Islamic Relief Event
Playing badminton raises £3500 for Islamic Relief Bangladesh Disaster
22/04/08

women have to travel long distances to collect water

Bangladesh, a beautiful country lying in the south of Asia, recently suffered a natural disaster. A powerful cyclone ripped through the country claiming thousands of lives and leaving 3.5 m affected. This disaster left many people homeless, and in need of medication, food and clothes.

		Bangladesh Emergency Response Islamic Relief (IR) needs to raise £2 million to continue its emergency relief and recovery projects in the areas of Bangladesh worst hit by last November's Cyclone Sidr. The money would allow IR to help around 10,000 families by providing them with access to shelter, water and sanitation facilities, education and health services, child welfare and orphan sponsorship, psychosocial support and reforestation.

In an effort to help the many stranded poor and needy, a few friends (Alfu Miah, Harun and Robiul Hussain) who love playing badminton, decided to organise a tournament to raise money. The tournament took place at the National Indoor Arena’s, Community Hall with participants from all over England, playing singles, and doubles.

£3500 raised

A grand total of £3500.00 was raised.  The money will go directly to Bangladesh via Islamic Relief who are currently working on the ground reaching affected areas to buy shelter, clean drinking water and food.

The tournament was sponsored by local businesses, the public and Birmingham’s badminton community supported the event through participation and raising donations.



Thanks

Thanks must be extended to Neil Crane, Rezvan Sadikot, Pritesh Pattni Shale Ahmed and Khaled Miah for their hard work; and also to the many other individuals who worked hard to raise money and volunteer throughout the day.

Please donate

Islamic Relief is, as we speak, working on the ground in over 30 countries to make the lives of poor people that little bit better.  It is only with your kind donations that we can keep doing this.

You can support Islamic Relief’s vital and ongoing work by donate quickly and securely by clicking here to donate online, or by phoning 0800 520 0000 to speak to one of our call centre operators.  Alternatively, you can send us a cheque made payable to ‘Islamic Relief’ and stating exactly where you would like your money to go.

Rest assured that your donations will go exactly to where it is most needed. 

Pleasehttp://www.islamic-relief.com/wherewework/CountryPage.aspx?CountryID=SD don’t delay, as even a little can go a long way…