Ramadan 2012

This Ramadan we distributed 63.6 tons of food stables worth KD16,300 ($57,865), to 1,272 zakat eligible families in Pakistan. Each family received a food pack with over 50 kg (110 lb) of food stables, including 20kg of flour, 10kg of rice, 5kg of sugar, 5kg of lentils, 2.5kg of chickpeas, 2.5kg of oil, 2.5kg of ghee, 2kg of gram flour, 1kg of dates, 0.5kg of tea and mix spices.

We distributed 250 food packs in Charsadda – KPK, 472 in various villages in Rural Islamabad, 250 in Kala Bagh – Punjab, 50 in Karachi, and 250 in the surrounding of Karachi and interior Sind.

All recipients of the food packs were pre-screened a couple of days prior to the distribution and all efforts were made to ensure that they were deserving people/families. Recipients were given tokens to exchange for food packs on the day of distribution to avoid chaos and for proper record-keeping purposes. Recipients were also asked to sign or give thumb impression on the receipt of the food packs.

Our suppliers had originally priced the Ramadan food pack for KD15 ($50) but we managed to get a 15% discount, and we used the savings to distribute additional food packs. As a result, we distributed 1.15 food packs on behalf of every food pack donation we received.

You can view more photos of the Ramadan Food Distribution by clicking on the links below.