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RAMADAN
2021
REPORT
#RAMADAN2021
ABOUT
ABOUT
CONTENTS HUMAN APPEAL
About Human Appeal .................................................................................................................. 3
Ramadan 2021 in numbers ............................................................................................. 4
Our Feed the Fasting campaign ............................................................................. 6
Bangladesh ........................................................................................................................................ 8
Iraq .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Lebanon ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Pakistan ............................................................................................................................................. 14
Palestine ............................................................................................................................................. 16
Sudan ....................................................................................................................................................... 18
Somalia ................................................................................................................................................. 20
H
Syria ........................................................................................................................................................... 22 uman Appeal is a non-profit Human Appeal believes that establishing
organisation working across stable healthcare, education and
Yemen ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 the globe to strengthen livelihood support programmes paves
humanity’s fight against poverty, the way for empowered, self-sufficient
UK .................................................................................................................................................................. 26 social injustice and natural communities. We also recognise that
disasters since 1991. Through the the provision of food, medical aid
Thank you ........................................................................................................................................................ 28 provision of immediate relief and and emergency shelter in times of
the establishment of self-sustaining humanitarian crises is essential for
Our commitment to Zero Hunger .................................................................... 30 development programmes, we aim the immediate preservation of life.
to invest in real, effective solutions. We understand the importance of a
multidimensional aid approach, and
By establishing firm and loyal balance our work between emergency
grassroots relationships with local, relief and long-term development,
national and international partners based on the needs of each community.
we are able to access some of
the most hard-to-reach places in
the world, at their most fragile
and vulnerable moments.
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RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT NUMBERS
RAMADAN RAMADAN 2021
The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Whoever
gives iftar to one who is fasting will have
2021 IN NUMBERS
a reward like his, without that detracting
from the reward of the fasting person in
the slightest.” (Al-Tirmidhi)
245,034 43,725 178,627
people helped during more people helped people were able to
Ramadan and Eid-al Fitr. than last Ramadan. break their fast.
59,900 21,535 18,520
families supported during monthly family food people received
Ramadan and Eid. parcels delivered. hot meals.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the This Ramadan our Feed the Fasting
Islamic calendar, during which fasting campaign distributed nutritious food
is observed from sunrise to sunset. parcels, hot iftar meals, cash vouchers,
Ramadan offers a unique opportunity and Eid gifts to families most in need in
to seek Allah’s forgiveness, mercy ten countries around the world.
and blessings.
Your donations this Ramadan helped
The Prophet (PBUH) said: “This month has come to ease the hardships faced by many
1,379
vulnerable families due to poverty,
21,558 58,725
to you, and in it there is a night that is better than
a thousand months. Whoever is deprived of it is war, natural disasters, and the COVID-19
deprived of all goodness, and no one is deprived pandemic, and it enabled them to observe children received
people supported with people supported through
of its goodness except one who is truly deprived.” the holy month with the security of a Eid gifts.
food vouchers. Zakat al-Fitr.
(Ibn Majah) nutritious meal at the end of their fast.
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countries worked in globally: Bangladesh, Iraq, Lebanon,
Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and the UK.
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RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT FEED THE FASTING
OUR FEED THE
FASTING CAMPAIGN
This Ramadan, our Change Starts Here Thanks to you, so many families that
campaign featured on TV live appeals, usually struggle to afford food were
adverts, videos, blogs, webinars, able to observe and perform one of the
magazines and leaflets. key pillars of the Islamic faith – fasting
during Ramadan.
Despite the many challenges faced across
the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic, In the coming weeks and months, we’ll
your unwavering support, community also be implementing our long-term
spirit and unprecedented generosity projects that you supported this Ramadan
enabled 245,034 vulnerable people to – running hospitals, transforming the
break their fast and celebrate Eid – lives of street children, and building
that’s 43,725 more people than last year. sustainable water sources – fighting the
root causes of poverty with lasting impact.
Through our Feed the Fasting campaign,
we delivered family food parcels, hot iftar
meals, food vouchers, and cash vouchers
to help some of the most vulnerable people
in the world throughout the whole month.
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RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT BANGLADESH
BANGLADESH
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported
2,855 people in Bangladesh
571 2,855
food parcels distributed. people supported during Ramadan.
Over one million Rohingya refugees We targeted the most at-risk, prioritising
from Myanmar are seeking refuge in those with low earnings such as day
Bangladesh, having left their homes labourers and domestic workers,
to escape unimaginable violence and female breadwinners, older people,
persecution. The majority of Rohingya people with disabilities, pregnant
refugees are dependent on aid and live women and marginalised families.
in Cox’s Bazar, where cramped conditions
quickly become unsanitary and unsafe. Thank you for supporting our food parcel
project in Bangladesh during Ramadan.
