ICNA Relief CanadaNo Borders - No Boundaries

A Message from the Ameer of ICNA CanadaA Message from the ChairmanPakistan Floods 2010Rebuilding Haiti 2010Pakistan IDPsIslamic Micro FinanceOur Food Banks Orphan Sponsorship ProgramICNA Relief Around the WorldMuslim Family ServicesYouth Leadership Development ProgramNews & HighlightsGlobal Zabiha Program

In this Issue...

Our Progress so FarJanuary 2011

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A Message from Our Chairman

Assalamualaikum,

It is a great pleasure to write on the achievements of ICNA Relief Canada. During last past few years, I have seen enormous progress in the growth of ICNA Relief work and projects. It has demonstrated its strength in raising the funds and its ability to support millions of needy people globally and locally.

I would like to congratulate ICNA Relief's team for their hard work and for their persistency to reach out to the masses to support the needy people globally. I would like to thank our respected donors for their immense support in the fund rising for Pakistan Flood Victims, Haiti Relief, Orphans Support Program, Food Banks and other programs.

The Domestic Projects of ICNA Relief have also demon-strated great achievements. These achievements include the opening of three new Food Banks in Canada, the Canada Day Program in collaboration with City of Missis-sauga and the successful Youth Leadership Development Program.

I have great expectations that ICNA Relief will continue to grow and expand its e�orts and provide support to millions more of the most desperate and poverty-stricken people of the world, InshAllah.

I pray to Allah to accept all the e�orts of ICNA Relief donors, sta� and volunteers who spent their time and money to serve to the most deserving people at home and abroad.

Fakhir Usman Baig,Chairman, ICNA Relief Canada

Assalamualaikum

I am very pleased to know that ICNA Relief is publishing its newsletter.

I welcome this step, to introduce relief activities to our readers and those who support our relief activities. I encourage our readers to welcome this service. This news-letter will not only provide updates about di�erent relief activities, but will also report interaction between us and the community, so that the community's proper role in our work is recognized. The newsletter will be a link and a source of motivation for others.

ICNA Relief always feels grateful to our contributors, whose support is not seen only as an act of charity, but it is also a way of Dawah and introduction to Islam. The need is huge when resources are very limited, but even this small service is still a point of starting, and a way to continue with further services.

May Allah bless the organizers and workers for their e�orts for charity in the cause of Allah and in the cause of wellness of humanity.

Dr. Mohammad Iqbal Al Nadvi,Ameer, Islamic Circle of North America

A Message from the Ameer of ICNA

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Pakistan Floods 2010

Everyone knows of the massive �oods that swamped a quarter or more of Pakistan; destroying with it hundreds of thousands of homes, and a�ecting millions more lives. The UN Secretary General has declared the Pakistan Floods of 2010 to be the worst disaster in recent human history. The Pakistan Government has suggested that some 20 million people had been a�ected by the �oods. That is 1/10 of the country's entire population.

ICNA Relief Canada responded immediately and became active on the scene, to help the victims of this massive disaster. The relief programs were implemented through the experienced teams of our partners in Pakistan, particularly Helping Hand (HHRD). Thus far, we have been able to help over half a million a�ectees; with food distribution to over 177,000 people, and medical care provided to nearly 98,000 patients and counting.

Medical AidEvery day, our 14 established �eld clinics treat around 1,000 to 1,300 patients. Every day, medications worth $1,000+ are either used or distributed to the patients that arrive at our clinics. The patients most commonly su�er from diseases such as:

Upper respiratory tract infectionsDiarrhoeaMalariaSkin and Eye InfectionsOther Skin Problems

Each of ICNA Relief & HHRD’s �eld clinics has its own story to tell: the one established in District Kot Addu, Punjab was kindly funded by the Muslim community of Windsor, Ontario. Using these funds, ICNA Relief was able to setup a facility that has thus far helped

thousands of people, providing Primary Health Care (PHC). The medical facility provided free medical consultation and needed medications for the visitors, safe deliveries on a 24/7 basis, and ambulance services amongst other things. Another �eld clinic was established in Shikarpur, Sindh, sponsored by the Muslim Community of Calgary.

Similarly, �eld clinics in Dag Besood and Akora Khattak, District Nowshera, KPK have been helping the towns' population of 60,000 �ood a�ectees. Alhamdulillah, another clinic has been providing similar services at the District Rajanpur facility.

