UWT Gaza Emergency Appeal

On 14th November 2012, another assault by occupiers began on Palestinians in Gaza. Aerial bombings are pounding residential areas across Gaza once more. Over a hundred Palestinians have been martyred and hundreds more injured.

Today's attack on Muslims in Gaza is merely symptom of a wider oppression that has taken place on our Palestinian brethren for decades. 80% of Gazans are in fact refugees who were expelled from lands that are now launching pads for assaults against them.

They are imprisoned behind impenetrable concrete walls, humiliating military checkpoints and economic sanctions. The recent bombings bring echoes of the brutal Cast Lead operation in 2009 when 1,500 Palestinians were martyred in just a few days.

'Allah will aid a servant of His so long as the servant aids his brother.'- Sahih Muslim


Ummah Welfare Trust has an established base in Gaza from where it has administered relief efforts for many years alhamdulillah. The charity currently looks after orphans, sponsors students to become Huffadh of the Qur'an, installs generators in schools and hospitals and transports desalinated water to refugee camps.

The charity is now urgently appealing for donations which will be used to provide emergency food, shelters and medical supplies. Please open your hearts and give generously inshaAllah.

Monday, 3 December 2012

Relief for the Homeless

Ummah Welfare Trust has begun distributing food parcels, balnkets and matreses, starting with Al-Tuffah village in central Gaza. During distributions, we came across tragic accounts of families who had suffered.

I met the Abed Alaal Family, They were seven brothers and each had his own family. They lived in peace in the Al-Tuffah region.
Each brother’s home was destroyed completely in the air strikes. Nothing was left. 

We met their father, an old man. He had been wounded and was now in a wheel chair. Alhamdulillah despite the fierce bombings, Allah had preserved his life.

Alhamdulillah the children of the Abed Alaal family were very happy with Ummah Welfare Trust’s assistance.

I also met the father of the Al-Dalou family. The world’s media came upon this family after it lost 11 members in an air strike.

The father showed me the family’s former home – it was completely destroyed. The martyred bodies of his children were pulled from the rubble that remained.

We provided blankets and mattresses to him but we felt shy in front of him. SubhanAllah he had suffered a huge calamity.

Alhamdulillah, Ummah Welfare Trust is providing food parcels and winter aid kits to families rendered homeless in the bombing. 
Food parcels contain the essential items for every family, (canned meat, white beans, olive oils, vegetables oils, white cheese, rice, canned tomatoes and more). Families are also given kitchen utensils, a water tank, a lighter, blankets and mattresses.

May Allah accept out small efforts. 

Ameen.

- Ahmed El-Raai, UWT Programme Manager, Gaza





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