Charity Week in Laois

My name is Asma Zulfiqar and I am the finance rep for Al Rahman Youth group based in the Portlaoise mosque. We are taking part in Charity Week for the first time this year. We are a small group of Muslim girls in Laois and we are keen on making a positive impact at a national and international level.

Al Rahman Youth Group Girls are proud to present the first ever Charity Week Quiz with AMAZING prizes up for grabs including a Name-calligraphy canvas and a handmade crochet keychain. The event is in aid of orphans and children in need around the world

6 pm, Thursday, 4th of November

Zoom link: https://dcu-ie.zoom.us/j/97287986471

As this event is for Charity Week, please make sure to support us and our campaign by donating below!

https://justgiving.com/fundraising/islamic-relief-ireland-charityweekryg

Orphans and vulnerable children are like seeds in a dry desert. Without the clouds, i.e. their parents or resources, they can’t grow and flourish. As people with a sufficient amount of water it is our moral duty to spare a drop (i.e. euro) or two for them. These individual drops will come together to make it rain in the desert. This will not only be lifesaving for the children but also allow them to achieve their full potential.

Every year Charity Week brings together the Muslim communities around the globe in order to help those less fortunate than us. The aim of charity week is to look beyond once-off aid but to establish sustainable projects that can only be achieved through collective efforts. Unifying different communities, big or small, is like bringing together single droplets to create nourishing rain that will not only sustain one seed, one child, but many altogether.

This year Charity Week was held from the 25th to 31st October but donations can be sent up to the 10th of November. All donations will be used to fund aid projects by Islamic Relief for orphans and needy children around the world. Anyone can vote for their preferred project to be funded by going to https://charityweek.com/projects/ .Last year almost €1,600,000 were raised all together internationally. This went towards funding heart surgeries for children in Syria, providing education to street children in Pakistan, providing humanitarian aid in Yemen and Bosnia. Any amount donated, no matter how small, would be much appreciated and will make a big difference in the life of a child.

To see how charity week helped give children education and hope in Pakistan watch this video: https://youtu.be/95ffvHyziv8

To donate use the link: justgiving.com/islamic-relief-ireland-CharityWeekRYG, or scan the QR code below:

Or if you wish to donate through a check send them to ‘Islamic Relief Ireland, 31 Clanbrassil Street Lower, Wood Quay, Dublin, D08 T854, Ireland’. Make sure to write the reference code at the back ‘CW2021RYG’ so the money can be logged correctly.