Food DistributionIn addition to medical aid, ICNA Relief was able to focus massively on food distribution, especially in the �rst two months after the �ood crisis. ICNA Relief and HHRD were able to distribute nearly 3 million meals to more than 200 thousand survivors as of December 2010. The crisis situation has not gone away from Pakistan yet, we still need to continue providing for the displaced families who have lost everything.

Many donors, including three speci�c communities, decided to make a di�erence in di�erent areas of the �ood devastation. They sponsored the distribution of Food Packages as an Eid Gift for the �ood victims. The Muslim Communities of Edmonton, Calgary and Windsor sponsored the food distribution in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. These funds made possible to provide Eid meals to thousands of families and individuals.

Wheat FlourRiceSugarDatesCooking OilVermicelliEnergy BiscuitsRoasted GrainsTeaTotal

10 Kg5 Kg03 Kg02 Kg05 Litters02 Packets1 big packet1 Kg1/2 Kg28 Kg

Item Quantity

Each Food Package included the following:

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Our team setting up a tent for the victims

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Rebuilding HaitiEarthquake 2010

Haiti was hit with a 7.0 m a g n i t u d e earthquake on January 12th, 2010. Lives of the people changed within a matter of minutes. ICNA Relief Canada r e s p o n d e d immediately by

deploying our team to Haiti to start emergency relief e�orts. The team included ICNA Relief Canada Executive Director, Irfan Khurshid supported by HHRD team of Shahid Hayat, Saqib Attique, Ilyas Chuadhry, doctors and volunteer teams from North America.

ICNA Relief's Contributions towards Haiti Relief since January 12th, 2010:

Immediate Emergency Response: ICNA Relief Team left for Haiti immediately after the earthquake.

Food Distributions: Distributions were made on a consistent basis in the weeks and months immediately after the earthquake. It included the basic necessity items: Food, Drinking Water, Baby Milk, Powder Milk, Rice, Juice Boxes and Tents.

Medical Clinics: An increasing number of medical problems like post trauma, respiratory infections, gastroenteritis, abdominal pain and pneumonia had been spreading quickly. 60% of the patients were complaining of �u like symptoms and throat infections. Millions had been living in unsanitary conditions, cultivating more infections by the day. ICNA Relief set up six rotational clinics in the most remote areas where there was

little or no medical help available. The Medical Clinics treated more than 2,000 people per week. Two rounds of vaccinations were provided to hundreds of men, women and children.

Medical Professionals: Originally a team of volunteer doctors took large supplies of medications bought for them by us to Port-au-Prince. They established the mechanism for �eld and mobile clinics and organized them for one week. Later on, one full-time local Haitian Doctor was hired, who would bring along a female doctor everyday to especially attend to

women's health issues. Every week volunteer doctors and other medical sta� were going to these six rotational clinics.

Shelter Village:After the immediate crisis of helping the injured and hungry, ICNA Relief launched a campaign to 'Sponsor a Shelter' for $900 each. 100 shelters had been built for the people of Haiti giving the thousands who had turned homeless after the earthquake a place to live with their families. A school for 200 children and a mosque was also built in the shelter village.

Fitra & Eid Gift Program:Food packages were distributed to thousands of needy people

Zabiha/Qurbani 2010 Program: More than 6,000 pounds of meat was distributed to help more than 6,000 people.

58 1120 Hours

Doctor Hours: Nurse Hours:

A brief overview of medical work done:

1009 Hours

# of Rotational Clinics:

2361 Hours 11,734

Patients:$ Worth of Medicines:$164,690.00

Volunteer Hours:

Testimonials:

“I have to admit that I am absolutely amazed and inspired by the people of Haiti... I'm amazed by their spirit, their perseverance, and their rare ability to �nd happiness in even the smallest of things... I personally feel a bit guilty because I feel that I bene�ted more from them than they have from me.” - Raihan Dakhil, volunteer

4 Mr. Irfan K. helping to distribute medicines

Pakistan IDPsAbu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The person who strives on behalf of the widows and poor is like those who strive in the way of Allah and like those who fast in the day and pray at night." (Bukhari, 131)

Internally Displaced Persons:An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to �ee their home but who, unlike a refugee, remains within their country's borders. More than one million people in KPK Pakistan were displaced due to internal con�icts in Swat, Bunier and FATA. ICNA Relief immediately started an assessment of the area and initiated its relief e�orts by providing medical support and ambulance services. IDPs were in great need of: shelter, food, medical aid and other essentials:

Despite the tough security challenges, ICNA Relief team continuously worked in the con�ict areas and provided food, health assistance, tents and other needed relief items to the IDPs during emergency phase. Transportation for IDPs: 10 vehicles were used to transport the people from Mangora to Batkhela in district Swat. More than 5,000 people had been transported to safer parts of the area.Ambulance Services: Two Ambulances serving the IDPsFour Emergency Health Clinics: Talash, Samar Bagh, Tamegara, TatalaiThousands of children were immunized to prevent

Measles and TB.Well over 100,000 IDPs bene�ted from our Food Distributions Over 1,100 people were accommodated in our temporary tent accommodations.

