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www.world-federation.orgRegistered Charity in the UK, No. 282303

T: +44 (0)20 8954 9881E: relief@world-federation.org

The World Federation of KSIMCWood Lane

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CONTENTSAl-Qaim Sponsor Our Seniors Program.......4

Ali Asghar Water Appeal.......5Eid al Hajj Qurbani Appeal.......6

Europe Refugee Crisis.......7Fill My Cup Appeal.......8

Mass Marriage Program.......9Microfinance Program.....10

Pakistan Relief Fund.....11Ramadhan Relief Fund.....12

Yemen Relief.....14

MESSAGE FROM THEHEAD OF RELIEFThe International Developments Relief division is the humanitarian arm of The World Federation of KSIMC where we aim to provide practical solutions for the different challenges faced by men, women and children around the world who lack basic provisions in regions of deprivation, war and natural disasters. To achieve our goal, we raise awareness and count on the generosity of donors during occurrences of disasters, international emergencies and crises, where we work with our regional members and partners on the ground to deliver services in the affected areas. Relief continues to provide support for:

Disaster and Emergency Relief Microfinance Opportunities and Sustainable Livelihoods Water and Sanitation Housing and Shelter Community Development Food and Nutrition

Our work is yielding meaningful results where individuals, organisations, community groups, youth and children from across the world are coming together to support the many initiatiaives that are improving the lives of and preserving the basic human dignity of so many people.

In 2015, more than 600 donors partnered with The World Federation to support humanitarian aid and relief programs. Your incredible generosity has helped those who were helpless, fed those who were hungry and provided assistance to those who needed it.

On behalf of everyone at The World Federation of KSIMC, thank you for your gracious support.

Mahmood Dhala

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AL-QAIMSPONSOR OUR SENIORS PROGRAM

158senior citizens

sponsored in 2015(Bihar, India& Sri Lanka)

The Al-Qaim Sponsor Our Seniors (SOS) Program was launched in the name of Imam-e-Zamaana (as). His title, Al-Qaim reminds us of our duty to rise and give hope to those living in despair. The SOS Program provides seniors living in abject poverty with a monthly income supplement to help meet their expenses, giving them the opportunity to age gracefully.

Today, a senior is wondering where his/her next meal is going to come from. Another elder is forced to choose between food and medication because of lack of funds. These are the kinds of everyday problems many of our elders are facing. Often times, these seniors have no family to turn to for help and end up suffering in silence, alone and without hope.

IN 2015, WE SPONSORED105 SENIORSIN BIHAR, INDIA &53 SENIORS IN SRI LANKA

Maryam is an elderly mother who is confined to a wheelchair after she lost a leg in an elephant attack. Her husband is retired and earns a meagre income by working odd jobs. Since the attack, Maryam requires medication on a monthly basis. Her additional expenses include transportation to and from the doctor. The monthly support she receives from the SOS program is spent on her treatment.

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ALI ASGHAR WATER APPEAL

164water wells

constructed acrossPakistan

50lavatories

constructed inPakistan

The Ali Asghar Water Appeal (AAWA) provides struggling families with easy access to clean water and proper sanitation facilities in developing countries. Donations to the AAWA are spent on new construction and restoration of water wells and lavatories. Access to safe clean water and adequate sanitation facilities is a basic human right. Yet the lack of these two necessities is widespread for so many people living in poverty.Countless cases of diseases and deathscould have been prevented if only they had an alternative option to toxic water.

IN 2015, WE BUILT65 SHALLOW WELLS41 DEEP WELLS28 PLAIN AREA WELLS30 ROCKY AREA WELLSIN OVER 10 DISTRICTS ACROSS PAKISTAN

50 LAVATORIESIN DISTRICT BHAKKAR,PAKISTAN200 FAMILIES BENEFITED

Our partner in District Bhakkar, Pakistan described this region as being mostly deprived and poverty-stricken where people have no choice but to face embarrassment of going to the toilet in the open. The children were suffering from different diseases due to the lack of reasonable sanitation faciliteis.

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EID AL HAJJ QURBANI APPEAL

490Eid al Hajj qurbanis

arranged in Kenya & Tanzania

Each year in the Islamic month of Zilhajj, Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al Hajj, a religioius holiday also know as the Festival of Sacrifice. Eid al Hajj honors the willingness of Prophet Abraham (as) to sacrifice his son, Ishmael (as), as an act of submission to Gods command. At the time of the great sacrifice, God intervened to provide Abraham with a lamb to sacrifice instread. Qurbani (the sacrifice of a livestock animal), has since been a key ritual in the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah.

In keeping with the annual ritual of Qurbani, The World Federation facilitates the slaughtering of goats (qurbani) where the meat is then distributed among the poor and needy including widows, seniors, orphans and the disabled.

