Start your own FUNdraising campaign? You'll help thousands and have a great time too!

Feel passionate about an issue, but not sure how to help? Why not start your own fundraising campaign? It’s easier than it sounds!

Creating positive impact with the simplest solutions. It doesn’t cost us much to provide a vulnerable person or poor community with opportunities for a better future. In fact, it costs us next to nothing compared to everything these people stand to lose.

Step 1: Pick A Project

MGR has many projects you can fundraise for. Here are a few, and some idea of how much they cost.

• Plant ten Trees = £100
• Give a family a Goat = £120
• Sponsor an Orphan for a year = £324
• Give a deep bore Hand Pump = £470
• Give a Water Well in Ghana = £3,500
• Establish a Water Filtration Plant in Gaza = £5,000
• Build a Mosque in Indonesia = £9,000
• Enable us to provide Free Dialysis in Pakistan = £15,000

Step 2: Fundraise

This feels like the hard part, but actually it’s easier than you think. There are many ways to fundraise, and we’ve got a couple of Fundraising Ideas that could give you a head start. 

Step 3: You've done it!

You've helped us change the lives of thousands of people.

£1 = Big Change

£1 a month... it’s small change right? but lots of people who donate together can move mountains for world’s most poor and vulnerable with nothing but a struggle to survive.  

We want to make the world a better place without a large financial commitment from those who wish to give. Our motto of “bringing hope to life” visibly translates into our work across the world regardless of colour or creed. We work to eradicate poverty, disease and respond to people in crisis and natural disaster. Your £1 a month might not sound like much but we believe in the strength of many people like yourselves making a real difference. 

It’s a little that does a lot!

Sign up to a £1 a month direct debit on our website, or download our direct debit form. Or if you prefer to give a one off donation of one pound, you can text "CHNG99 £1" to 70070.

World Food Day 2015

This World Food Day we focus on breaking the cycle of poverty in rural communities. At MGR our FeedMe project helps feed some of the world's poorest people, we work hard to uplift the poor as they struggle with poverty and hunger. With your help we can take swift action, and bring positive and lasting change to these communities.

MGR’s FeedMe project provides families with wheat grain, pulses, lentils, ghee, sugar and oil to name a few so they can have at least one nourishing meal every day.

Our project focuses on many different area's including;

• Immediate relief for emergency situations by providing relief packages (food and water). 
• Iftari/Sehri during Ramadan, helps hundreds of people a day with their daily requirements of food and water to enable them to fast.
• Qurbani provides fresh meat during the season of Eid Ul Adha.
• Aqiqah is performed on behalf of our donors in their time of happiness when they have a new addition to their families, and provides fresh meat to the poor and needy.
• Food Parcels provide essentials like milk, bread and flour as food prices have more than doubled pushing millions more into poverty, and families struggle to put a meal on the table.

How YOU can help: 
Please donate just £5.00 to give a hungry person a healthy and fulfilling meal, £60.00 to provide a family with one month’s essential food rations.

You can donate online by clicking here, call us on 01282 604055, or by post Muslim Global Relief, PO Box 2018, Nelson, BB9 7WB.

Ramadan is coming...

Ramadan is coming:

As the blessed month of Ramadan approaches this year, there are several things you can do to prepare yourself spiritually and physically for the month-long period of fasting.

It is recommended for Muslims to eat a pre-dawn meal each day before the fast begins. The pre-dawn meal provides energy and other benefits to the fasting Muslim during the day so it makes good sense to plan on getting up early to have sahoor.

If you are accustomed to drinking tea or coffee in the morning or during the day, be aware that caffeine withdrawal can cause severe headaches while you are fasting. Take some time before Ramadan to wean yourself from caffeine (perhaps gradually) and decide whether it will be necessary to have any caffeine during the non-fasting hours in Ramadan.

Ramadan is a time for generosity and giving. It is a time when we think about those who have less than us as well as thank Allah for everything he has given us. Ramadan is an honourable and blessed month, and the rewards for generosity are multiplied in it.

Therefore we should get into the habit of giving in charity now so by the time Ramadan arrives we would increase in our generosity, giving to those less fortunate than ourselves. We should give whatever we can afford as Allah looks at our intentions.

Latest News from Nepal

Muslim Global Relief (MGR) reached Nepal, and is working on ground helping the people. We have provided families with shelter, food packages, blankets and water. The hard work carried out by the MGR volunteers is highly appreciated, and everyone is extremely grateful for their support.

The areas selected for the distribution were:-

Kathmandu - 

• Machine Poker
• Sambho Nath
• Rathna Park

Lalit Pure

• Ingdhol
• Maldi Kheil

Gorkha

• Sindhupal Chawck
• Gawshala

Rice, Lentils, salt, Cooking oil, Spices, Roasted peas, Roasted rice, Dates, Dry Milk, Harlecs for babies, Glucose biscuits, digestive biscuits, and water.

We have set up tents for those who lost their homes. Blankets, towels, nappies, toothbrush and toothpaste were also distributed to the survivors.

Your help is needed to continue this relief operation - please donate generously. 

Please make your donations really count and help us to help the Nepalese people.  

 How YOU can help:

£60.00 can provide food for 1 family for one month

£400.00 can provide a family with shelter

£1.50 can provide 2ltr water bottle

Our funds are limited and we urgently need more support to continue our vital work:

Please donate today .

Visit www.muslimglobalrelief.org, Call MGR on 01282-604055 to make a donation over the telephone

or text your donation - MGRN10 (£1 to £10) to 70070

How ELSE YOU can help:

For just £3.00 per month you can help us to supply and distribute vital emergency relief aid in a more planned and sustained way.