During recovery and rehabilitation phase IRC was providing the relief programs, included but not limited to, health services, skills & vocational centers, Orphans Support Program, Wedding Boxes, Livelihood Programs through Interest Free Program and ambulance services.

Patient receiving medical checkup

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in KPK, Pakistan

Case StudyRangoon Mohammad, a resident of Barwand, Waziristan left his home with his 8 family members. Due to the lack of transportation facilities, they moved on feet toward Dera Ismail Khan. After four days of an exhausting journey, they reached Dera Ismail Khan. This harsh experience faced by Rangoon Muhammad, depicts the situation

of many other IDPs.

Mr. Agha SyedMr. Syed Agha is the one of the leading members of ICNA Relief team.

Sharing his experience and work with ICNA Relief Mr. Syed Agha said:

”When I joined ICNA Relief nine years ago, the major focus of ICNA Relief was on international relief programs, but we are now having a number of local projects within Canada as well, such as Food Banks, Family Services, Youth Development

Programs and more. Most importantly, we have improved the image of the organization by outreaching to various communities in Canada.

We engage lot of volunteers in our fundraising campaigns and implementation of the relief project. It is one of the main reasons that our administration, fundraising and program expenses are very low. And in terms of credibility and reliability and service we could be rated as one of the best Muslim relief agencies in Canada. And that could be one of the reasons for the steep increase in the growth. Service and reliability are among the most important things to have for a relief agency.”

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Manager Resource Centers, Public Relations and Marketing

Islamic Micro Finance ProgramLivelihood Program using Interest Free Islamic Micro FinancingRECYCLE YOUR CHARITY

Your one time donation allows for interest free loans for the needy, the unemployed and the widows. That family uses that money to start a small business or buy a sewing machine for example and that will become a source of livelihood for them. This will allow self su�ciency and the loan will be repaid. The repaid loan then goes back into the pool of money that will be used to loan out money to others in need. The cycle continues and it becomes a form a Sadaqa–e-jariya. The best form of charity.

Denotation levels: $500, $1000, $1,500, $2,000 & more

Give a man a �sh and you feed him

for a day; Teach a man to

�sh and you feed him for a lifetime

Dr. Shabbir Hussain, Ph.D.

Dr. Shabbir had described the need of Islamic Micro Finance Program in Pakistan & Kashmir. He said:

“There are currently 27.7 million people in the micro-�nance market. We need to expand, since only 1.87 million have been reached so far. Some of the

interest based groups that give out micro-�nances are charging high interest rates (30% or up) while we are doing it interest free.

We have three modes of lending �nances: Qardh-e-Hasna, Murabah, and Musharakah.

Qardh-e-Hasna – for marriage, building houses, etc... The same money we give is taken back after a certain period. Currently operating in Kashmir, Man-shera, etc. with 200+ bene�ciaries.

Murabah Program – under which we provide loans for the micro enterprises started by women. Especially set for graduates through our Skills Devel-opment Program. We are providing [speci�c] machines for their business needs. No money is provided, only commodities. Instead of charging interest, we add a margin to the total price for the loan. For example, if they request a sewing machine that costs Rs. 5000, we sell the machine for 5500 and make a contract that it must be paid in 1 year.

Mudarabah/Musharakah – 80/20 pro�t sharing ...

risks sharing. The lender is doing business, we share in the pro�ts: 80% for them and 20% for the lender. So we share in the risk of any pro�ts and losses. If we, for example, provide them the cow and it dies, it is our loss, not theirs. We assess the borrowers before giving them the loans. This is decided by the Market Committee (group from the local community/village). They send us the proposal �rst, and then we assess and approve the loans.

In addition, please note that we don't have branch banks. That means, we don't have local o�ces in each town and village, since most of our clients are from rural areas, the Market Committees from each locality are empowered from each area to ensure that the micro �nancing program keeps working in a smooth manner. It is group based banking; the community/village ensures that each lender pays back the loan. This also creates a sense of ownership by the community itself.

We will also be starting Takaful Insurance, shortly, InshAllah.

