Rayhanah – A New Support Project For Women in Dubai

A very promising charity project – worth supporting inshaAllah.  I know one of the sisters directly involved and she’s a great person mashaAllah and is involved with many dawah/charity projects.

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  RAYHANAH

                                   …A Bite of Delight….

Do you want to support charity?…. Get quality home-made food?

It is possible now.

                                                            

 

* What is RAYHANAH?

                                                                                                                            “Give them a fish and they’ll eat for a day, TEACH them how to fish and they’ll eat FOREVER”          

Rayhanah is a new developmental charity project to empower women in need. It aims to make them self-sufficient & be able to generate their own income. Rayhanah offers best quality home-made food along with professional packaging to everyone who values home-made food and doesn’t have the time to cook/bake.

* What kind of food do they offer? What are their prices?
They are building their menu step by step, adding a dish after the other. They offer both sweet and savory dishes. Currently they only have Ma’moul since it’s the season for sweets. Keep checking their group page on Facebook* for more dishes, coming soon inshAllah.
Their Mixed plate of Ma’moul is for 110 AED/1kg which makes more than 55 pieces.

*  What Kind of ma’mouls do they offer?
 Rayhanah offers mixed plates and trays of the following 5 kinds: Date ma’moul, Joz ma’moul, Fusto’ ma’moul, Choco-Date pittyfour and kaa’k.

* Where is the money going?
Rayhanah is a non-profit project, and 100% of the money goes to help 4 women in need and their families to empower them with a fixed income and to make them self-sufficient.

* Why did they chose these 4 women in particular?
They picked them because they had the best & yummiest receipes amongst many others that they tested. One of them is a professional cholocate & packaging designer. They also made sure of important factors such as hygiene, honesty and dedication. These ladies are in need BUT don’t want beg. All they want is a chance to make their living.

* How can one place order? How long would the order take to be ready?
Just email them on rayhanahbite [@] gmail.com or call 050-7675029.
(Include Your NAME, MOBILE, ORDER NAME as per photo, Your Area)

* How long would an order take to be ready?
The order inshAllah will be ready at the pick-up point closest to the custommer before 72 hours. (SEE Pick-up Points closest to YOU on Facebook)

* How can anyone support Rayhanah? Can one Volunteer?
 You can support them by:
Ordering, spreading the word and telling all your contacts about them, being a pick-up point for Rayhanah distribution etc. 

* http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?gid=36372184610

Hunger Vs Dignity

I read about a strange method of charity practiced in India. It concerns feeding the hungry. At meal times, destitute and hungry men squat outside restaurants, waiting (& pining) for affluent people who pass by in their cars, to notice them. Once noticed, the benefactor rolls down his/her window and hands some money to a restaurant worker. Then, these famished men are allowed to walk in and satiate their hunger with a simple meal of rice & lentil gruel.

The reporter described this scene of (apparent) gratification with such sensitivity & depth of perception that it touched & shocked me to my core:

“He sat alone, plunging his fingers into the yellow mush on his plate. He ate quietly and quickly. When you eat like this, with your dependence exhibited to the world, a meal no longer feels like something to linger over.”  [New York Times]

Ya Allah! They are human beings like me. Their body craves food just like mine. The hunger is the same. The need is the same. Yet, unlike me they have to bitterly swallow their dignity before each morsel. There is no joy or comfort in that food. Its akin to throwing a discarded blanket to douse fire. It extinguishes the fire but still cause burning & scars.

الْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا، وَكَفَانَا، وَآوَانَا، فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لَا كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلَا مُؤْوي.

   “Praise is to Allah Who has provided us with food and with drink, sufficed us and gave us an abode for how many are there with no provision and no home.”    [Muslim 4/2085]

From the refinement & perfection of our deen is that it not only cares for the material & physical well-being of poor people but also their feelings. This is why we are encouraged to:

1. Give charity secretly

2. Search & give also to the needy who don’t beg due to their self-respect.