 Iqna Relief is a Muslim-based charity organization. They work for hunger prevention in collaboration with local food pantries. In Boston, they are helping 200 families on a weekly basis, but up to 700 households are registered in their database. Last Saturday, BUTB News met them at the food distribution in Roxbury. What we're doing here is a food distribution and we've been helping the community in Roxbury since 2007. It's been a journey. In the last two years, we have increased the volume of people we help tremendously. Malika McDonald, National Director of Iqna Relief, told the BUTB News why it's important to address poverty in this country. Well, I think a lot of people don't understand how much hunger there is in the United States. Often people think about it just being overseas, but we see here that there are so many families that are food insecure. According to the latest U.S. census, in 2020, 10.5 all American households experienced poverty. Iqna Relief builds communities, creating a network between people of different faiths and backgrounds. We are here at the first church of Roxbury, which is wonderful, have the Muslim community and the church come together to serve our local neighbors. We have a diverse group of volunteers, which is wonderful, people of all faiths. And that's really what we're trying to do, is build community. So, the food pantry is just a tool to do that. It's just a tool to build that community, sense a community where everyone belongs. No matter which religion or ethnic background people belong to, Charity brings communities together. It's Pietro Rossini for BUTB News.