Emotional Horn of Africa Appeal

10 million Muslims are suffering in the Horn of Africa amidst the worst drought seen in 60 years. Poverty has become extreme: children are dying of starvation, pregnancies are resulting in miscarriages and farmers' livelihoods are being destroyed.

Many mothers along with their children say they have walked for a month on bare and bloodied feet to refugee camps in Kenya. Journeys of more than 300 miles are common. In their search for food and water, they have slept for weeks on burning sand under open skies.

Water is now so scarce that the governor of the Middle Shabelle region, Abdullahi Moalim Hussain, recently said: 'Water is so expensive in the area that people are being buried without being washed, which is compulsory in Islam.'

Our Response


Ummah Welfare Trust is appealing for funds to help feed starving refugees in Dadaab, Northern Kenya.

Rasulallah Salallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: 'Whoever gives charity equal to a date from good earnings -- for Allah does not accept anything but that which is good -- Allah will take it in His right hand and tend it for the one who gave it as any one of you tends his foal, until it becomes like a mountain.' (Bukhari and Muslim)


Following assessments on the ground, your donations will make the following difference:

£10,000 will feed 1000 families for 10 days.

£30 will feed 1 family for 1 month.

£10 to feed 1 family for 10 days

£1 to feed 1 family for 1 day

The reality is that the people suffering today are being tested by Allah with hunger and thirst; and their ranks will surely increase because of this:

Shaykh Yasin (UWT Head of Operations in Somalia) says, 'They have lost everything, except the deen of Allah which is still strong, walhamdulillah!'

But we are also being tested; and Allah in His infinite Mercy is also giving us an opportunity to increase our ranks. But as members of the Ummah of Muhammad Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam, we have to take a step forward.


Donate by Text: Text AFRC11 £1/£5/£10 to 70070, e.g. AFRC11 £5 to give £5

Please Donate now:http://www.uwt.org/site/appeal.asp?id=617
On the Grounds in Kenya: http://www.uwt.org/site/article.asp?id=621

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[bleepbleep1234]

What a disgrace you, me, us are to our creator. In a world where billions of billions get passed through a minority, a place where technology can read minds, spaceships fly into space, where billions of pounds worth of food is imported into local supermarkets and some chucked away, how is it possible another human being can not even eat.

Some are waiting for apocalypse, some are living it.

Will this disease called humanity ever change? Or will we continue on the road of self destruction?

[LifewithAllah]

@bleepbleep1234

No one disagrees with what you say and indeed we are a shame and disgrace for our creator. We havent done anything to please Him nor do we think about our Muslim brothers and sisters. Instead we have committed every act that invites the anger and Wrath of Allah. Generally as a nation We have all those aspects due to which the previous Nations were Destroyed. And you used the correct term to describe our doings. "Self Destruction".

[diamondheart68]

This povwerty is the shame of nature if is go far ... To blame some one for reactions ... have no reason ... Arricans is the part of this nature and we are too , so ... hard way in selection and evolution ... how many people was died during the wars ...??? And that terrible photos is just some thing like unhuman . I dont have shit much compassion to that . Is to much ,

[LifewithAllah]

@diamondheart68

Can u speak english or r u trying to type it down?

[haveahorst]

@LifewithAllah What the hell are you saying? Your question doesent make any sense and on top of that you typed "r" instead of "are". So sad.

[LifewithAllah]

@haveahorst

i think the lady there was trying to type english or translate her language into english via google translator and hence the mistakes occured. Further more i think u need to behave and you typed doesnt as doesent, thats not sad. Its your mistake and human beings are bound to make mistakes.

[swiv2d]

i'm not a muslim nor do I plan to be but this is guy spoke from the heart.

[str4w3erry]

It is not about Allah. These are dying children and regardless of god or no god, we should help them. IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THIS SUFFERING!

[UKGLfemaddict]

i will give each of them a life time supply of money converted into their money and i will give them the money in person just watch me ; )

[MrAdrianGrigore]

@bleepbleep1234 Humans are the only species on earth that keeps no balance with the environment consuming resources on an unsustainable rate. Combine this with overpopulation and selfishness and you have a civilisation wich is prone to self destruction. The human nature in itself is in total contradiction with the laws of survival and evolution. Unless we change our ways 180 degress, we have no chance of surviving the next few hundred years. God has no part in this, it's just us.

[neyg9206]

This is really sad.....May Allah help those people and relief them and grant them with patience and iman. May Allah enter those who have already passed away of this disasterous famine the Gardens of Heaven and forgive and guide those muslims who neglet their brothers and sisters who are suffering all aroun the world.

[muslimah1702]

may allah bless them all

[koolkol009]

insha allah I become an ambassador for the poor muslims and the wretched!!!Ameen!!!

[iloveblackppl4real]

this is so sad i couldnt hear him shoutin about their poornes and not cry...

i wish they will be ok and no hangry ...

[BENSKI010]

christanazation? 

[nicksum29]

@LifewithAllah English is one of many MANY languages on the web - and certainly not the most versatile, and definitely not the most complex. Learn something other than one language. Lazy.