Back to School 2024

Gift a Backpack, Gift a Future

Vulnerable Muslim children across Canada lack access to basic school supplies, blocking their progress in school and beyond. This Back to School Season 2024, you can provide essential supplies to children in need, including those displaced from Gaza and Sudan.

Understanding the Need

For many children in Canada, poverty isn’t just a statistic; it’s a daily struggle that affects their dreams and well-being. Almost 1 in 5 kids—about 1.3 million—live in conditions that make even the simplest things, like school supplies, a luxury (Campaign 2000). Despite the Canada Child Benefit, many families remain in deep poverty, struggling to meet their children’s basic needs (Campaign 2000). This hardship doesn’t just impact their material world; it burdens young hearts and minds with stress and worry that no child should carry.

Your donations will be directed to support children going back to school in Canada. In the case of any excess funds, they will be directed towards supporting eligible beneficiaries as most urgently needed.

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Empower Canadian Muslim Children

The Gift of Barakah

Parents are already juggling tight budgets with piling bills, skyrocketing rent and food prices. By providing backpacks this season, you will be lifting one burden off their shoulders. You help them experience the joy of their children's smiles and, in turn, earn the barakah through their heartfelt duas.

Testimonials

7,331+ Stories to Tell

This is how you’ve impacted the lives of your Muslim brothers and sisters over the years.
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A simple "thank you" or prayer for you is not enough to express my gratitude. You relieved my hardship and brought joy to my heart and my children's hearts. May Allah bring joy to your hearts, ease your affairs, and grant you goodness in this world and the Hereafter. May Allah open doors for you as you have relieved our worries, O Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. You have proven that the world is still full of goodness, and all praise is due to Allah. My son and daughter pray for your well-being and peace of mind.

A mother helped with essentials for her children

Thank you for your attention and your support. Now I feel that I am not alone because I have you. You are my sisters and brothers.

Single Mother Who Received Food Support

Single Mother Who Received Food Support

Our situation is about to get better as there is a new job I am getting ready for within the next couple of weeks. Your organization was of critical help at a very sensitive time in our lives due to the war in Palestine. Our lives are much better now and we feel we are going to be stable soon.

Gaza Evacuee Supported by You

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A simple "thank you" or prayer for you is not enough to express my gratitude. You relieved my hardship and brought joy to my heart and my children's hearts. May Allah bring joy to your hearts, ease your affairs, and grant you goodness in this world and the Hereafter. May Allah open doors for you as you have relieved our worries, O Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. You have proven that the world is still full of goodness, and all praise is due to Allah. My son and daughter pray for your well-being and peace of mind.

A mother helped with essentials for her children
FAQs

Your Zakat Questions, Answered

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