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In Today's Newsletter
16 Tips to make this Eid Special for family
Why give an Eidee?
Calculate your Zakat online!
HDF Clarifies Itself from NCHD, PHDF
Election 2004 Reflection
83% of our visitors send their zakat money to Pakistan
Latest Online Poll: Ramadan with Family
Develop Pakistan One Family at a Time
Send Eid Cards

Assalamu Alaikum

There is nothing more rewarding than helping people to stand on their own feet and take command of their lives and their communities. Thanks to your support and continued commitment to the Human Development Foundation¹s work, HDF is now among the most successful non-governmental organizations working in Pakistan.

This is why we are writing to you today. Our success in Pakistan has increased the demand for our services. We receive many requests for help from poor villagers who hear of our reputation. They know the HDF model of self-help has proven its value over and over. But we cannot meet their needs without your help.

Through the first half of 2004 we have provided over $1 Million in micro-credit loans that have benefited over 5,000 local entrepreneurs. Our two hundred schools and seven Community Health Centers provide education and health services that simply would not exist if we were not there. And the infrastructure projects we have helped establish now provide clean water to thousands of people.

Most remarkably, all of this wonderful work is done not by giving handouts, but by empowering people to help themselves. Our self-help model liberates poor people from the cycle of dependence by helping community members create their own self governing community development organizations that address their most pressing needs. Our work has shown that these simple and consistent practices transform lives and communities.

With your help we will expand our successful program of self-help. During this blessed month of Ramadan, when the reward of generosity increases many times over, please contribute your Zakat for the people who are committed to standing on their own feet. We will stretch your Zakat dollars to help them help themselves now and into the future.

On behalf of all those whose lives you've already helped improve, thank you for your compassion and care. Won't you please confirm your continued commitment to helping people help themselves by sending a generous gift of $100, $250, or even $1,000 to the Human Development Foundation today?

Peace
YesPakistan.com Team

16 Things to Make this Eid Special for family
For a number of Muslim families, Eid is simply a twice-yearly routine that doesn't change: get up, pray Fajr, eat breakfast, go pray, hug Eid Mubarak, come home, maybe go out, maybe have people over, eat, eat, eat, get gifts or Eid money, eat, and sleep. This year, why not make Eid the special holiday that it is? Here are some ideas of things you can do with the family to get out of the usual yearly Eid routine. [read more]

Why give an Eidee, when you can give an Eid Gift?
You may think it's too late to get Eid presents for the kids now. No problem. Start saving and planning for next Eid, Insha Allah. Then when you've given Aminah or Saeed their gifts watch their faces and compare: which made them happier, the well-thought out gift they wanted, or the ten dollars it took you seconds to whip out of your wallet? [read more]

Calculate your Zakat online!
Rewards for good deeds are multiplied during the month of Ramadan. The Prophet's hand used to be busy with giving charity during this blessed time. Reap the benefits of this month by donating to HDF. Calculate your Zakat online!

83% of our visitors send their zakat money to Pakistan.
Survey Question: Where do you send your Zakat money?

Pakistan	83.58%
North America	5.97%
Africa	4.48%
Middle East	2.99%
Europe	1.49%
Asia	1.49%