Spreading the Word
To get the word out, Amina created an information flyer and she and her cohorts are reaching out to seniors in her neighborhood first and hope eventually to expand the work to other areas through social media.
Amina said, even though she and her friends are working through school finals right now, they are working to get the project off the ground and stay with it as long as there’s a need.
“We’re still in the initial stages (of setup), but we plan on actively getting involved and working with our seniors for a very long time until this situation resolves,” she said.
It’s this commitment to helping others on her own terms which also burns within Nehal Alamleh. This Houston-area mother began volunteering to feed the homeless a few years ago when she realized food was going to waste at her husband’s restaurant.
This simply did not sit with her, so she contacted Outreach in the Barrio, a local charity organization, about donating and distributing the food.
Initially, she was happy with the work and contribution she was making, but she soon felt she could do more if she went out on her own.
“I couldn’t grow and do what I wanted to do within that organization,” she said. “I wanted to chase my own dreams about what I wanted to do for the homeless community.”
That determination to strike out on her own led to the formation of Muslim Hands For Humanity about a year ago. Once the charity was established, she and her team of volunteers began taking food to the homeless in Houston.
However, with the recent spread of the coronavirus, Alamleh and her five-member team have been forced to curtail their in-person food deliveries, but she said the want to serve others in Ramadan has kept their spirits high and the donations coming.
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