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In Khuda ki Basti, one of Karachi’s most impoverished communities, two-year old, Sana began life already fighting hunger. Malnourished since birth, her earliest years were marked by weakness and uncertainty, each day a quiet struggle to survive.

This Ramadan, your generosity will continue helping lives like Sana. Through life-saving nutritional support, Sana is gaining strength, growing healthier, and beginning to thrive. Her smile is brighter, her energy returning, and her family now carries hope where there was once fear. Your donation didn’t just provide nutritional support, it gave children like Sana the chance at a healthy beginning and a future filled with promise.

In Khuda Ki Basti, one of Karachi’s struggling communities, Muhammad Sajad is one of many parents who are facing financial hardships. When his daughter was born, he didn’t have the resources to pay for the delivery.

Through the MNCH program, his wife received postnatal care and their baby is currently being given vital nutrition and medical support. Day by day, their daughter is beginning to grow stronger, her cries louder, her smile brighter, her strength returning.

This Ramadan, your generosity can continue giving families like Muhammad’s the care they desperately need so every mother heals safely, and every child receives the healthy start they deserve.

In Khuda Ki Basti, one of Karachi’s hardest-hit communities, Saiqa lived in constant fear for her health and her growing family of four children. When she gave birth to her youngest daughter at the MNCH hospital, weakness and financial uncertainty threatened to overwhelm her. But the maternal center became her lifeline.

Through the MNCH program, Saiqa received timely postnatal care, essential medicines, and nutritional support that healed her body and eased her worries. No longer held back by illness, she watched her newborn thrive, her other children secure, and hope return to their home.

This Ramadan, your generosity will continue helping mothers like Saiqa. Through life-saving MNCH support, your donation gives families the medical care, strength, and secure future they need to flourish.

In Al-Shati Camp, Gaza City, 35-year-old Mona Al-Sheikh has fought a long, heartbreaking battle alongside her 10-year-old daughter Zeina, diagnosed with leukemia in first grade. Amid Gaza’s harsh restrictions and endless medical trips that kept Zeina out of school, Mona’s heart broke watching her fragile child face chemotherapy alone, far from home.

Through Penny Appeal Canada’s Winter Relief Program, they received vital winter clothing vouchers just when they needed them most. Zeina, sensitive to cold from her treatments and self-conscious from hair loss, picked out high-quality woolen pieces, including a cherished head cap, that shielded her from the biting temperatures and restored a sense of dignity.

Your generosity can continue bringing relief to families like Mona’s. Your support provides warmth, comfort, and hope to vulnerable children battling illness in the coldest conditions.

In the Gaza Strip, Saleema watches her children fall asleep hungry night after night, their cries from gnawing hunger tearing at her heart. Even a piece of bread feels like a distant dream, no food, no flour, just endless hours in line at community kitchens that often run dry before they reach the front.

Through Penny Appeal Canada’s Gaza Emergency Response, Saleema finally received food packs brimming with nourishing essentials, bringing relief and strength back to her family’s table. Her children’s tears turned to grateful smiles as they ate their first full meal in weeks.

This Ramadan, your generosity can ease the suffering of families like Saleema’s. Your donation delivers life saving food packs, turning despair into hope for Gaza’s most vulnerable.

In the Rohingya refugee camps, after six years fleeing persecution in Myanmar, Ismail and his family endure harsh conditions with little food security and limited education for the children. Despite camp schooling, his parents worry about its quality, leaving Ismail’s future uncertain amid daily struggles for basic meals.

Through the Feed Our World campaign, the family received Qurbani meat for Eid, something they couldn’t afford themselves, and a full month’s food parcel. Ismail and his siblings finally savored the joy of celebration and hearty, familiar meals they’d long craved.

This Ramadan, your generosity can bring the same relief to families like Ismail’s. Your donation delivers essential food and festive support, securing nutrition and hope for refugee children.