In partnership with Dhaka Ahsania
Mission (DAM), we supported 571
Rohingya families in Cox’s Bazar with
nutritious food parcels to last a family-of-
five the entire month of Ramadan. Each
food parcel contained over 30kg of food,
including rice, oil, flour, sugar, lentils,
milk powder, vermicelli, and dates.
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RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT IRAQ
IRAQ
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported
5,530 people in Iraq
1,905 3,625
905 people supported with Syrian refugees supported
360 nutritious food parcels to through Zakat al-Fitr.
last the month of Ramadan.
Years of conflict have uprooted millions received flour, rice, oil, sugar, tea, salt,
of Iraqi people, eroded social cohesion, lentils, bulgur, and dates. We focused on
disrupted access to basic services, supporting families with orphans and
destroyed livelihoods and led to increased widows, including those who are among
protection risks. With the continuing the 1.2 million still displaced in Iraq.
violence and arrival of COVID-19, families
have found it even harder to become When Eid came around, your Zakat
resilient, with 4.1 million people still al-Fitr donations supported 3,625 Syrian
in need of humanitarian help, including refugees in Bardarash camp in Dohuk.
2.4 who urgently need food and Thank you for supporting the most
livelihood support. vulnerable in Iraq this Ramadan.
With your help this Ramadan, we
supported 1,905 people in Mosul and
Erbil through nutritious month-long
food parcels weighing over 52 kilograms.
Each of the 360 families we supported
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RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT LEBANON
LEBANON
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported
9,100 people in Lebanon.
5,919 2,500 681
people supported with 1,120 people supported with children received new
nutritious food parcels to last 500 family-sized Eid clothes.
the month of Ramadan. hot meals.
Eight in every ten Syrians living in When Eid al-Fitr came around, you
Lebanon are going hungry. With the provided 681 children with Eid gifts,
ongoing economic crisis in Lebanon, including trousers, two shirts, pyjamas,
and in the aftermath of the Beirut blast, and shoes for each child, spreading the
a staggering 78 percent of Syrian refugees joyful tradition of new Eid clothes.
are food insecure and urgently need
help to access food. In Bekaa Valley, Thank you for helping vulnerable
only 4 percent of Syrian refugees Syrians in Bekaa to observe Ramadan
have secure access to enough food. and celebrate Eid.
With your help this Ramadan, we
supported 9,100 Syrians living in Bekaa,
providing 500 families with hot iftar
meals, containing rice, chicken, sauce,
juice, fruit and desserts. You supported
1,120 families with food parcels to last
an entire month, containing bulgur, oil,
chickpeas, lentils, noodles, pasta, rice,
sugar, tuna, zaatar, jam, and dates,
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RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported
53,364 people in Pakistan.
5,041 33,364
nutritious food packs delivered. people supported through Feed
the Fasting.
17,100 698
hot iftar meals distributed. children received Eid gifts.
Since the arrival of COVID-19, poverty in 5,041 families received a nutritious
Pakistan has risen drastically, plunging food parcel which supported an average
a further 2 million people into hardship. of 6.5 people for an entire month, and
40 percent of Pakistanis face severe to contained fortified flour, rice, sugar, oil,
moderate food insecurity, and the danger tea, chickpeas, beans, lentils, syrup,
and insecurity of past two years of have salt, and dates.
made it incredibly difficult for families
to make a living. With your support, we also distributed
hot meals to 17,100 people, including
This Ramadan, you supported female- 15,500 vulnerable women. Each hot
headed households and orphaned meal contained chicken biriyani, rice,
families without earning opportunities kebab, dates, juice, and water.
in Mansehra, Rawalpindi, Rahim Yar
Khan, Thatta, Bahawalpur, Rajanpur, And when Eid came around, you
and District Bagh in Pakistan- provided 335 boys and 363 girls with
administered Kashmir, ensuring Eid gifts – such as clothes, biscuits,
they had enough nutritious food to juice, bangles, and henna – to help
break their fast for the entire month. them celebrate the special day.
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RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT PALESTINE
PALESTINE
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported
52,776 people in Palestine.
7,680 45,096
people given cash assistance and people supported through our
food parcels through Zakat al-Fitr. Feed the Fasting campaign.
16,020 21,558
people received two hot people supported with 3,593 family
meals each. food vouchers to last a month.
During Ramadan, Palestinians in Your support also provided 16,020
Gaza endured 11 days of bombardment, people with two hot meals, helping
as homes and offices were flattened, 2,670 families to eat well.
roads and water sources damaged, and
over 250 people killed. It was already We distributed your Zakat al-Fitr to
difficult for Palestinians to make a 1,280 of the most vulnerable families
living, enduring conflict, a blockade, in the Gaza Strip. In all, 640 people
and escalating water and food crises. received food parcels, and a further
But last Ramadan was particularly 640 received cash vouchers to spend
difficult, with families unable to leave on their most urgent needs.
their homes for work or food. Thank you for helping us to support
With your help, we were able to Palestinian families during an
help 45,069 people to eat well during unimaginably difficult Ramadan.
