" Most days we sat outside the house as we had no light inside the house." Alhamdulillah she can now sit indoors , with the completion of Viva Palestina Malaysia's first project in Lebanon , providing lighting for 15 homes of elderly and disabled Palestinian refugees at Burj-alBarajneh and Shatila camps.

The situation of Palestinian refugees at these camps is extremely miserable and there is a lot we can do to help.

Alhamdulillah , on Thursday at the besieged camp of Yarmouk, Damascus , we completed the 6th medical week where 1,027 people came to visit doctors from the Palestinian Red Crescent and get medicines over a period of one week . We also distributed 200 cans of milk to vulnerable babies and toddlers at both Yarmouk and Khan Eshieh camps. Thanks to the doctors and medical officers as well as staff of Alkhayriah the Charitable Assoc for Palestinian Relief .

Our microcredit financing project ( since 2012) has enabled 108 small businesses to start in Gaza and the West Bank. The borrowers are not burdened with interest payments as these are Islamic loans, and alhamdulillah the success rates are high. Loans paid back are rolled into new businesses.

There are many applicants waiting, so inshaa Allah we will put more funding into this project and expand it.

Beneficiary Name: Fasal S. Al Juob Gender: Male. Address:  Rafah Governorate. Family members: 6. Loan amount: 2500 USD. Small shop for selling electrical tools and equipment.	Beneficiary Name: Bazezah Al Hadad. Gender: Male. Address: Middle Area Governorate. Family members: 8. Loan amount: 2500 USD. Small shop for selling Houseware.
Beneficiary Name: Shadi Qdeeh Gender: Male. Address: Khanuness Governorate. Family members: 8. Loan amount: 2500 USD. Small shop for selling Sanitary tools.

"Gaza is in a state of humanitarian shock, due primarily to Israel’s blockade, supported by the US, the EU and Egypt and now entering its 11th year." Sara Roy, Harvard professor who visited Gaza recently and noted there was now a sense of desperation among the population.

This Ramadan, we had to reach out and do more, for more people.

Alhamdulillah the donors have been kind and generous, and this has been a busy and productive Ramadan for our team, and we have provided:

1. Food baskets for 1,570 poor families in Gaza, the West Bank and Southern Turkey.
2. Iftar for 2,000 people at Al Aqsa
3. Zakat distribution to 230 families which some used to provide Eid clothing for their kids.
4. Outdoor iftar party for 60 orphans.
5. Added funds to our Poor Families Box for emergency cases like medical treatment.
6. Provided 300 cans of milk to babies and toddlers at Khan alshieh camp in Damascus, Syria.

Thank you to all who have donated , may Allah bless you with much more in return.

(Quran 2:261 The parable of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah, is that of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He wills. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower.)