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Category 2016

27 Dec

Aid Inside Syria

The Syrian people inside and outside of Syria need help in all aspects of life. The most basic necessities, what we often take for granted, they struggle to attain. It’s not ONLY a matter of providing them with food and water. These people need shelter, they need warmth, they need comfort, they need medical attention, […]

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17 Dec

Refugees in Gaziantep

We closed our journey with a visit to the refugees in Gaziantep. Here we found people living in extreme poverty.  We provided them with food packs that would last them a month. The food packs consisted of rice, cracked wheat, lentils, beans, chocolate spread, tomato paste, vegetable oil, and salt. We also gave cash handouts […]

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16 Nov

TV & DVD for an Orphanage in Indonesia

Al Ihsan Foundation Indonesia (Yayasan Amal Al Ihsan Indonesia) purchased a TV and a DVD which will be used for Islamic educational programs to help educate the children in an orphanage about their religion, hoping to bring about a generation of youth with sound Islamic knowledge. This orphanage houses approximately 114 children who are either […]

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15 Oct

Family with Autism

We then went and visited a widow with three children. Two of her children show symptoms of autism. She runs a small shop and produces about $150 a month. However, a lot of it is spent on medication for her children. Very little is left for her and her children to live on. As a […]

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15 Oct

An 80 Year old Women

We visited an 80-year-old woman who lives alone. She has no one with her and no one to support her. The conditions in which she lives in is also very poor and unsafe. She is so poor she cannot afford electricity, so her neighbour has helped her out with electricity by connecting a cable from […]

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15 Oct

A Struggling Widow

We travelled to a village called Jajajand in Bandung/Indonesia. There we also visited families in poor and depleted situations. The first house we visited was occupied by a 50-year-old widow who had recently suffered a stroke. She lived in a house that can only be described as an old shed. Very much like the other […]

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13 Oct

The Neglected

Our return visit to Indonesia was made because we felt that the need for aid was needed more in Indonesia than in Malaysia. Our second visit mainly consisted of visiting poor families and individuals. The areas we visited were Kadunghalang in Bogor and Jajajand in Bandung. In Kadunghalang we assisted some very poor families who […]

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13 Oct

The Hardships of Life

The next house we visited was a family of three located not far from the elderly couple. The family consisted of a middle-age couple and a young child. The house which they reside in is also unstable and in very bad condition. The husband collects sand from a nearby stream and sells it. This stream […]

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8 Oct

Orphanage in Malaysia

We visited an all-girls orphanage in Kuantan a district in Pahang and interviewed some orphans and the caretaker. The Orphanage has a combination of orphans and children from poor families who cannot look after them. The orphanage itself was in acceptable condition. They do require immediate assistance with school stationery and other school expenses with […]

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7 Oct

Orphanage in Rompin, Pahang / Malaysia

The next orphanage we visited was located in Rompin in the state of Pahang. This orphanage houses 24 children (15 boys and 9 girls). The children consist of both orphans and non-orphans from very poor families who cannot afford to feed them. The poverty level is very high in this area and even direct family […]

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