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Assalamu-alaikum Further Stories and
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Welcome to our post Ramadan update a newsletter for our supporters. to our website
It has been quite a hectic time since Ramadan so apologies for the delay. www.QaafAid.org
So what have we been doing you may ask? Well, we have been busy
Inside this issue:
utilising your donations to their best advantage and getting the most value
from these much needed funds as these help the most disadvantaged and
Flood Update
poor in our world We don’t just hand money over to third parties on the
ground ,
Water Wells

Here at Qaaf Aid we cover the ground ourselves and this can take time, but Orphan Update
we think it’s worth doing as you can physically see how your donation has Masjid Builds
helped .Within these pages ,we hope to give you a brief glimpse of how your
continued support and donations have gone in serving those most in need. Qurbani
May Almighty Allah bless our efforts with his acceptance, forgive our
shortcomings and enable us to serve humanity Jazakallah khair for your Project pics
continued support.

During flood volunteers distributing emergency aid

Flood Relief
These are some of the pictures of Flood Affected
Areas in District Nowshera Pakistan. thousands of
houses damaged, mostly or destroyed.

 Location: Muhib Banda Distt; Nowshera Khyber

Banda Distt; Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

 Dist by: Dr Mukhtar Ahmad (Qaaf Volunteers)

 Relief goods for Each family: 11 Food items,

total Weight: 46 kgs

 Total families assisted: 420

The floods in Pakistan were a national tragedy we all  Date of Distribution:16 Sep 2010
saw the moving footage beamed across terrestrial and
international TV networks. During this disaster we re-
sponded by working with our sister charity Qaaf Wel-
fare Foundation., to provide emergency provisions of
food water and medicine to the flood survivors.

The scale of the disaster was even, in comparison with

the tsunamis , earthquakes and hurricanes of the last 6.5+9.1
few years – unprecedented. Unfortunately, various
theories were thrown around about why this response
was not forthcoming – in addition to the now familiar
"donor fatigue", there was the added element, particular
to Pakistan, of "image deficit" (a phrase that encom-
passed both a lack of sympathy for the Pakistanis who
were suffering and lack of trust that anyone in Paki-
stan's government would correctly allocate humanitar-
ian donations, never mind that those donations could
go directly to the world's most reputed aid agencies.

Having said that, many people who have family ties to

Pakistan will have seen relatives suffering because of
the floods, decided to get together and fundraise indi-
vidually and through community groups to get as
much emergency aid there as possible. May Allah re-
wards them for there efforts.
Although these efforts ,were run on a ad hoc basis
did make some difference to the people we helped
however little in magnitude of the disaster were
only possible with your help and support !!
 Digging Wells in Africa : How it Works ??
Donation taken with type of well re- Field survey taken on where the well is Arrange with well digger. where appli-
quired donor. Full name taken on most needed assessed on a case by case cable use someone locally as employing
who’s behalf this SADAQA JARI- as we are normally inundated with contractors to travel to different loca-
YAH is for and if name plate required requests. tions pushes up costs

Concrete rings being loaded down to
depths on average of 40 to 60 feet.
Once these are installed. The well is
lined with concrete to cover any gaps.
In the back ground are the rings to line
the well. These are left out to dry in the
The simplest wells have traditionally
sun for a week until they are set.
been hand dug. That's right...by hand.
They can be fifty or more feet deep and
are used when ground water is gener-
ally abundant.

Did You Know: Over one billion people are without safe water,
The prophet peace be upon him
as a result a child dies every 20 seconds from water borne diseases. said'
Just think about this, by the time you have finished reading this sen- Whoever digs a well, there will be
tence another child would have died due to lack of clean water. Please no one who drinks from it amongst
Donate and sponsor a water well for a loved one. jinn, men and birds except that
Allah will reward him on the Day of
Judgement'
Qaaf aid has built over 50 water wells in the last 3 years in Africa and Kashmir
helping thousands of people with clean fresh water for drinking ,cleaning ,cooking
and for their livestock .

Sample of Donor Well Report:

Type Hand Dug Well Well: 50

ft deep. Lined with concrete
rings

Beneficiaries: 20 Families
living within a shared com-
pound

Location: Nyankui Village,

Sandu District, Upper River
Region, The Gambia

To Donate: 0161 740 7734 (www.qaafaid.org)

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Qaaf Aid is currently supporting over 644 orphans, accommodating many of these in sheltered accommoda-
tion providing them with food, shelter ,education and emotional support, from Africa to Asia and the Middle
East. This program has been running for the last two and half years and will continue running inshallah with
your help and support .Unfortunately due to the current economic climate new child Sponsorship has been
declining across all charity sectors. Please help us to maintain this worthy cause as we have hundreds of or-
phans awaiting sponsorship. JUST THINK OF THE REASONS LISTED BELOW!!!!

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Sponsorship Checklist Top 5 reasons to

sponsor a child as

Sponsorship is NOT used for UK admin,
told to us by sponsors

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100% is spent in the wellbeing of the child 1. I want to share my
wealth and blessings.


Child gets a good care from charity
2. Our beloved Prophet
(Food, Shelter, Clothing, Education, Medical care ) Peace and blessing be
upon him was an or-


You can visit or write
phan.
3. I want to encourage my


You get updates
children to identify with
Sponsor a child today from £12 a month poor children.
4. I want to help a child in
You can sponsor a child by phone: need.
5. I've always wanted to
0161 740 7734 — 0800 881 8967 sponsor a child and now is
NB: Gift aid it this will maintain our 100% policy towards orphan sponsorship the time.
Qaaf Aid is Registered Charity no. 1106445, regulated by the Charities Commission

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.QAAFAID.ORG

Alhamdulillah following the
successful completion of Three
Masjids in the Gambia We have
an appeal to help construct a
Masjid in Guinea Bissau
Build A
Did you know that he or she who builds a Masjid, or helps in doing so
earns the ajir (reward/good deeds) for every person walking in to pray,
every person entering the Masjid to make wudu, reading Quran, or any
other good deed. It gets even better, unlike other good deeds you earn
now; this one doesn’t stop when you die. Which call waqf
The word waqf is used to define a charitable donation in the form of money, property or
other tems of value, which are used to bring a return, but which cannot be disposed of
or spent. Hence a waqf donation keeps on giving year on year, making it a prime form
of sadaqah jariah (continuous charity).

No matter how religious you are, no one is perfect, shaytan has his

Masjid ways. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something that replaces your bad
Do it with sincerity and pay attention to the good things that happen

Who is Required to Perform Qurbani?

Every adult Muslim, male or female, who owns 613.35
grams of silver or its equivalent in money, personal
ornaments, stock-in-trade or any other form of wealth
which is surplus to his basic needs,

Qaaf Aid would like to thank all our donors for their donations and support towards QA
Qurbani through the last few years. We managed to distribute fresh Qurbani meat on Eid,
enabling the poor and hungry to join in the festivities. More pictures at www.qaafaid.org.
A PICTURE BETTER THEN A THOUSEND WORD SOME OF QAAF
AID WORK ACROSS MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD