Meet the Boy Next Door

With the absence of a detained father felt even more acutely during this month, Ramadhan can be a drastically different experience for a HHUGS family. Aged 8, Yusuf has spent the past five Ramadhans without his father, barely able to recall what the month was once like. Whilst Ahmad gathers daily around the table for suhur and iftar in the warm embrace of his family, Yusuf's family gatherings are held across a table in a visitor's room, in high security prisons, surrounded by others, for an hour, at most once a week. For Yusuf’s mother, financial strain, social isolation and the pressures of managing a family alone takes its toll.

This Ramadhan, join hands with HHUGS and tell the Boy Next Door: You’re Not Alone.

Donate now - www.hhugs.org.uk/Ramadan
Text RAMD55 £10 to 70070
Call 0207 733 2104 

Relieve the Home Next Door This Ramadhan

£50 Feed the family next door- Repel hunger
With an essential supply pack (meat, poultry, pasta, rice, fruit and tinned goods
Or £250 food vouchers for the month

£150 Unite the family next door- Spread happiness 
Remove the financial constraints to provide a month’s worth of prison visits, to unite elderly parents, young children and forlorn wives with their absent son, father and husband . 
£50 per visit

£200 Heal the family next door- Relieve hardship
A month of professional, tailored counselling for traumatised women and children
£50 per session

£500 Shelter the family next door- Essential home maintenance
From a roof over their head, replacing a broken door, to providing basics of heating, electricity, water and gas.
£100 for utility bills

Deliver an unforgettable Eid for the Boy Next Door

“When we are asked “how was your Eid?” or sent Eid Mubarak text messages, I feel this does not apply to my family. We can’t have a happy Eid”

Bring gifts of joy: Eid presents for a child £10/for a family £50
Just as we prepare gifts for our friends and families, show that little bit of love for the home next door too. The joy a thoughtful present will bring is a beautiful investment to make.

Share the Happiness Together: Family prison visit for Eid £50
With prisons remote and visiting times limited, seeing your loved one in prison can be a stressful affair. Enable a family to mark this blessed occasion together, and physically share the happiness in-person.

Create unforgettable memories: Host an Eid Extravaganza £350
An Eid extravaganza brings together isolated families who would otherwise have no plans for the day and brings special delight to children who now have something to look forward to. Your donation will cover the cost of venue hire, catering and activities for children ranging from face-painters, bouncy castles and entertainers for the day.

Empower families: Help single mothers back on their feet £500
Make a lasting change and empower the women left behind to become independent and self sufficient, by funding driving lessons, educational or vocational courses.
 
“The Eid parties, the presents - it's made me feel as though I'm not alone. My children were so happy to see me happy and smiling. They began to feel special and we finally started to feel more normal. HHUGS saw us as human beings. They treated us as part of the Ummah.”

"The most beloved of the people to Allah are the most beneficial for the people. The most beloved of actions to Allah are to cause happiness to reach a Muslim, to relieve him from a hardship, to settle a debt for a Muslim or to repel hunger from him.” (at-Tabarani)