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If I told you, a successful restaurant manager, married to an inspirational teacher, with four healthy children, that you’d be unemployed one day, would you believe me? Maybe. What if I told you that there will come a day when you would be broke to the point that your children would ask you for a few dollars to buy a drink or a chocolate bar, and you would search your pants pocket to only find the remains of an old tissue paper?

I am Lailah, a young Palestinian living in Canada with my mother and five younger siblings and this is my story.My grandparents were forced to leave Palestine in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. They were stripped of their home and nationality and placed in Al-Shati Camp at the Gaza Strip

I am Jessica, a convert and a proud mother of four children and this is my Story. A few years ago I was pregnant, working and caring for my three children. I felt completely exhausted but I had no other choice. Shortly after converting to Islam I married a man who I thought was kind hearted.

I am Ahmad, a syrian refugee and a proud father of two beautiful children and this is my Story.I worked hard for my engineering degree from the University of Aleppo. I married the love of my life and we had two beautiful children; a boy and a girl. Wishing a bright and respectable future for my kids, I sent them to International School of Aleppo.

I am Ayesha, a new mother living in Canada by myself. I am a domestic abuse survivor and this is my story.I was arranged by my family to marry a man twice my age, left my loved ones in Pakistan to live with him and his parents in Calgary.That is when the abuse started.

Every month we receive requests for Zakat, but this winter the numbers have dramatically increased. This past month alone we spent a record $48,775.01 in Zakat and assisted 213people locally. Countless families coming from across Canada have approached us requesting help: Families on the verge of eviction, others facing loss of heat and electricity, single mothers calling in tears unable to feed their children. New Refugees without the means to pay for food and rent. Many of our brothers and sisters are forced to choose between food, shelter, or staying warm during the cold winter months.