Pakistan o�ce is focusing its e�orts only in Pakistan/Kashmir & Afghanistan. But ICNA Relief has its interest free Micro�nance Programs in Sri Lanka & Bangladesh as well.”

Managing Director of ICNA Relief Canada’s Micro�nance Program in Pakistan/Kashmir/Afghanistan

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ICNA Relief Food BanksThe Food Banks have truly become a signature service of ICNA Relief Canada; and one that we are very proud of as an a c h i e v e m e n t , Alhamdulillah. What started out as a single location in Mississauga �ve years ago in 2005; has expanded to six locations all over Canada. The six cities in which we currently operate are: Mississauga, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa,

Scarborough and Thorncli�e.

The mission of the Food Banks project has always been to take care of poverty domestically and share what God has blessed us with, locally, while we continue to reach out to the a�icted and needy abroad. By the Grace and Mercy of Allah (SWT) nearly 1000 families are registered with our food banks, from which around 900 are regularly using our services!

The Mississauga Food Bank, our very �rst location, currently

serves 186 families, 30% of whom are non-Muslims and 70% Muslims. The concentration of Landed Immigrants is 45%, 46% are Canadian Citizens and 9% are 'Others'.

Our Food Banks are unique in that they not only serve as centres for food pickup by families in �nancial di�culty; they also facilitate family counselling and serve as locations to host workshops on various practical life-skills development topics as well. The Mississauga Food Bank o�ce also hosts the headquarters of our Muslim Family Services department.

The ICNA Relief Food Banks are a community-supported project based on volunteers who give their time, cash and in-kind donations. We primarily depend on local food drives, online food drives, community grocery stores' collection boxes and individual donations by caring donors like you to keep going.

If you would like to volunteer at one of our locations, please email volunteer@icnareliefcanada.ca. Find out more at www.ICNAReliefCanada.ca/domestic

Sr. Nargis at the Mississauga Food Bank

Sharing the Bounty

“What started out as a single location in Mississauga �ve years ago in 2005; has expanded to six locations all over Canada”

Orphan Sponsorship Breakdown (by Country)

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ICNA Relief Around the World

Canada:Food BanksMuslim Family ServicesYouth Leadership Develop-ment ProgramZabiha program

INDIA: ICNA Relief Canada has carried out several relief projects in India. Since 1995, we have concentrated our e�orts toward the development of education in India by supporting many committed educational institutions.

Educating girls leads to knowledgeable women whose children grow up to be educated and productive members of society. That is why we started sponsoring girls’ project Jamiatul Bannath, a school for women, housing 750 residential and non-residential students near Delhi, India.

In Calcutta, West Bengal, we undertook our second project with the Trust for Promotion of Education that provides schooling for the poor children. The trust runs 572 educational institutes of various sizes, teaching a total of 29,200 students. We are dedicated to helping the su�ering and oppressed people of the world. Our goal is not only to provide free services but also to develop programs which will enable people to help themselves.

BANGLADESH: is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Many people of Bangladesh are landless and forced to live on and cultivate �ood-prone land. They have limited access to drinking water and fall victim to water-borne diseases. Bangladesh is one of the countries that had faced high number of tragic blows due to natural calamities and economic crisis.

A community that is trapped in poverty can only be helped through ideas that focus on its economic development. We put together a range of long-term projects.

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ICNA Relief Around the World

Sri Lanka:Orphan Support ProgramEmergency ReliefInterest Free Micro Financing Zabiha programand more...

India:Orphan Support ProgramStudent Scholarship ProgramsPermanent HousesEmergency ReliefTemporary SheltersMedical Support ProgramZabiha programEid Gift & Fitra ProgramIftar ProgramsWater for LifeWedding Box Program

Pakistan:Orphan Support ProgramStudent Scholarship ProgramsPermanent HousesEmergency ReliefInterest Free Micro Financing Temporary SheltersMedical Support ProgramAmbulancesZabiha programEid Gift & Fitra ProgramIftar ProgramsWater for LifeWedding Box Program

Bangladesh:Healthcare Care Centres: centre's are located in Dhaka, Noakhali, Pabna and Satkhira. Well over 10,000 mothers, children and other individuals have bene�ted from our services.Orphan Support ProgramInterest Free Micro Financing Zabiha ProgramSkills Training Program: EducationEid Gift & Fitra ProgramIftar ProgramsWater for Life (Water Wells)Wedding Box Program

Indonesia:Orphan Support ProgramPermanent HousesEmergency ReliefTemporary SheltersMedical Support Program AmbulancesZabiha programEid Gift & Fitra ProgramIftar Programs

Kenya:Orphan Sponsorship Program: supporting 100+ orphans, under the care of Children Home IsioloMedical ClinicZabiha programEid Gift & Fitra ProgramIftar ProgramsWater for Life (Water Wells)Wedding Box Program

Afghanistan:Education ProgramsOrphan Sponsorship ProgramWater Supply ProgramSkills & Vocational Development

We reach out to the poor, the hungry, the sick, and the parentless of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and the world. It is a noble project but nothing can be accomplished with wishes and good intentions alone.

