Sponsor me as I take part in the Race to Jannah for HHUGS!

With Ramadan around the corner, the Race to Jannah is back again for our seventh year and counting!  Fast. Sleep. Fundraise. Repeat.

I'm one of a blessed group of competitors striving to raise £1,000 for HHUGS families, right here in the UK.

It’s not just the chair at the iftar table that remains empty when a man is taken away from his household. Life, as they once knew it, is hollowed out entirely now the main breadwinner is in prison.

 

While the dates at the table promise to be sweet, the arrival of Ramadan is often bitterly painful for vulnerable and isolated families. As Maghrib descends, families gather together at the table, yet each nurse their separate, unspoken traumas inside. Their plates are half full, but their hearts entirely empty.

 

Children’s voices crack with emotion as they call the adhan, longing to witness their father’s pride at their efforts this season. Mothers, crippling under financial strain, slowly stir the pot, worrying what their husbands are eating. Elderly parents - already weakened with age – lose their appetite altogether, questioning whether they will live to see another Ramadhan with their beloved sons.

 

This Ramadhan, it’s not just the food that doesn’t taste the same, but his vacant place in the family leaves less to savour.

 

Empty chairs don’t need to mean empty hearts this Ramadhan. This Ramadhan, you can fill not only their empty plates, but the void in their broken hearts.

"The most beloved deed to Allah is to make a Muslim happy, or to remove one of his troubles, or to forgive his debt, or to feed his hunger. That I walk with a brother regarding a need is more beloved to me than that I seclude myself in this mosque in Madinah for a month." (at-Tabarani)

By sponsoring my challenge, your donations could provide:

• For £15 you could Fills a child’s heart with festive joy and make them feel valued with an Eid Gift


• For £35 you could remind a family they are not forgotten with a Ramadhan Gift Box


• For £50 you could Fill their empty plates with a food pack of essentials or for £250 feed a family with a month of food vouchers


• For £200 you could Fill the emptiness of their heart and relieve a family's trauma with professional therapy


• For £500 you could Fill a home with security by covering rent and essential utilities


• For £750 you could Fill the yearning of a Child’s heart by supporting their physical and emotional well-being.


• For £1000 you Fill a future with bright opportunities by helping her gain independence through education, driving lessons and vocational training


• For £2000 you can Fill her heart with freedom of debt by relieving a single mother of debts she cannot pay.

Together, we can make a world of difference for some of the most vulnerable families in our midst.

Fill the void in their hearts and homes, one table at a time.