade and restrictions forced 80 per cent of the population to depend on humanitarian or government assistance.

The most recent conflict affected around 1.8 million people, as essential infrastructure such as power stations, water treatment plants, hospitals and schools were damaged or destroyed. Almost 11,000 homes were ruined.

Months later, the blockade continues, hindering attempts to reconstruct schools, hospitals and homes. Around 100,000 Palestinians remain displaced and emergency shelters still house hundreds of thousands of people, with many others sheltering with friends or family.

Most residents cannot source their own food and are reliant on aid to survive.

Islamic Relief has been working in Gaza for almost 20 years, and was on the ground providing life-saving assistance throughout the recent conflict.

We are calling for urgent support for our work to rebuild lives and deliver long-term positive change for the people of Gaza. Donate today.

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REBUILDING PALESTINE

AT A GLANCE :

1.2 million people now have reduced access to water

Damage to health sector will cost USD $19 million to address

Scores of schools damaged or out of use

Nearly 11,000 homes destroyed

More than 22,000 farming and fishing families have lost their livelihoods

At least 373,000 children require specialist psychosocial support.

A devastating earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, hit Nepal on the morning of 25th April.Strong tremors were felt as far away as Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India, with the earthquake triggering avalanches in the Himalayas.

The death toll from the earthquake has surpassed 6,600 and approximately 14,000 injured.

UPDATE AS FROM 5 MAY 2015

Islamic Relief has distributed food to more than 500 families in Nepal.

Experts from our Disaster Response Team provided food parcels to the villages of Bhimtar and Shipapokhari in the Sindhpal Chowk district following assessment.

Many homes in the villages have been completely destroyed. With the monsoon season imminent, the need for shelter is increasing.

Haseeb Khalid, from the team, said: The community was horrified by the devastation. New mothers and children are the most affected by the earthquake and already lack the nutrition they need.

Families are asking for clean water, food, blankets and shelter. But they are also concerned about their futures.

Islamic Relief will be carrying out more food distribution shortly, and plans to return to the villages to distribute tents and plastic sheeting.

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S O U T H A F R I C AS O U T H A F R I C A

PROJECTS UPDATE

Significant progress has been made on the construction of the Islamic Relief Oncology Centre of Excellence, which will be housed at the Nelson Mandela Childrens Hospital in Johannesburg. The specialized wing forms part of a strategic partnership worth USD $10 million and is being hailed as a fitting part of the legacy of South African political icon, Nelson Mandela. According to CEO of Islamic Relief Worldwide, Dr Mohamed Ashmawey, the oncology unit will enable more children across Africa to beat cancer. The Islamic Relief Oncology Centre of Excellence will provide intensive paediatric and specialist care, and serves the last wish of Nelson Mandela to build this hospital in Johannesburg. No child will be turned away because they cannot afford to pay. Construction of the 200-bed Nelson Mandela Childrens Hospital began in 2014 and is due to be completed in 2016.

IR FUNDS ONCOLOGY WING AT NELSON MANDELA HOSPITAL

In sub-Saharan Africa, over 95 million children attend school daily without the benefit of a classroom desk, a most basic yet critically important tool in their literacy and academic development. The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign (The Tutudesk Campaign) addresses this challenge directly by providing school children with our proprietary and proven Tutudesk product and programme intervention. Islamic Relief contributed R300 000 towards the distribution of 2300 Tutudesks to learners at various schools in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.

The provision of these Tutudesks ensures that these children are given the best possible opportunity to enjoy the basic human right to experience and benefit from a quality basic education.

TUTU DESK CAMPAIGNRED CROSS CHILDRENSHOSPITALIslamic Relief South Africa has partnered with the Speech-Language Therapy Department at the Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital, to children with feeding and swallowing, speech, language and hearing difficulties. We were informed last year about the massive backlog of 800 children waiting to receive therapy. Islamic Relief has since sponsored the appointment of a Speech and Hearing Therapist at the hospital, Programmes Coordinator, Minhaj Jeenah said.Since her appointment, Chantal Du Toit has seen a total number of 129 new patients from the waiting list and has also conducted 398 follow up sessions. We would like to commend Chantal Du Toit and the Red Cross Childrens Hospital on their great work and we look forward to a prosperous partnership serving humanity.

SUPPORTING EDUCATION :

ORPHAN AND CHILD WELFAREIslamic Relief South Africa is supporting orphans and vulnerable children from previously disadvantaged communities with high levels of unemployment, high rates of HIV infections and where opportunities to earn an income and education are low. Majority of these children are either infected or affected by HIV/Aids.

The orphans and vulnerable children project by Islamic Relief looks at the development and empowerment of the orphan family as a whole. The target areas for this intervention are previously disadvantaged communities, which lack enabling conditions for social and economic empowerment. These areas are in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.

The suffering of children is one of the hardest things to witness. Each day children face formidable struggles, whether its through wars, disasters, drought or disease and all too often children are being orphaned around the world. For many orphans, the threat of poverty is constant: where will the next meal come from? Where are we going to live? If we get sick and cant afford medicinewill we survive?

Islamic Relief works to support orphans and children around the world through sponsorship and child welfare projects. Islamic Relief already supports over 43,000 orphans around the world.

It will cost only R500 per month to sponsor an orphan child in South Africa.

Your sponsorship could mean the world.Will you join us?

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ORPHANS ANDVULNERABLE CHILDREN

EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND TOLL FREE 0800 111 898

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WINTER APPEAL - Every Second Counts!

Donate from R100 per winter pack

AL YATEEM ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP

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