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Community Empowerment in Mardan
Make Your Ramadan ZAKAT Donation!
Say "Ramadan Mubarak" to Your Family & Friends

Ramadan Revival & Volunteer Work
RAMADAN: A Time For Revival Or Survival?
Volunteering as a Family
Rules & Ethics of Volunteerism
Why Should Pak-Americans Volunteer?
Join HDF's Volunteer Family!

Assalamu alaikum,

At HDF we believe in helping people help themselves rather than creating a culture of dependency and waiting for handouts.

As Fred Shaw says, "The best people to provide solution to a serious, chronic problem are the people who have the problem".

Discover how HDF is empowering communities, women in particular, in Mardan. The story of Husna demonstrates how simple individuals can develop new skills and do wonders in the community.

In a week's time, a special guest known as 'Ramadan' will be entering our lives. Have we prepared for it?

Whenever a guest comes to our home, we prepare in advance for his arrival by vacuuming the carpet, dusting the shelves, and scrubbing the sinks. Let's welcome Ramadan by scrubbing our physical surroundings as well our bad habits and sins!

Contrary to common belief and practice, Ramadan is also the time of intense activity and revival. What a better way to get active than to volunteer?

This week's feature: Learn about benefits of volunteerism, ground rules for volunteers, reasons Pak-Americans should volunteer, and ways your whole family can enjoy volunteering in the community!

Peace,
HDF Team

Community Empowerment in Mardan
?To me it was a dream to work outside of the house. While I wasn?t permitted outside however when I joined the organization of my village, it gave me the strength and confidence to prove my abilities.? [read more]

Make Your Ramadan ZAKAT Donation!
Ramadan is the best time to pay your annual due, Zakat, to the poor and needy. HDF stretches every dollar of your Zakat to a perpetual benefit to entire communities! [read more]

RAMADAN: A Time For Revival Or Survival?
As in years past, the beloved yet unexpected guest of millions, "Holy Ramadan" once again enters our lives. Muslims are filled with great joy in anticipation of welcoming him. Yet to one unaccustomed, it would almost seem as if Muslims had never met him before! [read more]

Volunteering as a Family
Volunteering as a family, whether that's parents and children or as a husband and wife team not only helps families spend time together, something which is eagerly sought after in the time-pressured era we live it. It also helps the family bond for a common cause which deepens familial ties. [read more]

Rules & Ethics of Volunteerism
In Islam there is a strong ethic of volunteerism. This does not simply extend to running study circles or fundraising for the masjid. As Muslims, we see our role as world citizens. The idea of working for a better society or community shouldn't be limited to the Muslim community but should extend to the broader non-Muslim community as well. [read more]

Why Should Pak-Americans Volunteer?
Many of us think of helping Pakistan in terms of sending money to a charitable organization or project abroad. However, there is a more concrete and involved way of making a difference that can also benefit us on a personal level: volunteering. [read more]

Join HDF's Volunteer Family!
HDF counts on its volunteers to carry out most of its activities in US. We are thankful to people who have volunteered to manage our booths at community events, distributed our brochures during Ramadan and other times of the year, organized fund raising events for us and much more. [read more]

Help a Family Achieve Dignity for Just 50 cents a Day!
Your tax-deductible donation of just $15 per month will help us provide services for a family of eight. $30 per month supports two families. That?s just a dollar per day to help two families reach for dignity and well-being. Won?t you take a moment to donate now?

HDF is an organization of Pakistani-Americans.

Please forward this newsletter to all who care for Pakistan & America

The mission of HDF shall be to facilitate a non-political movement for a positive social change and community empowerment through mass literacy, enhanced quality of education, universal primary health care and grassroots economic development.

Date/Time Last Modified: 6/28/2002 5:32:02 PM

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