IN 2015, WE ARRANGED250 QURBANISIN KENYA240 QURBANISIN TANZANIA

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300hot meals

50portable &

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25,000water

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240high energybiscuit packs

500sleeping bags

In 2015, 1,014,836 refugees fled to Europe on unseaworthy boats across the Mediterranean Sea. Over half of these refugees were from Syria fleeing war, violence and persecution. The World Federation led two humanitarian trips to Greece to assist the refugees.

TRIP 1In October 2015, The World Federation and The Council of European Jamaats (CoEJ) led a 7-day trip with 10 volunteers to Lesvos, Greece. Volunteers worked 24/7 on the frontlines to coordinate and distribute aid and support to refugees as they arrived by boat. Aid items including biodegradable toilet solutions, water purification tablets, high energy biscuits and sleeping bags were distributed.

TRIP 2In December 2015, The World Federation joined CoEJ, Imamia Medics International, Islamic Centre of England, The Imam Hussein Foundation and Majlis Ulema Europe under the banner Zainabiyya Alliance for Refugees (ZAR) to lead a second trip to Greece where ZAR volunteers helped coordinate aid and food distribution, transportation and shelter.

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To help address the urgent sanitation need for the incoming refugees, our volunteers implemented Peepoople toilets which are portable using biodegradable bags and so could easily be collected and disposed of and would eventually breakdown into compost. A demonstration was provided to the refugees on how to use the bags and dispose of them. This was our response to creating a sustinable solution to the sanitation problem at hand. (Trip 1 - Volunteer)

IN 2015, WE SUPPORTEDSYRIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON &DISPLACEDFAMILIES IN IRAQ

8Across Kenya, scores of children drop out of school or do not attend regularly simply because of poor nutrition and calorie deficiencies that affect their ability to learn. The Fill My Cup Appeal is a daily in-school breakfast program that has been providing a hot cup of nutritional porridge breakfast to children across 29 schools in Kenya since 2011. By providing breakfast each morning, children are motivated to go to school. We have seen that regular meals results in regular attendance which then results in improvements in their academic grades. Filling their tummies with healthy food allows them to learn better.

IN 2015, WE SPONSOREDDAILY BREAKFAST PROGRAMS IN 29 SCHOOLSACROSS KENYA

FILL MY CUP APPEALThis program has helped me so much because I am unemployed and its so hard to get food for my child. I am very happy that my child is doing well in school because of this program.(Parent of a 7 year old student)

3,853children & youthserved with a hotporridge breakfast

in Kenya daily

40couples were wed& gifted with a gift pack in Pakistan

Many men and women living inPakistans northern province of Gilgit-Baltistan wish to marry, but for economic reasons, they cannot afford to do so. In a region where incomes are low and cultural expectations call for community participation in wedding day celebrations, many families simply cannot manage to save up for a wedding. In May 2015, The World Federation sponsored the marriages of 40 couples in the cities of Skardu and Astore in Gilgit-Baltistan.

WEDDING GIFT PACKSAfter the wedding ceremonies, each of the 40 couples received a Wedding Gift Pack as a gift to help them start off their new lives together with some essential items. Each Wedding Gift Pack included:

Wedding Gift PackHoly Quran Gas cylinder Steel plates & spoonsNahjul Balagha Gas stove Drinking glassesTauzeeh ul Masail Thermos TrayGrooms suit Custard set BucketsBrides dress Hot pot Pipken setWedding garland Flour container Tea setHood (kulah) Pots & pans Water coolerSewing machine Iron Dinner setCarpet Cutlery set BedsheetsSmall & large cases Quilts & blankets MatressPillows

IN 2015, WE SPONSORED2 MASSMARRIAGE CEREMONIES,2 COMMUNITYMEALS,40 WEDDINGGIFT PACKS

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MASS MARRIAGE PROGRAM

MICROFINANCE PROGRAM

5microfinance

loans awarded toentrepreneurs in

India

The World Federations microfinance program provides interest free loans ot new and exitsting entrepreneurs with the goal of becoming self-sufficient and financially independent.

The World Federation granted five microfinance loans in 2015 to businessmen in India. Funds were used to purchase raw materials for manufacturing, expand an auto parts and cake ventures and establish credit to grow an existing business.

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PAKISTAN RELIEF FUND

693bags of flourdelivered to flood victims

60sewing machines & vocational training provided to women

14new homes

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families

Pakistan Relief Fund provides short, medium and long term aid to families in Pakistan who are affected by poverty, targetted killings and natural dissters including floods which have displaced thousands of families since 2010.

NEW HOMESIn 2015, The World Federation built 14 new homes across 13 villages in Pakistans Punjab province. Since then, 68 people have moved out of makeshift shelters and into these new dwellings. Each home includes one room and a washroom.

SEWING MACHINESIn May 2015, 60 sewing machines and sewing classes were provided to female relatives of those male breadwinners killed in targetted killings in District Dhera Ismail Khan in Pakistan. Prior to these killings, these families were financialy cared for by their male family members. This program assists women in developing sewing skills to start their on homebased businesses to generate income to provide for their families.

