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Success of BIG IF LONDON is just the beginning
More than 45,000 people gathered in the Hyde Park on Saturday, 8th of June to rally against world hunger. Muslim Aid extends warm congratulations to all those who participated in the IF campaign and volunteered on the day to make it successful. Being a part of IF, Muslim Aid, along with other charities, participated in the campaign on the day to demand G8 action on the causes of hunger. Hundreds of people signed a petition and wrote messages in support of IF campaign.
Standing against Child Labour in Domestic Work: Muslim Aid’s Message on World Day Against Child Labour
On the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour, Muslim Aid has expressed unity with organisations who stand firmly against child labour in domestic work. Millions of children, young boys and girls, across the globe are engaged in child labour and are vulnerable to exploitation. They are forced into domestic work with low income and are prevented from access to education, healthcare and basic necessities of life. These children are often kept hidden from public eye and have to travel far from their houses in isolated areas to work. Cases of child abuse are common in domestic work places and often go unreported or un-noticed even when taken up by NGOs working with children for corrective measures.
Tornado shatters Oklahoma City
A devastating tornado ranging EF5 on the tornado scale razed through the suburb of Moore in Oklahoma City, USA on Monday 21 May 2013 and remained on ground for 45 minutes. The winds of up to 200 mph, spread over an area of 2 miles, destroyed schools, flattened buildings and wrecked 2400 homes. The tornado killed 24 people including 9 children. More than 230 people were injured. In the Plaza Tower neighbourhood, one elementary school was completely raised to the ground with children inside it. Many lives were saved because people were able to take safe shelter in time. The destroyed town lies in the “Tornado Alley” which stretches from parts of Texas through the Great Plains up to parts of South Dakota and Minnesota and has been hit by massive tornadoes in the past as well.
Muslim Aid organizes its second annual International Seminar in London
Muslim Aid’s second annual International Country Directors’ Seminar is being held in London from 13 May-18 May 2013. Country Directors from Muslim Aid Field Offices in Bangladesh, Bosnia, Indonesia, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and Somalia are participating in this seminar.
Bangladesh Emergency Appeal
“We heard the screams of people under the collapsed building...the screams of people looking for their loved ones. We’ve seen people waiting in the same spot for more than one week to hear news of their relatives. It is unbearable - the country has never seen something like this.”
-Md. Iqbal Ahmed, Muslim Aid Bangladesh
