The official death toll from Myanmar’s devastating cyclone (Nargis) has now soared to more than 78,000 people, with tens of thousands more said to be missing, as military authorities and aid agencies struggle to bring relief to survivors. Hundreds of thousands of people are said to be without shelter, food and potable water, and sanitation systems in the five regions declared disaster areas have collapsed.Assessing the full extent of the damage from Tropical Cyclone Nargis, which slammed into Myanmar packing winds of up to 190km per hour on 3 May, has been a slow and difficult process, with communications severed, and roads blocked, as a result of the storm.
Sunday 25 May 2008
Burma Cyclone Update
The official death toll from Myanmar’s devastating cyclone (Nargis) has now soared to more than 78,000 people, with tens of thousands more said to be missing, as military authorities and aid agencies struggle to bring relief to survivors. Hundreds of thousands of people are said to be without shelter, food and potable water, and sanitation systems in the five regions declared disaster areas have collapsed.Assessing the full extent of the damage from Tropical Cyclone Nargis, which slammed into Myanmar packing winds of up to 190km per hour on 3 May, has been a slow and difficult process, with communications severed, and roads blocked, as a result of the storm.
Thursday 8 May 2008
MGR Vocational Training Centre
Not everyone is able to readily afford an education but at the same time to establish a good job, it is essential to have some training for a skill that will allow you to secure employment that will allow you to earn a wage that can pay your bills. This is not always an easy task and many people receive no help with it. There is some help however and it comes in the form of a vocational training from Muslim Global Relief.
MGR is committed to bridging the digital divide in marginalized and disadvantaged sectors of society worldwide by providing training in vital job skills to reduce poverty, enhance employability, empower youth/orphans to become productive citizens, enable entrepreneurship, stimulate broad-based economic development, and accelerate social transformation so that they are ready to compete in the global economy.
Activities
Young ladies will learn embroidery skills on a 6 month basis; with the centre run by a qualified teacher whom will pass onto the ladies essential skills needed in order for them to produce good quality clothes for the people of their community as well as themselves. This will give them an income in order to support themselves and their families, put their children through the state education system.
On a regular basis material will be provided to these ladies in order for them to complete their training and start working for themselves, this project should last for a period of 6 months.
This cycle will be repeated every 6 months with ladies who qualify under MGRs guidelines to undertake this training.
This project will cost £3,184.00 per annum to run, please donate generously …
Your donation can make a difference
MGR is committed to bridging the digital divide in marginalized and disadvantaged sectors of society worldwide by providing training in vital job skills to reduce poverty, enhance employability, empower youth/orphans to become productive citizens, enable entrepreneurship, stimulate broad-based economic development, and accelerate social transformation so that they are ready to compete in the global economy.
Activities
Young ladies will learn embroidery skills on a 6 month basis; with the centre run by a qualified teacher whom will pass onto the ladies essential skills needed in order for them to produce good quality clothes for the people of their community as well as themselves. This will give them an income in order to support themselves and their families, put their children through the state education system.
On a regular basis material will be provided to these ladies in order for them to complete their training and start working for themselves, this project should last for a period of 6 months.
This cycle will be repeated every 6 months with ladies who qualify under MGRs guidelines to undertake this training.
This project will cost £3,184.00 per annum to run, please donate generously …
Your donation can make a difference
Wednesday 7 May 2008
Wednesday 30 April 2008
MGR Tree Planting Project
As part of your resolve this year to do some aspect of charitable work, why not do something novel?
MGR is running a Fruit Tree Planting Project which aims to help the most vulnerable around the world. This project is truly unique in that it enables our donors to help disadvantaged households with a source of shade, nourishment and potential income with the obvious added benefit to the environment as well.
A GREENER WORLD FOR A BETTER TOMORROW MADE POSSIBLEWe consider this wonderful project as ground-breaking in that it involves the beneficiaries participation throughout the lifetime of the project and is a source of hope for a better future for them.
Each beneficiary is trained in how to nurture their Fruit Tree sapling to receive maximum benefit ultimately, when it bears fruit.
