Feeding the Poor

Hunger is desperation. Hunger is helplessness. Hunger is a disease. Hunger is seeing your children cry for food but being unable to feed them.

Imagine waking up every morning not knowing whether you will get anything at all to eat, seeing your children cry out of hunger, rain pouring over your roof reminding you of the floods that took away most of your belongings last two years, and being able to afford only one piece of bread for most of your family at home. Such is the dilemma faced by around 21.4 million people everyday in Pakistan, that live in hunger.

There has been a consistent rise in food prices in Pakistan over the years, and whereas it was 3.6% in the year 2001, the yearly percentage increase rose to 18% in 2011, according to the Asian Development Bank. Further, food items contributed to 6.74 of the total 10.46 rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) between August 2010 and September 2011, according to the Federal Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan.

Photo: Distributing food in local areas of Punjab 2016

Food inflation means the poor that constitute 32.6 of the population, according to World Bank figures, are left more vulnerable, and also highlights the obvious link between hunger and poverty. This has also led to severe malnutrition, especially among children, that has further increased due to disasters such as the worst floods in memory that hit Pakistan in 2010, and again in 2011.

According to the World Food Programme Pakistan, “The malnutrition figures from the year 2001 have shown no improvement: 13 percent of children aged 6-59 months suffer from acute malnutrition, with levels of stunting and underweight at 37 and 38 percent respectively. A third of all child deaths are associated with malnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies are widespread. An estimated 45 percent of women and 67 percent of children under five are anaemic.”

Realising the urgent need for intervention in such an alarming situation, the World Food Programme, which has been working in Pakistan since 1968, has pledged to feed 7.4 million hungry people in Pakistan this year, and this campaign requires the help of each and every one of us to become a success.

For as little as less than £1 a day for a school year, you can change the life of a child.

This Ramadan we will ty to reach as many people as possible and need your help & support to feed those without food & shelter so they could enjoy on the blessed day of Eid. 

Food for a Family of 5 - 8 People

1 Day Package £3.00

1 Week Package £10.00

1 Month Package £30.00

Free Education for All

Syed Ahmed Shah Trust runs schools that provide free education for the poor & the needy. We need support in continuing this good work. This project provides lasting effects to lives of the ordinary people. There’s no better time to give the gift of education but NOW! Giving children living in poverty better access to education will give them more chances in life. Education will increase their chances of having a healthy life; of making the right choices; of being employed; of being able to participate in the process that will shape their future too.

Photo: Syed Ahmed Shah Trust Schools in Pakistan

Education for a Child including Fee, Books, Clothes & Bag

1 Month £3.00

1 year £25.00