Won't you please extend your helping hand now? Please visit our website or contact us to contribute.

INDONESIA: After many disastrous earthquakes in Indonesia and a Tsunami, ICNA Relief and its partner, PKPU, immediately began assessments and relief activities. ICNA Relief Canada in partnership with HHRD had provided Free Health Services in 12 di�erent areas of West Sumatra. Thousands of persons had bene�ted from the project. Each day, after this tragedy, approximately 400 patients visited the Medical Camps.

After the Padang Earthquake, ICNA Relief immediately provided the emergency relief items for the citizens of Sumatra which included temporary shelters to house families, proper medical assistance, and water supplies. We continue to conduct ongoing programs within the country of which the Orphan Support and Seasonal programs remain the top two.

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Orphan Sponsorship ProgramEvery child counts...

Everyday millions of children go to bed without a father or a mother to take care of them. These children often end up being neglected, and su�er due to lack of opportunities that come their way. ICNA Relief Canada continuously strives to make the greatest and most long-term di�erence in the lives of these little ones.

Alhamdulillah in the past two years we have been able to continuously sponsor over 1300 children in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Kosovo and Palestine.

Under Orphan Sponsorship we have two types of support we provide: (1) the �rst is to support approved orphanages in the above mentioned countries that we believe meet our criteria of adequacy; (2) and the second type of orphan support is for children living with their remaining family, at home. In both cases, ICNA Relief makes sure that the child receives the adequate provisions that may include items such as food, water and health care; a good education to

progress in life; as well as �nancial support for the families who are caring for the child.

The primary aim of the Orphan Support Program (OSP) has been to allow the orphaned children to take advantage of their youth and attain the necessary education to progress and compete with everyone else in good careers, when they get older. Instead of forcing these children to work in order to support their families or themselves; your kind contribution of just $1 a day allows these kids to continue focusing on their education while we take care of their living expenses.

ICNA Relief Canada truly wishes to take its OSP to higher levels, and start supporting thousands of more children, but such a goal is not possible without the caring and generous �nancial support of dedicated donors. Please extend your support to help change the life of a child in a poverty or disaster stricken area by sponsoring an Orphan child today either online or by phone!

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The number of families migrating to Canada is increasing day by day, with their major concentration in the GTA. As the number of immigrant families increases, so does the need of appropriate counselling services for them. These families are faced with the challenge of adjusting to the new culture. A major challenge faced by new-comer families relates to raising their children in a way that balances aspects of their cultural and religious values with the new Canadian values that their children are picking up from peers. The stress of living in a new culture, no doubt, impacts the family life by creating marital problems.

Realizing this strong need in the immigrant community, Muslim Family Services (MFS) was established in 2006 with the aim of solving these challenges of the community.

Major activities & targets achievedCounselling & Crisis Intervention: Counselling support services and crisis intervention are one of the main activities of our agency. On average, 70-90 families are assisted each year; the major areas where the families were assisted related to family & marital issues, value clash between parents and children, immigration & settlement, unemployment, stress, anger management and �nancial problems.

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Preserving & Strengthening FamiliesMuslim Family Services

Mr. Irfan Khurshid

Mr. Irfan was engaged with IRC for more than 12 years in di�erent capacities and roles mostly dealing with international relief projects. In last 4 years he also focused on domestic relief projects in Canada, helping ICNA Chapters in establishing many Food Banks

in Canada.

When discussing about ICNA Relief, Mr. Irfan said:ICNA Relief Canada (IRC) started its relief work approximately 20 years ago in response to some disasters in Pakistan, Bangladesh & India. Since then IRC responded to needs of the victims of many disasters like the Floods in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. The earthquakes in Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesia and India. And in 2003, we aided the Tsunami victims as well. In addition, we help the Refugees & IDPs in Bosnia, Kosovo, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and many other countries as well.

ICNA Relief Canada is a department of ICNA Canada and works on guidelines provided by ICNA leadership & the Board of Directors.

