Project ID: APPEC-2015-04-15
Proposed by: Adnan Khan Niazi (University of Perpignan, Perpignan, France)
Location: Layyah, Bhakkar and Mianwali
Contact: adnan1753 AT yahoo DOT com
Summary of the project:
This is the phase II of following APPEC project. This project is to provide food for 1 year to families who lost their working person recently (orphans and widows) by providing them wheat sufficient for 1 full year. We are running this project successfully for last few years. Those who belong to villages can imagine the importance of wheat for poor families. It is the one and only source of food for them. If they have wheat flour than they can eat with something.
Funds needed: 1800 euros
End Date: Preferably May 2015 (Till completion)
Number of families who need help: 12
Number of persons who will be benefited for 1 year: 42
Wheat needed: 65 Stacks (6500 Kg)
Expected Price of wheat in May: Rs. 3000/Stack
Donations Eligibility:
This project is eligible to receive Zakat, Sadaqah and other forms of donations.
How to donate?
Please click here for your donations and drop an e-mail to treasurers.appec@gmail.com with your name and amount donated.
Religious importance of the project:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d (RA):
The Prophet said, “I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides food for him, will be in Paradise with me like this,” putting his index and middle fingers together.
(Sahi Bukhari, The book of good manners, Chapter: The superiority of the one who looks after an orphan)
Narrated Safwan bin Salim (RA):
The Prophet said “The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a poor person, is like a warrior fighting for Allah’s Cause or like a person who fasts during the day and prays all the night.” Narrated Abu Huraira that the Prophet said as above.
(Sahi Bukhari, The book of good manners (adab), Chapter: The superiority of the one who looks after the widows)
Details of the project:
Details of the project:
We were running this project for last few years with the help of some HEC scholars mostly from Strasbourg. But know most of them have been shifted to Pakistan so cannot continue. We need help from APPEC and you people to continue this project. Last year we completed this project in just 18 days.
In this project we help the families who recently lost the person who was earning for the family leaving behind the widows and orphans. The life becomes very hard if the main working person is lost especially in first few years after his death. For this project we look around us for the orphans and widows who really need our help.
As wheat is the main food in Pakistan and it is cheap during May. We help these families to buy wheat in May for the whole year so that they have something to eat all along the year.
Every year they are different families as the others somehow manage themselves in a year time. You will be amazed to know that with small amount of money, we are providing food to many families for the whole year. This small contribution is a real blessing for them. The assessment of need is based on our experience through this project, opinion of some people in that area and asking from the affected families themselves.
In this year we want to help these families:
First Family: Family of Faiz ur Rehman (RIP), Pateshi Khel, Chhidroo, Mianwali
Number of person: 1 widow, 2 orphans
Elder girl is around 4 years old.
No real source of income. Faiz ur Rehman who died recently was a daily wages worker. The children are so young that the widow can’t go out for any kind of work. No one in the family to take care the orphans. Still she is trying what she can for herself and the orphans. They need 3 sacks.
2nd Family: Family of Zareena D/O Ashpur, Dadu Khel, Chhidroo, Mianwali
Number of person: 1 divorced, 5 children
Elder girl is around 16 years old.
Zareena’s ex-husband is a character less person. Spends most of the time in jail. She is all alone to take care of her 5 children. She works in fields with her daughter to earn something for them but not really sufficient for them. They need 10 sacks.
3rd Family: Family of Gul Muhammad (RIP) from Chhidroo, Mianwali
Number of person: 1 widow, 4 orphans
Elder child is around 10 years old
No real source of income. Gul Muhammad was a daily wages worker. The children are so young that the widow can’t go out for any kind of work. No one in the family to take care the orphans. We helped this family last year but still they need our help.
They need 8 sacks.
4th Family: Family of Rukhsaan (RIP) from Chak No 106 ML, Fateh Pur, Layyah
Number of person: 1 widow, 7 orphans
Elder child is around 13 years old
This was a middle class family. Rukhsaan (RIP) was a nice electrician and had some land as well. But he became victim of cancer and each and every thing gone for treatment. He died a few months ago leaving behind a widow and 7 orphans. The widow is trying to settle everything but for the moment they really need some help. They need 8 sacks.
5th Family: Family of Bota (RIP) from Chak No 106 ML, Fateh Pur, Layyah
Number of person: 1 widow
Bota (RIP) was selling vegetables for himself and for her wife even at very old age. He died recently and the widow is too old to do anything. They need 2 sacks.
6th Family: Family of Zafar Iqbal (RIP) from Denay Wala, Bhakkar
Number of person: 1 widow, 2 orphans
Elder girl is 9 years old while boy is 6 years old.
Zafar iqbal died a few months ago. He was a daily wages worker. He remained ill in last few years and all the savings finished during this period. mazdoor. Meanwhile the little boy got serious accident and they had to sell house hold things for operation of little boy. The widow is working in the fields but got very little amount to feed the family. They need 6 sacks.
7th Family: Family of Noor Khan (RIP) from Chhidroo, Mianwali
Number of person: 1 widow 80 years old, her daughter (divorced) about 40 years old with one orphan
No real source of income. They have some land but other people have occupied this land and now they are unable get it back from them. We helped this family last year but still they need our help. They need 5 sacks.
8th Family: Family of Shafa ullah (RIP) from Chhidroo, Mianwali
Number of person: 1 widow, 4 orphans, her mother in law (also widow)
Elder child is around 10 years old.
After the death of Shafa ullah, his widow and her mother are trying to earn something by working around in the fields but it’s seasonal. Cropping of wheat, picking of cotton etc but not sufficient. We helped this family last year but still they need our help.
They need 8 sacks.
9th Family: Family of Ameeran Khatoon and her blind brother from Cheekhali, Mianwali
Number of person: 1 divorced and her blind brother Dost Muhammad
She take care of her blind brother. Got some seasonal work at the time of cotton picking and wheat harvesting but not sufficient for whole year. They need 4 sacks.
10th Family: Bakhtooray kallor koot bhakar
Number of person: 1 widow about 80 years old
People around her help a little bit but if we can help her it will be something sure available all the time. She need 2 sacks.
11th Family: Family of Parveen from Cheekhali, Mianwali
Number of person: 1 widow with her 7 years old daughter. Her old father lives with her. They need 5 sacks.
12th Family: Family of Nawab Khan (RIP) from Chhidroo, Mianwali
Number of person: 2 orphans
Trying to earn something by working around in the fields but its seasonal. Cropping of wheat, picking of cotton etc but not sufficient.We helped this family last year but still they need our help. They need 4 sacks.
Please contribute as much as you can. Your small contributions of 5, 10, 20 and 50 euros will help us to feed these orphans and widows for the whole year.
If some one wants more informations or want to contact directly with any of these families, feel free to ask me and my email address (adnan1753@yahoo.com or phone number 0033665932923).
Donations Eligibility:
This project is eligible to receive Zakat, Sadaqah and other forms of donations.
Fund Raising:
Target: 2100 EUR
Deadline: till completion
Current status of total funds raised:
EUR 2569.37 (update: 07.07.2015) + PKR 11985 (update: 07.07.2015)
Funds released: EUR 2009.50 (update: 08.07.2015)
Funds used for project APPEC-2015-05-06 : EUR 150.00 (update: 08.07.2015)
Funds used for project APPEC-2014-12-03 : EUR 409.87 (update: 08.07.2015)
Remaining funds with APPEC: Nil
How to donate?
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Please click here for your donations and drop an e-mail to treasurers.appec@gmail.com with your name and amount donated.
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