Islamic relief for Haiti
March 272010
As governments and communities worldwide mobilize to help earthquake-stricken Haiti, Muslims in the United States are doing their part by raising funds and partnering with organizations — both religious and secular — to aid earthquake victims.
This spirit of cooperation in Haitis greatest time of need is highlighted by Islamic Relief USAs ongoing interfaith aid partnership with the Mormon Church.
We are partnering with the Mormon Church on shipments of aid including hygiene kits and temporary shelters, Naeem Muhammad of Islamic Relief USA told America.gov of relief slated for Haiti. We do a lot of partnerships with them, such as in Indonesia with the tsunami and in Pakistan with the earthquake.
Impoverished Haiti is familiar territory for the Zakat Foundation of America. Zakat Foundation Executive Director Khalil Demir told America.gov his organization has partnered with California-based What If? Foundation to support a meal program for Port-au-Princes children. What If? Foundations chairwoman of the board, Margaret Trost, told America.gov she is grateful for the Zakat Foundations support.
The Zakat Foundation has made it possible to feed these children in large part because of their grant to us last year, Trost said. Now, both organizations are working together to send earthquake relief to Haiti.
The Zakat Foundation aims to send two chartered cargo planes laden with supplies to Haiti. Muhammad of Islamic Relief USA said he hopes his organization will have an assessment team on the ground within days.
Fundraising for Haitian earthquake relief efforts is of utmost importance to these and other Muslim-American organizations. Islamic Relief USA launched a worldwide appeal for $1 million in aid and the Zakat Foundation pledged $50,000 in immediate assistance.
There has been a huge response from people to our request for aid. It is the same here as it would be in Muslim countries — we have been receiving donations nonstop, said the Zakat Foundations Demir.
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has established a special Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund (HERF). We established the fund because we realize the magnitude of the devastation and feel we are morally compelled to contribute to alleviate the suffering in Haiti, said ISNA Secretary-General Safaa Zarzour in a press release.
Muslim Americans at the local level are donating earthquake aid to Haiti through ISNA and other large Muslim-American organizations. In Chicagos 400,000-strong Muslim community, fundraising efforts are under way to help Haitian earthquake victims, according to Kiran Ansari, interim executive director of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago.
We have set up a fund at the council where we will send funds to organizations like the Zakat Foundation and Islamic Relief USA, Ansari told America.gov. We have sent out a request to all the khatibs in area mosques to make the situation in Haiti part of their Friday sermon.
If you can, please help respond to this disaster with a donation. Call 0300 200 1999, visit your local shop or donate online through https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/haiti-earthquake/index.php
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