Talking about ICNA Relief’s growth in international relief programs, Mr. Irfan said:IRC operations have grown to more than 50 countries

including on-going projects in more than 10 countries including, Canada, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iraq, Haiti, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Indonesia. Alhamdullilah.

As an individual who travels extensively to monitor IRC’s various international project sites, his message to the donors about the reliability and e�ective usage of their donations to ICNA Relief Canada, was:

By using IRC’s strict monitoring and implementation procedures, IRC is able to implement its relief programs e�ectively and e�ciently.Cost e�ectiveness procedures and engaging volunteer teams help us keep IRC admin expenses very low.IRC chooses the programs and projects that can respond to the emergency needs as well as have long term impact on the lives of the people.

When asked that as the IRC’s Executive Director, how and where he sees this organization in the coming years, Mr. Irfan said:

Increasing the number of orphans sponsorship program from 1,400 to 5,000 orphansIncreasing the Food Banks/MFS/Resource Centers from 6 to 15 by 2015Making the Micro Finance program as one of our main programs, Inshah-Allah

Executive Director of ICNA Relief Canada

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Pakistan Floods 2010continued from Pg. 3

In-Kind Donations and Tent DistributionIn addition to the critical medical and food aid, ICNA Relief Canada & its volunteer teams collected in-kind donations at the Al-Falah Islamic Centre, Oakville, worth $100,000 in value. These items were sent through an air consignment, and were distributed upon arrival to Pakistan.

ICNA Relief Canada volunteers in Hamilton were able to send several containers of in-kind donations to Pakistan since the �oods began; their latest shipments having been sent in December 2010. Some of the items in all of the containers included: used & new clothing, non-perishable food items, and blankets, among other things.

We also invested in tent distribution to serve as temporary housing facilities for some of the displaced families; Alhamdulillah, at least three thousand families have bene�ted so far. Each tent costs approximately $100 to setup.

Adopt A Village/UC ProgramICNA Relief had planned to complete many "Adopt a Village/UC" Programs by providing the needed relief programs that make the di�erence in the lives of the a�ected people, including but not limited to:

Shelter Homes (each homes costs approx. $1,900)Field Hospital

Establishment cost: $10,000 to $20,000Running cost per month: $5,000 to $10,000

Ambulance (cost: $15,000 to $20,000)Diagnostic Center with Pathological and blood analysis lab, X-Ray, Ultrasound and more (cost: $15,000 to $20,000)Water Filtration Plant (cost=$10,000)Tube Well (cost=$5,000-$15,000)Skills & Vocational Center for Women (cost: $10,000 to $20,000)

Industrial Homes for Women (cost $10,000 to $20,000)Adopt A Schools (cost $10,000-$25,000)Livelihood & small business programs through Micro�nance & interest Free Loans= ($30,000/cluster of 100 families)Wedding Box program (upto $500/box)Orphan Support Program (Minimum 100 orphans in the cluster, $30/orphan/month)= $36,000/year)Educational Sponsorship Program for needy children (Minimum 50 Children in the cluster, $15/Child/month)= $9,000 to $18,000/year)Water for Life (Drinking Water Wells, Water tanks, Hand pumps)= (cost $500 to $2,500)

If each Muslim Community in each city/town in Canada adopts one village/Union Council (UC), we together can make a real and tangible di�erence in the lives of needy people in the �ood a�ected areas. Individual donors can adopt one or more projects in any “Adopt a Village/UC” program.

So far, ICNA Relief & its donors had adopted three Union Councils to provide relief and make the di�erence in the lives of the people in that area by providing the most needed from above relief programs. Three UC’s adopted:

Kot Addu, Punjab (UC-1 Moazah Chaudary), adopted by Muslim Community of WindsorCharsada UC Aghra KPKShikarpur, Sind adopted by Muslim Community of Calgary

They're Still Counting on You...The displaced people's crisis is not yet over. Millions are still largely homeless, food-less and most important of all, dependent on donors' support. We urge you to be that kind donor, and keep donating for this crisis. ICNA Relief Canada is still accepting donations in the form of Cash, Cheque or Credit Card payments. You can pay online through our website, on the phone or personally at our Head O�ce.

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continued from Pg. 11Muslim Family Services

Settlement services: Quite a big number of new immigrant families contacted us, with regards to settlement issues. They were linked with appropriate agencies and community resources such as job �nding clubs, workshops, ESL classes and learning centres.

Focus Group for Newcomers to Canada: The MFS organized a focus group on the initiative of the United Way of Peel to voice the concerns of new immigrants to Canada. Discussion of newcomers’ experiences in Canada yielded a numbers of frustrations and challenges that they continued to face.

