Our Current and Future Projects
Fight Against Hunger In Our Own Backyard Campaign
"Muslims Against Hunger Project " has launched its "Fight Against Hunger in Our Backyard" campaign by organizing special "Muslims Serve Day" in various parts of the NY/NJ metropolitan area. Volunteers will gather to prepare hot meals and serve the hungry, working poor and homeless.
It is an important time in the metro New York and New Jersey that Muslim volunteers have joined hands together for a local charity project, it is an Islamic tradition to feed the poor and needy on any kind of memorable occasion in our life. This time of the year the crowd in soup kitchens is larger than usual because bad weather has put many day laborers out of work. Also, seniors on fixed incomes are running low on cash as the month wears down.
Hunger Awareness Week School Program
Schools are provided a hunger awareness training packet to have activities in every class and children 13 years and old are given an opportunity to work in a soup kitchen to help prepare meals and serve the guests of the soup kitchen.
Save Poverty Support Programs from closing
An Opportunity to Show that WE CARE; Save Our Place Inc- the Homeless Daytime Shelter from closing
"Muslims Against Hunger Project" has joined Our Place inc. the Homeless shelter's board of trustees and created a re-organization plan to help save the shelter from closing. We have also pledged to raise rent ($1800 per month) from the Muslim community as part of the re-org plan. We have received some funds for rent from UCDC -- Teaneck area Muslim community and donation for rent from Somerville masjid area Muslim community, Asim Qamar and his friends. We still need sponsors to cover the 12 months rent. Please help us meet the pledge we made to the Homeless Shelter from Muslims community or tell your friends and family who may want to help this cause. Please click below to see the front page story in THE RECORD publish on June 20th, 2008
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806200341
Hunger Van Project – Soup Kitchen on the Wheels
Volunteers from Mosques to help collect/ prepare food and Provide food directly to the needy, ill, or children in the form of meals or food boxes as an ongoing part of the program.
Ramadan Food Drive for your local Food Bank
Emergency Shelter for Domestic Violence Families
Newark Soup Kitchen and Social Service Center Project - "Halal and Healthy Food for All"
We have just started working on new a project "Halal and Healthy Meals for All Soup Kitchen". This pilot project will start in November 2009 at Al-Flahe Masjid in Newark New Jersey. This project will launch the first Halal Soup Kitchen in North America started by a Muslim charity for feeding the poor, needy and homeless Muslim families. To make this project sustainable we are looking for Masajids to make commitment for supplying meals which will be served every day at this soup kitchen in Newark. Our vision is to create a model soup kitchen with a social service community center and as a result of this pilot project open similar social service centers with asoup kitchen all over north America where ever there is a need to feed (Muslim) hungry and homeless. This project will provide Muslim community an opportunity to practice charity by spending Zakat and Sadaqa by helping the needy in our backyard. Average cost of a meal is $5 and we plan to start serving 200 meals per day. Our goal is to find Masajid willing to sponsor 1 to 4 weeks per year.