Iftar Project — Yemen — 2017

Hi all! Just before Ramadhan 2017, the Yahya Foundation team got together to brainstorm how we could distribute food in Yemen every day for iftar. We decided to provide the food for an iftar dinner in different mosques for the whole month.

We got in touch with our contacts and community and shared the idea. We raised $1,805, which allowed us to provide dates, water, rice, a curry, bread, chutney and yogurt for 80 people a day across 4 mosques. Hani arranged the food and donated it to Masjid Okhah in the Al Saadi area, Masjid Ashoor in the Madbuba area, Masjid Alihsan in the Bainoon area and Masjid Aishah in the Bait Boss area.

At the beginning of the month only a couple of people turned up because not everyone knew the food would be available. But as the nights progressed, both the number of people attending and the amount of food on offer grew. As more people learned about our iftar dinners, more began bringing their own food contributions from home to share with the community — it was amazing. Our young volunteers felt a real sense of pride and excitement to be involved in a project where they could see the direct impact of their actions on their communities.