Collaboration with other organizations: MFS also collaborated with other organizations as a partner in the following projects:

1. Bridging the gap with the Muslim community – in collaboration with MIAG 2. Seniors to Seniors (STS) – in collaboration with Family

Services of Peel 3. Education and Awareness Workshops/Info Groups:

Positive & Healthy Parenting,Need for Pre-marital counsellingIntroduction to Good Mental HealthDomestic Violence: Impact on childrenLeadership and DelegationFamily lawsMediation servicesBuilding healthy family relationshipsRaising children in a Western societyMarriage & Family lifeYouth workshop on problem solvingParenting and children’s rights

Pictures are worth a thousand words...Photos of some of our success stories from the Islamic Micro Finance Program in Pakistan.

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News & HighlightsCanada Day - Food Festival

This year on Canada Day, ICNA Relief’s Mississauga Food Bank, in collaboration with City of Mississauga, organized a food festival

for raising funds for the food bank. We set up a stall of hotdogs & pop sale. Some other organizations such as Maple Lodge also contributed in the drive. Around 50 volunteers participated in this event and we were able to raise $4000!

Wedding Boxes Creating Joy in South Asia!With the aim of making weddings and marriage easier and more joyous for everyone, ICNA Relief Canada has started helping families with daughters getting married, by giving $500 for their marriage related expenses. So far more than 200 families have been gifted this mariage gift in Pakistan, Kashmir, India and Bangladesh, Alhamdulillah!

Mango Trees in Kenya ProjectTo help a Muslim Orphanage in Kenya keep running, ICNA Relief also funded a Mango Tree

planting project, where we sponsored the Orphanage management to grow 300 more Mango Trees which would give fruit by the end of 2012, inshAllah. The orphan children help in the planting and maintaining of the trees to help the orphanage keep running.

Youth Leadership Development Programs

ICNA Relief continues to espouse in its vision of developing its local community along with the communities abroad; this past year’s Youth Leadership Development Program (YLDP) was held at the South Common Community Centre, in

the west end of Mississauga; attracting sixty bright and energetic students from the Mississauga, Oakville, Brampton and Milton communities.

YLDP is unique in its approach as it combines intensive applied skills training with brief visual presentations delivered by experienced and quali�ed presenters in the areas of public speaking, team building and personal and community development. The month long program held in July is carefully designed to keep the youth constantly involved, allowing them to have a comfortable and friendly environment where they can challenge themselves and develop leadership skills in a way that they normally would not be able to in school environments. Students are separated into teams of 8-9 individuals, each team having a mentor who assists them in their projects; each group is assigned tasks and goals they must complete each week, with an eventual aim of successfully organizing a fund-raising event or drive by the end.

In addition to the valuable experience YLDP gives the participants, each student also receives 20 community service hours needed for high-school completion; and earns 5 points towards ICNA Relief's university scholarship. The entire event is free for the participants, and at the end a graduation ceremony is held to properly celebrate the achievements of the participants.

Among the wide variety of guests who graciously came and spoke at the sessions and graduation ceremony included MPPs, scholars and well-known community activists.

Every week participants are given speci�c projects to do, relevant to the topic being covered that week. The biggest project in the week of Organizational Development; each team, along with their mentor, is required to organize an event of campaign to raise funds for some worthy cause. The participants are not forced restricted to which charitable organization they

wish to give their collected funds to, and the sense of competition between the rivalling teams serves as healthy motivation to excel in their e�orts. Each years participants bring their own unique talents and ambitions into the organizing of the events; some of the activities done by participants in the past few years include:

Food Drives – whatever is collected is given to the Foodbank of the team's choice

BarBQ Fundraiser – the team would invite the community to raise funds, which would be given to a charitable organization. One of the years' team was successfully able to bring Caroline Perish to their event!

Orphan Sponsorship Drive – collect money from relatives, friends, family, and neighbours, to donate to the Orphan Sponsorship Program.

Bake sale – conducting bake sales in mosques, at events, etc.

Raising funds for the Sick Children's Hospital

InshAllah, ICNA Relief Canada plans on developing and duplicating its success in the YLDP to other other cities, in the coming months and years. If you believe you can contribute to this cause in some way that email us at: info@icnareliefcanada.ca!

