Assalaamu alaykum,
I am just going through my old emails trying to catch up and update you all on our past projects. JazakAllah Khair for your kind donations! This is not possible without Allah's Mercy and Barakah, so All Praise belongs to Him.
When the devastating floods hit Pakistan in 2011 it tore apart communities, housing and stability. We were fortunate, with outside donations to raise £800 for a house build in Pakistan.
Imagine, your whole life washed away in seconds, you are left with no home, no possessions and not knowing where you and your family will live from then on.
As part of the Ummah at the very least we can donate enough to provide one family a roof over their heads, give them some comfort in the knowledge that they have shelter, warmth and safety.
With your £4 a month this is made possible with the permission of Allah.
Our lives, in comparison to some is a complete luxury. We may think we have it hard Subhan'Allah but looking at the lives of others who do not have the same opportunity for help and support that we do should make us really feel grateful to Allah for all that He has given us.
Are you able to open your front door and enter a warm, comfortable home, open your fridge and always have enough to eat for the week/s ahead.
Turn on your flat screen TV, satalite, dvd player or computer. All these things are materialistic but we take so much for granted.
Our health alone is a blessing, our families and our wealth.
Tv's and computers come and go, but imagine your Mother, Father or child being washed away in the tide, how then would you cope, knowing that you also have no home to return to.
We are no longer collecting donations for this project, it is merely an example of how for your £4 a month can help.
£1 a week Subhan'Allah is all it will cost you. With the correct intention, this £1 could be all you need to tip your scales on a day when you will wish you had given so much more.
Think and reflect about where your life is heading. Giving sadaqa is a means of purification for us.
Believe in Allah and His Messenger and spend out of that in which He has made you successors. For those who have believed among you and spent, there will be a great reward. 57:7
And why do you not spend in the cause of Allah while to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Not equal among you are those who spent before the conquest [of Makkah] and fought [and those who did so after it]. Those are greater in degree than they who spent afterwards and fought. But to all Allah has promised the best [reward]. And Allah , with what you do, is Acquainted. 57:10
Need I say more except, Alhamdulillah for All of the blessings that He has bestowed on all of us whether we see it now or in the next life.
May he accept our humble efforts for His sake and should you join us or not then please remember us all in your sincere duas.
Fi aman Illah.
Somayya (Umm Nabil)
The above receipt is x2.
Subject: Proposal for Construction of Sahara Homes For Flood Victims
Introduction
SAHARA for Life Trust is a registered charity organization in Pakistan , UK and USA striving for the betterment and promotion of Health and Education in remote areas of Pakistan . It is a certified NGO by U.N.O (UNDER DESA) and PCP. The Sughra Shafi Medical Complex at Narowal which is a state-of-the-art project of Sahara for Life Trust is providing healthcare facilities to the un-served people of the remote area of Pakistan .
Sahara Flood Relief Activities
Flood affected the whole country badly a couple of months ago. Sahara for Life Trust arranged a press conference immediately and started fund raising for relief of flood victims in different cities of Pakistan . Sahara for Life Trust has spent more than 650 millions on relief by providing Tents, Cooked food, Medical campus, Medicine and Surgical instruments, ambulance services, clothes, utensils, hygienic kits, dry food and filter water etc. in Khyber Pakhtoon khwa, Punjab , Sindh and Balochistan. This activity is still going on.
Sahara’s Vision of Village
The vision of Sahara For Life Trust is to build 500 model houses in order to provide shelter to flood effected families in Province of Punjab, Khyber Khyber Pakhtoon khwa, Balochistan and Sindh. In this project there will be several villages each village will consist of 25, 50 and 100 houses (depends on availability of land).
Construction plan and specification of Houses
- This village has been designed by keeping in view the culture and traditions of south Punjab .
- This village will be having a Children park and Women Vocational training center.
- Each home will consist of one room, one kitchen and a wash room.
- Constructed roof tops of IZHAR for houses will be installed.
- Size of each house will be 20x15
- Size of room will be 15x12
- Size of kitchen will be 10x8
- Size of wash room will be 5x8
- For the construction of homes Sahara for Life Trust purchased machinery and preparing the blocks of different sizes by itself.
- Sahara for life trust provided all the engineering staff, construction material, 3 steel doors, two steel windows with stain sheet for each home.
- Estimated cost of each home is 800 Pounds
Map of home and Village is attached.
We would like to draw your kind attention towards this proposal for rehabilitation of flood victims we remain assured that you will consider our proposal and do take part in this campaign with compassion.
Looking forward to an early response and thanking you in anticipation.
Regards
Shahbaz Omer
Supervisor Call Center
Sahara For Life Trust
This is an email we received from Mr Omer to thank us for raising £800 for a new home for a family in Pakistan Alhamdulillah
Assalam-o-Alaikum
First of All I am very thankful for your support towards the poor people of Pakistan . May God reward your effort and encourage you to do more such work for the betterment of poor people in the future as well. Sister, if you will donate us online kindly send us the email address which you will use on our website while donating if you will donate us in bank kindly send us the exact date and the sort code of the branch in which you will donate. Send us the name of that person to whom you want to dedicate that house; we will paste the name plate of that person on the donated house.
