Make their Wishes Come True 

"The key to richness is charity, while the key to poverty is stinginess"

For the second year running, our Ramadhan Give-Back Project, #KindnessIsMagic, hopes to fulfill the “wishlist(s)” of needy families, living in 1- room rental apartments around Singapore. These families lack basic necessities such as rice (a Singaporean’s staple), gas for cooking, money to fund their children’s education, or even their own medical bills.

Their humble and basic "wishes": 

Our hearts ached at their circumstances, and the scarcity of all they had. Yet they would only ask us for simple things; a replacement for their bedbug infested beds, broken wardrobes and fans. Some families are also in need of money for food to fill their empty stomachs, or a bit of assistance in funding dialysis bills. 

Help us to fulfill the “wishes” of almost 30 households this year. Your kind donations will definitely ease their difficult lives.

Our team has visited some of the homes of these needy families. This year’s "wishes" are (list is non-exhaustive):

• Medical bills
• Single bed frames
• Mattresses
• Bed sheets
• Installation of wheelchair ramps 
• Fans
• Lights
• Groceries
• Toiletries
• Clothes
• Chairs 
• Iron
• Washing Machines
• Curtains
• Cash support 

On top of fulfilling these wishes, we would like to give each home a "special pack" of basic household and personal essentials, as well as yummy biscuits to welcome guests this Eid :)

• Case Studies of Beneficiaries Mentioned in Our Video: 
  

Salim’s Family

Salim (78 years old), Mariam (73 years old) and Aeishah (60 years old) are siblings staying together in an old flat. Salim is unable to work as he went through surgery and rigorous chemotherapy for his 3rd stage thyroid cancer. Despite being the only one married among them, unfortunately none of Salim's four children visit him anymore. Mariam, in turn, risks going blind and has endured multiple surgeries to fight to keep her eyesight, with another surgery scheduled this year. 

These piling medical bills are stacked against Aeishah, 73, who is the sole breadwinner - despite earning only S$30 a day working at a nearby market. Having heard their story, and realizing Aeishah's tenacity and responsibility in keeping the trio afloat, moved us tremendously. Living below the poverty line, we pray that all 3 siblings can benefit from your support to live a little more comfortably this year.

Isa’s Family

Isa, the breadwinner and father of the family, lives with type 1 diabetes before having had a stroke that left him unable to work for 3 months. His family of 5 includes his 3 daughters, Aishah (9 years old), Fatimah (6 years old) and baby Azizah (6 months old). Besides needing money for medical bills, the family is unable to even afford gas for cooking at home.

Presently, Isa works as a cab driver. His work gets disrupted daily as he has to send home food purchased with the earnings he made the same morning, as they cannot afford the cost of gas for cooking at home. This interruption from work in turn affects his daily income, which is barely enough to make ends meet.

Hasnah’s Family

Hasnah has been wheelchair-bound since December 2017 due to a hip fracture. She also suffers from long-term kidney problems and goes through dialysis 3 times a week, costing her more than S$1,300 monthly. Due to her condition, her husband has since become her full-time caretaker, leaving the couple helplessly dependent on charity to get by.  

• And... who's behind this initiative? 
  

The Ramadhan Give Back Project #KindnessIsMagic or #ProjectKIM is a wholly-run project by the Youth Wing of The Arab Association of Singapore (Alwehdah). This is the second installment of #ProjectKIM, which started in 2017.

Alwehdah is a non-profit community organization that serves to promote and enhance Islamic virtues and education as well as the promotion of Arabic language and culture.

In addition, Alwehdah offers welfare services, especially in the form of financial and social support, to help the poor and needy, the disabled, and the less fortunate in the Muslim community. 

Learn more about us at https://www.alwehdah.org/about

If you are interested to join us and lend a hand for this voluntary charity drive, kindly fill in this form: www.tinyurl.com/AYkindnessIsMagic
(only applicable to those residing in Singapore)

•  Who are some of our supporters? 
  

This Ramadhan, Aladdin Street (Singapore) -  an online start-up e-marketplace which provides premium quality and Halal-focused products - will be one of the supporters of #ProjectKIM. Besides manpower and operations, Aladdin Street will help out with marketing and publicity to create awareness of #ProjectKIM to the masses. (https://www.aladdinstreet.com.sg)

Aladdin Street Group established in 2015 and was co-founded by Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, South-East Asia's first commercial astronaut.

UPDATE: Redeem limited-edition Eid packets with your donation of $25 or more!