Almost £30,000 raised in aid of Rohingya

A fundraising event organised by Muslim Charity and Asian Sound Radio for the Rohingyan refugees was held in Manchester at Usmania Banqueting Hall on Saturday 27th June, where Saeed Ajmal, who is playing for Worcestershire, was invited as the chief guest. This event was hosted by Sajid Varda from Islam Channel and entertainment was from well-known nasheed group Shaam.

On the same day Muslim Charity volunteers arranged a charity car wash and we had a Radio Appeal on Asian Sound Radio, which further boosted funds for the Rohingyan Refugee appeal to almost £30,000.

In recent years, sectarian violence and a thicket of discriminatory laws against the Rohingya in Buddhist-majority Myanmar have sparked the region’s largest exodus of boat-people since the Vietnam War. Muslim Charity has been working for the Rohingya community since 2013 and in Arakan State we have constructed permanent homes for affected families, distributed food and non-food items in IDP camps and have established a primary school for Rohingya children.

Muslim Charity and its partners on the ground are already responding with the most urgently needed items such as food and water in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, as well as in Aceh Province, Indonesia, for Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees. According to the United Nations, more than 25,000 people, including many Rohingya but also economic migrants from Bangladesh, made the dangerous sea journey south from the Bay of Bengal between January and March this year.

An estimated 1.3 million Rohingya scratch out an existence in Rakhine, one of Myanmar’s poorest states; tens of thousands are trapped in displacement camps, with conditions outside often worse. Muslim Charity’s Fundraising Officer, Dawood Masood, who was present at the event said: “It is a privilege to be part of this event and help make a difference to the people in need in Myanmar. We have heard and seen in the news what Muslims in Burma are going through. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the Iftar dinner. Many thanks to Muslim Charity volunteers, who made this event, happen and for raising much needed funds for Rohingyan Refugees.”

To learn more about Muslim Charity’s work for Rohingya Muslims and to donate towards the cause please click here.

Almost £30,000 raised

in aid of Rohingya

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