FEEDING SECTOR
Feed a Fasting Family – 10x Your Blessings
In Sudan, over 21 million people, nearly half the country, are suffering from acute hunger.
In some areas, famine has already been confirmed. For many families, hunger isn’t a phase. It’s daily life.
In response to the devastating crisis, Sadagaat operates 45+ community kitchens across 8 states and 12 cities, serving tens of thousands of hot meals every day. These kitchens are where families come back, day after day, to survive this crisis.
But we need your support to keep these kitchens running and ensure no family is turned away without food during Ramadan.
Your Zakat can fund these meals. Ramadan giving doesn’t take away from you; it is returned tenfold, in blessings and rewards.
Feed a displaced family, multiply your blessings.
Zakat Al Mal
Zakat al-Mal is the Zakat you give from your savings once a year, when they stay above nisab for a full lunar year. If you qualify, you give 2.5% of what you’ve saved, an obligation that cleanses your wealth and supports people who are struggling, especially orphans, widows, and displaced families. Sadagaat-Canada directs your Zakat to those who are eligible to receive it. Give today and let it reach someone who’s counting on it.
Zakat Al Fitr
Zakat al-Fitr is a mandatory charitable contribution given by Muslims at the end of Ramadan to purify their fast and assist those in need. Sadagaat Canada ensures your Zakat al-Fitr reaches eligible beneficiaries promptly, allowing them to celebrate Eid with dignity. Your donation provides essential food support to vulnerable families during this blessed time. The Zakat al-Fitr amount for 2024 is set at CAD $15 per person.
Fidya/kaffarah
If you are unable to fast due to illness or other valid reasons, Fidya allows you to compensate by feeding those in need. For those who intentionally break a fast without a valid reason, Kaffarah provides a way to make amends by feeding 60 people per missed fast. Sadagaat Canada facilitates the distribution of Fidya and Kaffarah meals, ensuring your contribution reaches the most vulnerable.
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IMPACT NUMBERS
OUR CENTRAL KITCHENS ARE BEACONS OF NOURISHMENT AND HOPE AMIDST DISPLACEMENT, CONFLICT, AND EXTREME POVERTY
40
Central Kitchens
8
States
12
Cities
OUR FOOD PROJECTS
Ramadan Central Kitchen
During Ramadan, Sadagaat Canada runs 4 central kitchen projects right inside IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) centers and vulnerable communities across Sudan. These kitchens prepare fresh Iftar and Suhoor meals every single day throughout the month. For displaced families living in crisis conditions, it means not worrying about where food will come from during the holiest month of the year. The kitchens become gathering points where people can eat together, share the experience of Ramadan as a community, and find some normalcy in the middle of chaos. It’s immediate relief that addresses both physical hunger and the isolation that comes with displacement.
Ramadan Food Packages
Sadagaat Canada delivers dry food packages in safe zones. These packages go directly to vulnerable families before and during Ramadan. Each package contains a month’s worth of essentials, rice, flour, oil, dates, and other staples, so families can prepare their own Suhoor and Iftar meals at home. The packages are enough to last the entire month, giving households the independence to cook according to their preferences and dietary needs. For families who’ve lost everything to conflict or can’t access markets easily, these packages mean they can observe Ramadan with some dignity and control over their own meals.
Udhiya
Every year during Eid Al-Adha, Sadagaat Canada’s Udhiya program distributes fresh, high-quality meat to disadvantaged communities, IDPs, and refugee families across 12 states and 26 cities in Sudan. The program handles the religious sacrifice and makes sure the meat reaches people who rarely get access to protein. For families living in extreme poverty or displacement camps, meat is expensive and hard to come by; this might be one of the few times all year they can serve it. It’s a practical way to honour the tradition of sacrifice while tackling food scarcity, giving families something substantial to celebrate Eid with.
Central Kitchen
Unlike the seasonal Ramadan kitchen, our Central Kitchen runs all year long. Our 5 Central Kitchen projects operate daily, preparing thousands of meals for people facing chronic hunger – displaced families, hospital patients, and marginalized communities who need consistent food access. This isn’t an emergency response tied to a specific crisis or season. It’s the backbone of the feeding program, opening kitchen doors every single day to make sure people have meals. The kitchen handles large-scale meal prep and distribution, reaching those who have nowhere else to turn for regular meals. To date, our food programs have provided meals to 350,000 individuals in dire need.
School Meals Distribution
We provide daily meals to students in low-income areas across Sudan. Children arrive at school hungry, and that makes it nearly impossible to focus or learn anything. This program fixes that basic problem: feed the children so they can concentrate in class. When students know they’ll get a meal at school, attendance goes up. Parents are more likely to send their children when they know food is guaranteed. It’s a simple intervention that tackles two issues at once: immediate hunger and long-term educational outcomes. Well-fed children stay in school longer, learn better, and have a real shot at breaking out of poverty. The meals become an investment in their future.
Zakat Al-Fitr Distribution
Zakat Al-Fitr is a religious obligation; every Muslim must give before the Eid Al-Fitr prayer. Sadagaat Canada handles the logistics of collecting these donations and getting them to families who need them most. The program takes what donors give and converts it into food packages distributed right before Eid. For vulnerable families, this means they can celebrate the holiday with hearty meals. The timing matters as people receive their Zakat Al-Fitr packages just before Eid prayers, so they’re not worrying about food during what should be a joyful time.
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