Contribute to satisfying the hunger of thousands
"A meal on the Day of A Rafah... satisfies hunger and opens the doors to immeasurable reward."
🍽️ "A meal on the Day of A Rafah... satisfies hunger and opens the doors to immeasurable reward."
On one day of the year, a simple meal can change a person's day, alleviate their worries, and provide a sense that there are still those who extend a helping hand and stand with the needy in these times of crisis.
On the Day of Arafah, that great day when mercy descends, sins are forgiven, and deeds are multiplied, hearts flock to do good, and souls compete to attain reward.
On this blessed day, we launched the "Arafah Meal" initiative to prepare and distribute hot, generous meals to needy families, families living on subsistence, and those deprived of the most basic necessities of life.
Led by young Palestinian Wael Ziad Qeshta
On one of the most blessed days of the year, and amidst the streets of the Gaza Strip, my small team, led by me, is preparing to unleash its ambitions to launch one of the simplest and most beautiful forms of charity as the war on Gaza continues in 2023. This is by preparing and distributing hot meals on the Day of Arafah.
This initiative is led by young Wael Ziad Qeshta, a media student at Al-Aqsa University and a pioneer of influential community initiatives despite limited resources. However, Wael believes that "a meal may not change the world, but it can certainly change an entire day in the life of a hungry person."
💡 From an idea on paper... to tables reaching those in need
The idea began with a small notebook in which he recorded people's needs and proposed initiatives to support them. Wael recorded the number of families he knew were in need of meals. We then worked with the team to calculate the cost of the meal, as well as the number of volunteers needed to bring joy to these needy faces, and the amount of food that could be cooked in just one day.
On the Day of Arafah, the very day when the doors of mercy and acceptance are opened, with your usual determination, and by working with determination and ambition, Wael tries to gather a team of young volunteers around him to begin preparations, as follows:
Identifying the families most in need
Contracting with a simple kitchen
Carefully preparing meals
Distributing them just before the Maghrib call to prayer, so that food is on the tables at iftar
🍛 The story begins in the kitchen... and ends with a smile.
From the early hours of dawn, on the greatest day of the year, volunteers, along with Wael, begin preparing food ingredients to produce Iftar meals for those fasting on the Day of Arafah:
Rice, beans, meat if available, vegetables, spices, and seasonings... everything is prepared with love.
The food is cooked by hands that believe this effort is not just to feed the hungry, but also to draw closer to God on the greatest day of the world.
The meals are carefully packaged and distributed in poor neighborhoods, refugee camps, and remote areas that are inaccessible to anyone except charitable people.
🕊️ Gaza... Where goodness is born from need
In the Gaza Strip, where more than half the population suffers from food insecurity, a meal is no small thing; it's a blessing... It may not be available on an ordinary day, let alone on the Day of Arafah, when people are fasting and have nothing to break their fast with?
Wael says, "The Day of Arafah is a day of goodness and mercy... and the people of Gaza deserve to rejoice on this day, even if it's just with a warm bite that brings joy to their hearts."
👣 Small steps, but they go a long way
Last year, by the grace of God and then thanks to your contributions, we were able to distribute more than 1,000 meals on the Day of Arafah 2024.
We saw faces light up when the boxes were opened, we heard mothers with tears in their eyes, and children chanting, "Eid is near... Praise be to God, we ate today."
🌙 This year... we want to reach even more.
Our goal this year is to distribute 5,000 meals in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, west of Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Each meal costs only $8/NIS 28, but it carries a huge weight in your scale of good deeds.
Because hunger doesn't wait, and because goodness can't be delayed... a meal on the Day of Arafah can bring happiness to a family and bring countless rewards.
🎯 Our Goal This Year
Under the leadership of Wael and his team, we aim to produce and distribute:
5,000 hot meals on the Day of Arafah
Delivering them to the poorest families in the Khan Yunis neighborhood
At a low cost: only $8 per meal
Each meal contains: Rice + White Beans + Vegetables + Dates
🌱 How can you contribute?
Contribute $8 = 1 meal
$40 = Feed an entire family
$800 = Cover an entire neighborhood
Or support the campaign by spreading the word and expanding its impact
🔗 Donation link:
https://fundahope.com/en/campaigns/heart-of-rafah-the-story-of-man-making-change
You can donate via USDT cryptocurrency using the following ID: TGrpNRTZuNZEKMcCHiLRHE1WRtg1tdbosC
💬 "A meal on the Day of Mercy... may be the key to relief."
While people are fasting and waiting for the time to break their fast, there are those who have nothing but hope.
Be that hope.
And contribute to bringing joy to hearts that only know joy when it comes from charitable people.
"The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Fasting on the Day of Arafah, I hope that Allah will expiate the sins of the year before it and the year after it.'"
So what if you combine your fasting with charity?
Make this year's Day of Arafah different...and make it your share of giving.