Ramadan. 1,235 families received
nutritious food parcels and 3,593
families received food vouchers,
providing a total of 29,076 people
in Gaza with nutritious food to last
the entire month.
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RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT SUDAN
SUDAN
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported
1,500 people in Sudan.
250 1,500
family food parcels delivered. people ate well for the whole
month of Ramadan.
More than 20 percent of the whole You provided 250 families with food
population of Sudan is in need of aid. parcels weighing 54 kilograms,
8.6 million people are facing hunger and containing flour, sorghum, onions,
need help getting through the summer, juice, lentils, oil, dates and sugar.
after high inflation levels, the worst
flooding in years and a locust infestation Thank you for helping us to support
have made food scarce and unaffordable. vulnerable families facing hunger
this Ramadan.
Because of the urgent need, we extended
our Ramadan Feed the Fasting project
to Sudan, and with your generous
donations, we were able to help 1,500
vulnerable people in Khartoum to eat
well for the entire month.
18 19RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT SOMALIA
SOMALIA
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported
74,009 people in Somalia.
29,400 44,609 463,472
people supported with 4,385 people provided with kilograms of food
family food parcels through our rice parcels through distributed in Somalia
Feed the Fasting campaign. Zakat al-Fitr. during Ramadan and Eid.
Two seasons of crop failures in a country Your support helped us to provide 29,400
where half of livelihoods depend on people with enough nutritious food to last
agriculture have put 2 million people the month. We provided 4,582 families
in Somalia at risk of starvation. Years with 71 kilograms of food each, including
of brutal conflict, extreme weather and rice, sugar, oil and dates, and we focused
limited livelihood opportunities have our support on displaced families, as well
resulted in one in two Somalis needing as families containing people who are
humanitarian assistance. The United disabled, older, or orphaned.
Nations has warned that 2.7 million
Somalis will face severe food shortages Your Zakat al-Fitr donations also provided
in the coming months, including 840,000 5,526 families with 25 kilograms of rice
children who won’t have enough to eat. each, helping 44,609 people to have a
secure source of food.
This Ramadan, you provided a lifeline
to thousands of people in urgent need,
helping to make the holy month brighter.
20 21RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT SYRIA
SYRIA
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported 17,258 people.
13,117 4,141
people supported with 3,016 people supported through
food parcels. Zakat al-Fitr.
After a decade of war, over 6 million with 48 kilograms of nutritious
people are still displaced, forced from food each to last the holy month of
their homes into makeshift shelters Ramadan. We focused on supporting
due to brutal violence. This year alone, families who were recently displaced,
the cost of basic essentials in Syria has as well as those with members who
increased by 70 percent, making it almost are widowed, orphaned or disabled.
impossible for most families to get by.
A staggering 12.4 million people don’t Each food parcel contained rice, flour,
have a reliable way to feed themselves. lentils, sugar, dates, peas, chickpeas,
tuna, halva, za’tar, oil, tomato paste
This Ramadan, you ensured thousands and jam.
of vulnerable Syrian families had
enough nutritious food for the whole You also supported 4,141 people with
month. In Idlib, we provided 3,016 your Fidya and Kaffarah donations.
families living in the camps of Dana, Thank you.
Harem, Maaretmisrin, and Barisha
22 23RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT YEMEN
YEMEN
During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, you supported
37,724 people in Yemen.
34,913 2,811
supported via 5,342 food people supported through
parcels to last a month. Zakat al-Fitr cash vouchers.
Yemenis are currently living through Each food parcel contained 101-110
the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. kilograms (dependent on location) of
Debilitated by six years of conflict, hunger, nutritious food to last a family-of-seven
and disease, over 80 percent of the an entire month. The food parcels included
population urgently need humanitarian flour, beans, oil, rice, sugar, salt, and dates.
assistance, and food is more than twice
as expensive as before the conflict. The During Eid, your Zakat al-Fitr contributions
UN has declared that malnutrition has provided 2,811 displaced families in Al
never been worse in Yemen. Hudaydah, Taiz, and Abyan with cash
vouchers to help them meet their most
This Ramadan, you provided lifesaving urgent food needs.
food aid to so many families who usually
don’t know where their next meal would Thank you for helping us to reverse hunger
come from. during Ramadan.
We supported 5,342 families who have
no source of income or food, including
families with widows or and orphans,
and those who are displaced.
24 25RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT UK
UK
This Ramadan, you supported 700 people in the UK.
£
568 700 8
food parcels distributed. people supported. cash grants for survivors
of domestic violence.