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Record high sacri�ces made this year!2010 Global Zabiha Program

The blessings of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijjah bring with it the commemoration of the sacri�ces of the friend of Allah, Prophet Ibrahim. It is through his spiritual tests that Muslims partake in the sacred rituals of Hajj; and those who await their calling to the Holy cities of Makkah and Madinah spend their time in fasting and preparing for

the sacri�ce.

As Muslims from all over the world, be they the Hujjaj or those who are not, ready themselves for the festivities of Eid ul Adha; there are those who remain in a state of pain and agony; they are robbed of this spirit of Eid due to the circumstances they face, the situation they are currently in and the devastation that surrounds them. However, they are in the thoughts and prayers of their Muslim brothers and sisters, and this is so through ICNA Relief's “Global Zabiha Program”.

This year ICNA Relief performed Udhiya/Zabiha/Qurbani for over half a million needy in more than 55 countries around the world. The Global Zabiha program allows donors to perform Zabiha of their choice in the country of their choice. ICNA Relief involves local communities and regions in the Zabiha Program thereby strengthening the bond of humanity.

This year we requested everyone to make an additional sacri�ce for the Pakistan Flood Relief victims. 20 million people are displaced and millions go hungry each day. The Pakistan �oods are recorded as being the largest disaster in its history.

Not to be forgotten is Africa, the second largest continent in the world, and one of the poorest. More than one quarter of

ICNA Relief continues to espouse in its vision of developing its local community along with the communities abroad; this past year’s Youth Leadership Development Program (YLDP) was held at the South Common Community Centre, in

the west end of Mississauga; attracting sixty bright and energetic students from the Mississauga, Oakville, Brampton and Milton communities.

YLDP is unique in its approach as it combines intensive applied skills training with brief visual presentations delivered by experienced and quali�ed presenters in the areas of public speaking, team building and personal and community development. The month long program held in July is carefully designed to keep the youth constantly involved, allowing them to have a comfortable and friendly environment where they can challenge themselves and develop leadership skills in a way that they normally would not be able to in school environments. Students are separated into teams of 8-9 individuals, each team having a mentor who assists them in their projects; each group is assigned tasks and goals they must complete each week, with an eventual aim of successfully organizing a fund-raising event or drive by the end.

In addition to the valuable experience YLDP gives the participants, each student also receives 20 community service hours needed for high-school completion; and earns 5 points towards ICNA Relief's university scholarship. The entire event is free for the participants, and at the end a graduation ceremony is held to properly celebrate the achievements of the participants.

Among the wide variety of guests who graciously came and spoke at the sessions and graduation ceremony included MPPs, scholars and well-known community activists.

Every week participants are given speci�c projects to do, relevant to the topic being covered that week. The biggest project in the week of Organizational Development; each team, along with their mentor, is required to organize an event of campaign to raise funds for some worthy cause. The participants are not forced restricted to which charitable organization they

its children are underweight. ICNA Relief annually performs Zabiha in Africa; giving the poorest of the countries the nourishment of meat, where food itself is scarce. 

Sitting collectively to share a meal on one of the two Muslim holidays grants these people a moment of succor, by being able to forget their struggles and worries and rejoice over the blessings of brotherhood. Regardless of how immaculate the meal, merely the opportunity for a father to provide his family with a moment of joy by partaking in Eid ul Adha, can be the most heartwarming of feelings.

We would like to thank all of our donors for their contribution towards this once a year joy given to the c o u n t l e s s people who do not acquire meat the rest of the year. T h e i r gratitude is showed in every smile w h i l e receiving the Z a b i h a / U d h i y a / Qurbani packets.

wish to give their collected funds to, and the sense of competition between the rivalling teams serves as healthy motivation to excel in their e�orts. Each years participants bring their own unique talents and ambitions into the organizing of the events; some of the activities done by participants in the past few years include:

Food Drives – whatever is collected is given to the Foodbank of the team's choice

BarBQ Fundraiser – the team would invite the community to raise funds, which would be given to a charitable organization. One of the years' team was successfully able to bring Caroline Perish to their event!

Orphan Sponsorship Drive – collect money from relatives, friends, family, and neighbours, to donate to the Orphan Sponsorship Program.

Bake sale – conducting bake sales in mosques, at events, etc.

Raising funds for the Sick Children's Hospital

InshAllah, ICNA Relief Canada plans on developing and duplicating its success in the YLDP to other other cities, in the coming months and years. If you believe you can contribute to this cause in some way that email us at: info@icnareliefcanada.ca!

“This year ICNA Relief performed Udhiya/ Zabiha/ Qurbani for over half a million needy in more than 55 countries around the world.”

Zabiha preperations in Mongolia

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