13 Years of Ramadan Charity Basket

For the 13th year running, SimplyIslam.sg is happy to continue our annual Ramadan project where we provide food and financial help to over 300 needy families in Singapore in time for Eid al-Fitr.

Watch a video of one of our recipients here: https://www.facebook.com/simplyislam.sg/videos/10155558736106264/

Alhamdulillah. Thanks to your support and that of over 1,800 generous individuals, we have managed to raise over $100,000 at this year's Ramadan Charity Basket. This will mean that over 300 families can benefit from your generous donations this Ramadan. Unfortunately, the effects of Covid-19 has tipped so many more over the poverty line, and this has only been seen more clearly in recent weeks.

Our continued support of these affected communities via our Covid-19 Support Programmes has led to a steady stream of requests for support in recent weeks, beyond our initial estimates, and they continue to grow by the day. 

We do not want to turn away anyone who truly needs assistance and hope to be able to support all who come to us for help in some way, and ease the hardship they face.​

Help us help them and do continue to contribute generously to our Ramadan Charity Basket, and help ease the many challenges in so many forms that our fellow brothers and sisters, our fellow-Singaporeans now face. Together, we can all get through this.

Our Partners - Muslim Kidney Action Association (MKAC) + Marine Parade CC + Pasir Ris East Constituency + TAA Trust Fund

In the early days, we organised the charity drive with only Muslim Kidney Action Association (MKAC). The organisation provides care and support to Muslims who are suffering from kidney failure and chronic ailments, and provides financial assistance to the families concerned.

Over the years, we've collaborated with more organisations and groups, thereby increasing the Ramadan Charity Basket recipients!

In addition to the MKAC recipients, we will also be helping recipients from: 

Marine Parade Community Club. 

The CC supports needy recipients living in Marine Parade, and in collaboration with the Malay Activity Executive Committee (MAEC), the Marine Parade needy recipients will receive the goodies from the Ramadan Charity Basket!

​Additionally, we will continue to extend our hand to help some needy residents residing in Pasir Ris East Constituency, specifically, the poor, needy and ailing residents of the rental flats along Pasir Ris Drive 3. These are some of the poorest people in the eastern part of Singapore. They reside in this heavily subsidised rental flats as they cannot afford their own homes. Many of them are old, ailing and unable to work due to their age and health conditions. Your contributions will go a long way towards giving them a semblance of normalcy, and a brighter, happier Eid, Insha'Allah.
Covid-19 Support Programs

On top of that, proceeds from this year's Ramadan Charity Basket will also be channeled to support families who have been adversely affected by Covid-19. Many of our poor, many blighted with chronic illness, are now even worse off due to the many restrictions now placed by hospitals, and the limited healthcare some of them have faced. This coupled with the financial challenges that have been brought on by Covid-19 brews a pot of troubles threatening to boil over if help does not come by. 

There are many others too who have lost their jobs, are on no-pay leave, or no longer have the ability to find sustenance due to the non-availability of daily-rated and odd-jobs during this Circuit Breaker period. Many are struggling to even put food on their tables to break their fast, whilst others, maybe not as severely hit, but are still suffering, and no longer able to afford Madrasah education for their children in the short-term. We do not want to turn away anyone who truly needs assistance and hope to be able to support all who come to us for help in some way, and ease the hardship they face.

Additionally, funds from this years Ramadan Charity Basket will also be used to develop care packs for some of our frontline healthcare workers who face the threat of Covid-19 on a daily basis as they seek to provide health and aid to Covid-19 victims. 

These frontliners are isolated from the community. They are put up in a demarcated hotel somewhere, and shuttle to and from work collectively daily. Their movements are controlled, and they are not able to go home, or see their loved ones due to the nature of their work which means exposure to the virus on a daily basis. There are many Muslims amongst them, and they have not returned home this Ramadan, and will not not be able to return home to celebrate Hari Raya as well. As part of Ramadan Charity Basket this year, we will develop care packs for them, to remind them that their work is valuable, and that they are not forgotten. It is no substitute to them celebrating Hari Raya with their loved ones, but it's a gesture that can bring a moment of happiness to them this Hari Raya, and that in itself is priceless. 

Giving food, Eid goodies and cash to over 300 needy families

Eid, or Hari Raya, is a time when families cook delicious food, wear beautiful clothes and spruce up their homes in anticipation of guests. In Singapore, celebrations go on for a month long! 

Not all families can afford what the 'typical' Singaporean family enjoys and especially during Eid, it can feel even more lonely.

The food provisions include rice, milk, sugar, dry foods and other basic amenities including Eid novelties, and some cash.

Please donate generously so we can make Ramadan & Eid better for these families.

Package Deliveries

If you would like to volunteer to DELIVER the Baskets, please email your Name and Contact Number to enquiries@simplyislam.sg or call 65474407.

Delivery of the Baskets will be conducted over two weeks from: 01 May 2020 to 17 May 2020 (Subject to Change). Please volunteer to deliver especially if you have a vehicle!

The Solidarity Brothers in full force to help with delivery, as they have done for 9 years now, with Parliamentary Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs Amrin Amin (light blue shirt). / 2016

How You Are Helping

Each Basket has rice, milk, sugar, dry foods and other basic amenities including Hari Raya (Eid) novelties. They cost around $200 each.

We want to raise $100,000 to continue providing for over 300 needy families this Hari Raya or Eid. If we raise more, each family will get some cash Insha'Allah.

How to Help

1. Share this campaign with your family, friends and on social media!

2. Donate generously. If you are unable to sponsor one Basket, gather a few friends to raise the $200 per Basket!

Cash, NETS, Credit/Debit Card or Cheque

Payment can be made by cash, NETS, credit/debit card or cheque. For cheque payment, please issue a crossed cheque payable to SIMPLYISLAM.  Please write your name and contact number on the reverse side of the cheque indicating “Ramadan Charity Basket”.  

Please post the cheque to:

SIMPLYISLAM.SG
No. 152 Still Road

Credit Card/Debit Card/Charge Card/PayPal

For payments by credit card, charge card, please choose any of the giving levels on the right of this screen. *Do note that for Debit Cards, only VISA and MasterCard are accepted.

Bank Transfer

SIMPLYISLAM - DBS Current Account 008-901930-9

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(If you do a bank transfer, please email enquiries@simplyislam.sg with a picture or screenshot of your transfer together with your Name and Contact Number.)

3. Volunteer to help deliver (if you have a vehicle) the Baskets to the families in need.

May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala reward you for your kind contributions with His Blessings and Bounties in perpetuity, Ameen.