Nepal hit by another major earthquake

Following April's Earthquake where over 8,000 people have been reported, has been hit by another major earthquake. 

MGR teams are already on the ground providing life saving relief items. 

Your help is needed to continue this relief operation - please donate generously. 

Please make your donations really count and help us to help the Nepalese people.  

 How YOU can help:

£60.00 can provide food for 1 family for one month

£400.00 can provide a family with shelter

£1.50 can provide 2ltr water bottle

Our funds are limited and we urgently need more support to continue our vital work:

Please donate today .

Visit www.muslimglobalrelief.org, Call MGR on 01282-604055 to make a donation over the telephone

or text your donation - MGRN10 (£1 to £10) to 70070

How ELSE YOU can help:

For just £3.00 per month you can help us to supply and distribute vital emergency relief aid in a more planned and sustained way.

Emergency Relief Aid for Nepal

We are distributing food and water packs to families in Nepal who have been affected by the Earthquake which hit last week. 

Please support our appeal so we can continue to distribute aid to those families who have lost there homes, and lives have been destroyed. 

We are distributing: Tarpaulin Tents, Food Parcels, Water Bottles, Utensil Kits

How you can help:

• £1.50 will provide a 2L bottle of water.
• £60 could provide food for 1 family for one month
• £400 could provide a family with shelter

DONATE NOW TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM WHO ARE WORKING ON THE GROUND.

DONATING MADE EASY:

ONLINE: www.muslimglobalrelief.org

CALL: 01282 604055

TEXT: MGRN10 plus amount (£2, £3, £5, or £10)
e.g. Text code 'MGRN10 £5' to 70070

EMERGENCY APPEAL: NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

Over 4,000 deaths have been reported and around 7,000 injured, information from remote villages hit by the earthquake is yet to come in. 

Many buildings have collapsed including some very old temples and monuments. 30 out of the countries 75 districts in the Western and Central Regions have been affected. Around 6.2 million people living within 100km of the earthquake epicentre have been affected (Source: GDACS/OCHA). Ministry of Home Affairs declared a national emergency.  

MGR will provide immediate response in Bhaktapur district. Aid will be delivered by road and will pass through Birguni border point to reach Bhaktapur region just outside the capital Kathmandu. 

MGR will be distributing 
- 2,000 Tarpaulin Tents
- 2,000 Food Parcels
- 2,000 Water Bottles
- 2,000 Utensil Kits

How you can help:

• £1.50 will provide a 2L bottle of water.
• £60 could provide food for 1 family for one month
• £400 could provide a family with shelter

DONATE NOW TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM WHO ARE WORKING ON THE GROUND.

DONATING MADE EASY:

ONLINE: www.muslimglobalrelief.org
CALL: 01282 604055

Distribution of Blankets and Mattresses in Gaza

Thank you to your kind donations we distributed blankets and mattresses to poor, vulnerable families in Gaza during Winter. Families and children in Gaza have lost everything, who continue to need our help. 

 

Winter Appeal in Gaza and Lebanon

Thank you to everyone who supported our Winter Appeal. We have distributed Winter packs to families in Gaza and Lebanon as they suffered through the Winter months.

We distributed Winter packs including bedding and warm clothes to Syrian Refugee's living in Lebanon.

We distributed bedding and mattresses to families in Gaza.

We also distributed heating equipment to families in Gaza so they can keep warm throughout the Winter.

Take a look at more photo's on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/muslimglobalrelief

Storm hits Lebanon

A two day storm batters Lebanon adding thick layers of snow, blocking roads, and cutting power supply in some areas.

Syrian refugees are facing treacherous winter conditions, leaving many without heat as temperatures drop well below zero.

 MGR has distributed Winter Packs to refugee families in Lebanon, including warm winter clothing, bedding, and firewood so they can keep warm through the freezing conditions. Please continue to support our appeal so we can help more families in their plight against the winter storms.

You can donate online, by phone, 01282 604055, by text 'WEMR05' plus amount to 70070, or download a donation form.

Save a life with a piece of cake...

Who doesn't love cake? And what a better way to enjoy it than helping vulnerable people at the same time!

Buy a delicious sponge cake with various toppings from fruit to chocolates from two shops, in Nelson and Blackburn to raise funds to support vulnerable people in Gaza and Syria!

All profits from the sale of each cake will go to MGR’s appeal to support people in Gaza and Syria. 

Call in now to order your cake - perfect for a special occasion! 

Where: 

Marhaba Ice Cream & Sweets, 83-85 Victoria Street, Blackburn, BB1 6DS - Tel: 01254 671 499

Choc Stop, 72 Manchester Road, Nelson, BB9 7EJ – Tel 01282-788206

Freezing temperatures in Syria

The civil war in Syria has destroyed many lives, but the freezing weather is continuing to make survival for the millions of vulnerable children even harder!

There are at least 7 million children who have fled to refugee camps or have been internally displaced, battling through the sub zero temperatures in make shift shelters and tents. Many don't even have access to basic necessities such as secure shelters, warm clothing and heating.

Our Winter Appeal is providing food, blankets, warm clothing, and fuel to vulnerable families in Lebanon refugee camps. 

Please give when you can, donating is easy. You can visit our website, www.muslimglobalrelief.org, call us 01282 604055, text "WEMR05" plus amount to 70070 or by filling in a donation form, available here 

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give...

Winter is a struggle for these children, but they still manage a smile. Can you help us bring them some happiness? Donate: www.muslimglobalrelief.org