As long as the Fruit Tree grows it benefits the beneficiary and provides satisfaction to the donor that he/she has provided support to the most disadvantaged on a Long-Term basis.
MGR can help you plant Fruit Trees which bear fruits such as apples, apricots and dates.*
Each Fruit Tree costs only £5 to plant in the developing world, which is less than what most children from the western world spend on sweets per week.*
Please join in and help this Fruit Tree Project to grow into a resounding success, a source of inspiration and hope for the future for the poor.
Lets together lift the poor out of Poverty.
You can donate now on behalf of yourself, a family member, a child, a friend, a relative or a loved one who may have passed away.
Please log onto our donation page for methods of payment or call our donation line now to show the world you care.
* For further information and conditions, please contact the MGR team.
MGR Gaza Appeal
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip were struggling to cope with the influx of wounded after five days of intense Israeli military activity, including a ground incursion and repeated air strikes, which has left at least 115 Palestinians dead and over 300 wounded, according to medical sources in the territory. The Israeli military said the operation was meant to halt rocket attacks on southern Israel, and that about 90 percent of those killed were militants. However, human rights groups and medical officials said at least a third of the dead were women and children.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement: "Children constitute more than half the population of Gaza and are bearing the brunt of the crisis." Israeli troops started to withdraw from Gaza on the morning of 3 March, but militants continued to launch rockets which caused damage to homes and slightly injured some Israeli civilians over the weekend (1-2 March).
Two Israeli soldiers were also killed in fighting in Gaza. Medical sector Aid workers said the medical system was at breaking point, noting that it had been under pressure after earlier violence as well as the blockade on Gaza and rolling power outages. "We are very overcrowded, especially in the intensive care unit," Hassan Khalaf, director of Gaza's main Shifa hospital, told IRIN. Other units in the hospital were treating serious cases as the intensive care unit had run out of space.
In recent weeks non-urgent surgeries had been cancelled due to power outages, and the latest violence has only further distanced them from treatment. One aid worker said that eventually some non-urgent cases would become emergencies if not treated. Some patients need to be referred for treatment outside the enclave, which cannot offer certain surgeries. On 2 March several dozen patients were sent to Israel and others were taken to Egypt, after the neighbouring state agreed to open its usually sealed border with Gaza on a one-off basis.The Israeli Physicians for Human Rights told IRIN that over 20 patients, including the recently injured, still needed to be transferred outside the Strip, though whether those considered militants would be able to leave remained unclear.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was coordinating patient transfers as well as shipments of medical supplies into the enclave. It had provided hospitals with plasma as well as other needed materials and equipment. Palestinians in the West Bank had answered calls to donate blood, and the ICRC was working to bring the bags into Gaza. Khalaf from Shifa said Gazans had been donating blood "24 hours a day".Gaza hospitals remained in need of more items, including ventilators and X-ray machines, to properly handle all the wounded. Jabalya refugee camp The Jabalya refugee camp saw the worst of the fighting. UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, sent teams out following the Israeli withdrawal to investigate the damage.
A main concern for UNRWA was that any destruction would not easily be fixed."We are not going to be able to repair damage to housing until we can get construction materials into Gaza," John Ging, UNRWA's Gaza chief, told IRIN. For the last eight months UNRWA has not been able to fix homes damaged in internal fighting as well as Israeli military operations due to the restrictions on importing cement. Ging also expressed concern for the psychological well-being of the camp's residents, some of whom were trapped in their homes for extended periods of time, sometimes days, during the fighting. The Coastal Municipalities Water Utility said during the fighting water supplies had been cut off for over 200,000 people in areas where fighting took place. (courtesy IRIN)
Urgently needed items:
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement: "Children constitute more than half the population of Gaza and are bearing the brunt of the crisis." Israeli troops started to withdraw from Gaza on the morning of 3 March, but militants continued to launch rockets which caused damage to homes and slightly injured some Israeli civilians over the weekend (1-2 March).
