Zakat-ul Fitr builds lives

For a number of years IDRF has been dedicated to giving Zakat-ul Fitr to some of the poorest Palestinian families in Gaza, including widows, orphans and children.

A part of a comprehensive project in Gaza, IDRF purchases food from over a hundred small-scale farmers, whom we also support with training and land rehabilitation, thus ensuring their livelihoods while also helping to sustain and stabilize the local economic market and infrastructure. Not only are meals distributed to those in need on the day of Eid, but food for over 6000 people is provided throughout the entire month of Ramadan, providing 5 weeks’ worth of food in total, and an Eid Gift for families and their children. 

With nearly 70% of recipients children, and a quarter of them under 5 years old, your generous donations are vital to improving and building their lives.

This year like any other, their Eid should be as ours – a time of joy, a time of celebration, a day for feasting and wearing new clothes, for laughing with their loved ones, and knowing that they belong to a global community that has not forgotten about them. This year and in the future, may we remember that paying our Zakat-ul Fitr is much more than obligation, it is a means to divine mercy, to our peace and happiness and someone else’s, bringing meaning and many benefits not only to others but to ourselves.

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Any donations above $10.00 CAD will receive a tax-deductible receipt from IDRF.