HHUGS UK
Help HHUGS children go back to school with ease
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The trauma of a father arrested and in prison. The sadness of a family broken and ostracised. The pain of bullying from the previous school year. These are the horrors Ahmad will be carrying inside of him, on that dreaded first day. Adding to it all might be the shame of wearing an ill-fitting school uniform and old shoes that are hard to walk in. Such signs of poverty will mark Ahmad out for further torment from his peers …unless you can help.
The average cost of a uniform for state run schools range from £250 to £300 per year. Research shows that a worryingly high number of children from the UK’s poorest families have reported bullying, as a result of not being able to afford basic school essentials. Some even suffer the humiliation of being sent home for wearing ‘incorrect’ attire. For families wrestling with uncertain finances and the weight of debts during Covid-19, costly school necessities fast become another burden they cannot afford.
With the odds stacked against them, HHUGS children like Ahmad don’t stand a chance at a better start to the new school year. Though desperate to fit in, they face social exclusion and narrowing academic opportunities, because poverty prevents them from being able to participate fully in school.
For children like Ahmad, a new uniform and a smart pair of kicks could mean the difference between standing tall in front of their peers and shying from everyone with embarrassment.
Can you help switch the odds for Ahmad and other children like him, on the first day of term?
“Whoever clothes (a believer) will be clothed from the green silks of Paradise.” (at-Tirmidhi)
Every single one of the HHUGS families who received Back to School support in the past 2 years said it restored their dignity and reduced their worry and stress. A further 83% of these families expressed Back to School gifts helped them financially, and enabled them to stay out of debt.
JazaakAllah khayr ❤️