Two Israeli soldiers were also killed in fighting in Gaza. Medical sector Aid workers said the medical system was at breaking point, noting that it had been under pressure after earlier violence as well as the blockade on Gaza and rolling power outages. "We are very overcrowded, especially in the intensive care unit," Hassan Khalaf, director of Gaza's main Shifa hospital, told IRIN. Other units in the hospital were treating serious cases as the intensive care unit had run out of space.
In recent weeks non-urgent surgeries had been cancelled due to power outages, and the latest violence has only further distanced them from treatment. One aid worker said that eventually some non-urgent cases would become emergencies if not treated. Some patients need to be referred for treatment outside the enclave, which cannot offer certain surgeries. On 2 March several dozen patients were sent to Israel and others were taken to Egypt, after the neighbouring state agreed to open its usually sealed border with Gaza on a one-off basis.The Israeli Physicians for Human Rights told IRIN that over 20 patients, including the recently injured, still needed to be transferred outside the Strip, though whether those considered militants would be able to leave remained unclear.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was coordinating patient transfers as well as shipments of medical supplies into the enclave. It had provided hospitals with plasma as well as other needed materials and equipment. Palestinians in the West Bank had answered calls to donate blood, and the ICRC was working to bring the bags into Gaza. Khalaf from Shifa said Gazans had been donating blood "24 hours a day".Gaza hospitals remained in need of more items, including ventilators and X-ray machines, to properly handle all the wounded. Jabalya refugee camp The Jabalya refugee camp saw the worst of the fighting. UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, sent teams out following the Israeli withdrawal to investigate the damage.
A main concern for UNRWA was that any destruction would not easily be fixed."We are not going to be able to repair damage to housing until we can get construction materials into Gaza," John Ging, UNRWA's Gaza chief, told IRIN. For the last eight months UNRWA has not been able to fix homes damaged in internal fighting as well as Israeli military operations due to the restrictions on importing cement. Ging also expressed concern for the psychological well-being of the camp's residents, some of whom were trapped in their homes for extended periods of time, sometimes days, during the fighting. The Coastal Municipalities Water Utility said during the fighting water supplies had been cut off for over 200,000 people in areas where fighting took place. (courtesy IRIN)
Urgently needed items:
- Flour
- Medical kits
- Food parcels
- Baby milk
Thursday 17 April 2008
MGR Mosque Project
Muslim Global Relief realises the importance of the Mosque as a focal point of a Muslim Community. It is far more than just a place of worship - it is a resource centre, where sections of the people come together for very different events.
A Mosque is an education centre, a venue for luncheon clubs, a place where youth groups get together and where Muslim women can train for future employment.
It is also a symbolic meeting place for the elderly. Mosques are also important for youth education and all boys and girls aged from five to fifteen attend, for religious instruction.
MGR mosque has a main prayer hall, a large verandah, a room for the maulana and a courtyard complete with washrooms and place for ablution.
MGR mosque is located at Ghari Habib Ullah in District Balakot, Kashmir.
Your donation can make a difference
A Mosque is an education centre, a venue for luncheon clubs, a place where youth groups get together and where Muslim women can train for future employment.
It is also a symbolic meeting place for the elderly. Mosques are also important for youth education and all boys and girls aged from five to fifteen attend, for religious instruction.
MGR mosque has a main prayer hall, a large verandah, a room for the maulana and a courtyard complete with washrooms and place for ablution.
MGR mosque is located at Ghari Habib Ullah in District Balakot, Kashmir.
Your donation can make a difference
Friday 11 April 2008
MGR Blog Launch
Muslim Global Relief is proud to announce the launch of it's new internet blog. We hope our move to highlight our charity work via the blog will increase awareness of the charity and attract more and more people to participate in our noble cause of wiping out poverty all over the world and, at the same time, providing you with a regular update of the latest projects and charity news.We want the blogger community to engage with us and leave useful comments, as this platform is all about social networking. The more feedback and viewership we get the more it will help us to raise awareness of the plight of so many orphans and poor and how we as a charity have improved those lives.
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