Food poverty has been on the rise in The pandemic also drastically affected
the UK, and the most vulnerable families domestic violence. 67 percent of women in
were among the most deeply affected abusive relationships said that the violence
by pandemic restrictions. Between worsened during lockdown, and also made
September 2020 and February 2021, it harder for them to escape the abuse.
an estimated 7.2 million people in the
UK, including 1.2 million children, Most people who leave abusive
struggled to eat enough food. Dependence relationships have to escape quickly,
on food banks soared; 47 percent more taking with them little to no belongings.
people relied on food banks in 2020 than Until their cases are assessed by the
the previous year. government, they are often completely
dependent on external help.
Throughout Ramadan – and in the two
weeks prior – we distributed 586 food Your donations helped us to provide 8 cash
parcels via foodbanks in Manchester, grants to women fleeing domestic violence.
Stockport, Oldham, Bolton, Bury, and It helped them to buy essential items to
Sheffield. Each food parcel contained survive when they were forced to leave,
enough nutritious food to last a person often with no belongings at all.
7-10 days, and included pasta and flour – Thank you for supporting the most
or, alternatively rice and lentils – as well vulnerable in our own community
as beans, soup, noodles, tinned tomatoes during Ramadan.
and chocolate.
26 27RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT THANK YOU
CHANGE STARTED
WITH YOU
Thank you for choosing to give your Although Ramadan has ended, the
Sadaqah and Zakat through Human opportunities for blessings are always
Appeal this Ramadan, and for helping ongoing. Let’s continue our good deeds
us to make the world a kinder place. and keep ourselves on the blessed path,
seeking Allah SWT’s pleasure
This Ramadan proved particularly all year long by giving consistently
testing for many of us. It’s the second to vulnerable families.
year we’ve observed Ramadan amid the
COVID-19 pandemic, which continued to The Prophet (PBUH) said, “The most beloved
exacerbate suffering already endured by of deeds to Allah are those that are most
so many due to conflict, displacement, consistent, even if it is small.”
drought, flooding, and malnutrition.
The continued spread of coronavirus Thank you for being part of the Human
made it more difficult for families to Appeal family, and thank you for giving
feed themselves, as food prices rose, so generously during Ramadan and
and it became harder and more helping us to change lives. May your
dangerous to find work. generosity be rewarded in abundance,
in this life, and the hereafter.
But despite the magnitude of these
challenges, this year you helped us to
reach even more people in urgent need,
enabling them to break their fast and
eat nutritiously during the holy month
of Ramadan. You also supported long-
term, sustainable solutions to the root
causes of poverty, supporting hospitals,
sustainable clean water sources,
education initiatives and livelihood
programmes, which, in the coming
weeks and months, will enable us to
Hot meals, Gaza, Palestine
empower families to lift themselves
out of poverty for good by investing in
their futures.
28 29RAMADAN 2021 – IMPACT REPORT ZERO HUNGER
OUR COMMITMENT
TO ZERO HUNGER
For three decades, we’ve been working food and nutrition programmes to
with communities around the world support severely malnourished children,
to eliminate hunger for good. We and provide emergency food parcels
understand how important a nutritious and food vouchers. We also distribute
diet is and that’s why we strive for fresh meat during Qurbani to offer a
Zero Hunger. vital source of protein for malnourished
families around the world at one of the
Since the start of the pandemic, the most blessed periods of the
number of people experiencing famine- Islamic calendar.
like conditions has multiplied six times
over, according to Oxfam. An estimated Our food security interventions
11 people are dying every minute, as help people to live in dignity without
more than half a million people are dependence on aid. We believe in
living on the brink of starvation. food sovereignty, “the right of people to
healthy and culturally appropriate food
Over the past 30 years, our food security produced through ecologically sound
programmes have helped to increase and sustainable methods and their
community resilience to food insecurity right to define their own food and
through both long-term and agricultural systems.”
emergency support.
The UN has declared that unfortunately
Our sustainable livelihood projects, the world is not on track to achieve
such as climate-smart agriculture, Zero Hunger by 2030. If recent trends
training local farmers, and providing continue, the number of people affected
tools, seeds and access to water, we’ve by hunger will increase by 200 million
helped strengthen resilience and by 2030.
improved nutrition amongst communities
affected by disasters, climate change We must work harder to ensure every
and poverty. We’ve transformed drought- human has access to enough food. Help
prone villages and helped destitute us to reverse hunger.
Faily farm development, Pakistan farmers to grow enough food to feed their
families as well as earn an income. By continuing to support Human Appeal’s
food security and livelihoods projects,
We also provide emergency food aid you help us to feed families in times of
to people in conflict through food emergency, fight food poverty, and save
distributions, voucher systems, and by lives by ensuring zero hunger for more
providing school meals. We set up and communities, long term.
support local hospitals with emergency
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