EMERGENCY FOOD AIDOn 21 July, 2015, heavy monsoon rains resulted in extreme flash floods across Pakistan. The downpour caused rivers to overflow to the point where entire villages were submerged in water leaving thousands of people homeless. The World Federation provided 693 bags of flour (20 kg each) to flood victims across 8 districts in Sindh and Punjab provinces.

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RAMADHAN RELIEF FUND

500+iftaars arranged

2,000+cash giftsprovided

20,500+food basketsdistributed

to households

Ramadhan Relief Fund addresses hunger and poverty during the Islamic month of Ramadhan when Muslims are requied to fast from dawn to sunset. For those who struggle with poverty, the challenges of finding work, adequate shelter and nutritious meals while living below the poverty line is already hard enough.In 2015, the Ramadhan Relief Fund provided aid to the deserving including widows, orphans, seniors and the diasabled in over 14 couintries in the form of food baskets, non-food items, health care and debt relief. Grants were distributed to various partnering agencies to carry out this program in their respective regions. To ensure effective management, we carried out a thorough needs assessment prior to the allocation and distribution of funds.

We reached out to over 85,900 people in Ramadhan

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Bangladesh 2,400

Bosnia 264

Burundi 476

Djibouti 456

India 22,716

Kenya 12,245

Madagascar 504

Myanmar 952

Pakistan 33,605

Palestine 17

South Africa 400

Tanzania 7,353

Afghanistan 740

Iraq 3,800

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TESTIMONIALSWe received a message on Facebook that read: I heard you distribute food parcels in Ramadhan. I know a disabled half-blind lady who has no income. Would she qualify to receive a parcel? After inquiring we found out that the person who sent us the message was a 9 year old boy and the lady was his mother. We gifted them a food basket. (BOSNIA)

We distributed 2,000 items of clothings to orphans in Iraq. One orphan said: Its not the cost of the gift that touches us, its the message from donors that show us that somebody out here is thinking about us and cares for us. (IRAQ)

Fatima is doing her apprenticeship in Gaza. Prior to her work placement, she and 16 other refugee women successfully completed a 6 month training program in food processing. The World Federation sponsored this program to assist the most vulnerable. (PALESTINE)

During the food distribution, we discovered villageers who were fasting but could not afford the basic staple food for iftaar and sehri. Thus, they resorted to boiling leaves for their meals. These leaves are not meant to be eaten. we provided these families iwth food rations for th month of Ramadhan. (TANZANIA)

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YEMEN RELIEF

456men, women &

children evacuated from Yemen and

brought to Djibouti

In March 2015, The World Federation responded to a distress call from its regional member in Aden in the Republic of Yemen to evacuate community members immediately. The conflict in Yemen escalated considerably and became unbearable to the point where these individuals suffered from direct threats, injuries, killings, bombings and had their human rights completely violated simply because of their faith and identity.

ETHNIC PERSECUTION:ONE MANS STORY ENDS IN TRAGEDYAbbas Shabbir was targeted by armed insurgents in Yemen because he was Shia. They marked his house with the letter R denoting rafidhi (derogatory term used to classify Shias as infidels). On 16 January 2015, when returning from work, his car was attacked by insurgents who managed to plant a bomb during the hit. Moments later, his car blew up. Abbas was able to get out even after sustaining heavy injuries. He passed away alone in a local street in his neighbourhood and sadly no witnesses stopped to help him.

As migrant families waited to be resettled in new countries, 3 weddings and 2 births took place at The World Federation camp in Djibouti between April and December 2015.

In addition, the treatment of serious medical cases including 2 cancer patients and 1 patient who required a hip replacement operation were arranged by flying these individuals to India to receive the urgent care they needed.

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The World Federations Yemen Emergency Appeal provided emergency assistance to community members who were victims of Yemens war zone. A 3-phase plan was charted and actioned to address the short, medium and long-term needs of these individuals and families.

PHASE 1: YEMEN RESCUE OPERATIONSTwo rescue operations were successfully carried out in April and May 2015 where a total of 108 families (456 men, women and children) were evacuated and rescued by boat from Yemen and brought to Djibouti for safety. The boats were equipped with life jackets, food, medicine and volunteers.

PHASE 2: INTERIM STAY IN DJIBOUTIUpon their arrival in Djibouti, the UNHCR granted these familites prima facie refugee status. The World Federation then carried out a detailed interview with each famly to document their circumstances and to plan next steps.

Whilst in Djibouti the families were cared for by The World Federation and its team of volunteers. Food, accommodation and medical care were provided for all 456 individuals. Unable to go back to Yemen, these individuals remained strong and united as they awaited news of future resettlement options.

PHASE 3: LONG-TERM RESETTLEMENTOver the last several months, The World Federation has been working with various individuals and sovereign governments across the world to permanently resettle the families in safer countries. We are pleased to report that each of the individuals under our care have been allocated a destination country in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. 290 individuals have alreay left for their new homelands, 116 people will leave by the end of January 2016 and 50 people are awaiting further paperwork.

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