Al Fitrah Foundation collaborates with REF on initiatives relating to the assistance of Muslim refugees in Malaysia, on a case-to-case basis. REF or Refugee Emergency Fund, is a non-profit initiative that crowdfunds for emergency cases faced by the refugee community in Malaysia.
Recently, REF was informed of a case of a 40-year-old refugee sister from Myanmar, who was diagnosed with bilateral hypermature white cataract that resulted in blindness.
Alhamdulillah, we are in the last ten nights of Ramadan and are doing our utmost to increase our ibadah, with all honesty and steadfastness in the hope to attain Allah’s blessings and seek His forgiveness.
We seek Laylat al Qadr (لیلة القدر) – “The night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months.”(Surah Al-Qadr 97:3) – and may we all achieve it, Aamiin.
in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq by contributing braille Quran and Primers to the center for their visually impaired students studying there. A presentation ceremony was held on 9 April 2022 to acknowledge the occasion.The latest recipients of Al Fitrah’s braille Qurans in India are from Andhra Pradesh. They are Syed Hameed Khasem, a 28-year-old hafidz of the Quran and Shaik Akram, 27 years old who can read braille in English, Arabic and Telugu. Alhamdulillah Al Fitrah Foundation’s braille press here in Malaysia produces braille Qurans and Islamic texts and guides, for the visually impaired everywhere in the world.
In the spirit of Ramadan, Alfitrah Foundation together with the House of Sayyidah Khadijah distributed grocery vouchers and food packages to 70 visually-impaired families at the MAB office in Brickfields on Saturday, April 2022 from 9:30am to 1:30pm.
Several dozens of deserving families were very happy to collect their RM 100 cash vouchers from Al Fitrah Foundation and food packages, which included the daily essentials such as rice, cooking oil, sugar etc., from the House of Sayyidah Khadijah.