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Back to School 2025

Gift a Backpack, Gift a Future

Imagine starting school empty-handed, with no backpack, lunch, or supplies. Your support can change this for thousands of vulnerable Muslim children across Canada, including Gaza evacuees.

Child Poverty in Canada is on the Rise

🧒 1.3 million children live in families that can't afford basic school supplies.*

📉 Even with support like the Child Canada Benefit, many families struggle to cover their essentials.*

💸 Skyrocketing costs for rent, food, and bills leaves little for basic school supplies and lunches.

The impact is quiet but heartbreaking: a child too hungry to concentrate, too embarrassed to join in, or left behind without the tools to succeed. No child should carry that burden.

Your local Zakat and Sadaqah can change their story - one backpack at a time.

*(Campaign 2000)

Backpacks, Lunch, and Dignity

For Samah, a single mother who was left disabled from a spinal stroke, back-to-school meant added stress and impossible choices.

“You can’t say no to kids, they go to school and see other kids...”

But your local giving changed that.

Her children walked in with dignity - backpacks, supplies, and confidence. And Samah could finally breathe.

This is more than just school supplies. This is caring for your community.

Act Now

Give Muslim Children A Fresh Start

Your Local Support

Over the past three years alone, your support has helped nearly 300 children walk into school with dignity - not empty hands.

You can build and strengthen the future of the Canadian Muslim community, one backpack, one lunch, and one child at a time.

Testimonials

7,331+ Stories to Tell

This is how you’ve impacted the lives of your Muslim brothers and sisters over the years.
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A simple "thank you" or prayer for you is not enough to express my gratitude. You relieved my hardship and brought joy to my heart and my children's hearts. May Allah bring joy to your hearts, ease your affairs, and grant you goodness in this world and the Hereafter. May Allah open doors for you as you have relieved our worries, O Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. You have proven that the world is still full of goodness, and all praise is due to Allah. My son and daughter pray for your well-being and peace of mind.

A mother helped with essentials for her children

Thank you for your attention and your support. Now I feel that I am not alone because I have you. You are my sisters and brothers.

Single Mother Who Received Food Support

Single Mother Who Received Food Support

Our situation is about to get better as there is a new job I am getting ready for within the next couple of weeks. Your organization was of critical help at a very sensitive time in our lives due to the war in Palestine. Our lives are much better now and we feel we are going to be stable soon.

Gaza Evacuee Supported by You

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A simple "thank you" or prayer for you is not enough to express my gratitude. You relieved my hardship and brought joy to my heart and my children's hearts. May Allah bring joy to your hearts, ease your affairs, and grant you goodness in this world and the Hereafter. May Allah open doors for you as you have relieved our worries, O Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. You have proven that the world is still full of goodness, and all praise is due to Allah.

A mother helped with essentials for her children
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Your Zakat Questions, Answered

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