Brothers in Need, a Muslim not-for-profit organisation/charitable organisation which primarily distributes food to the needy, has recently received donations of non-perishable food and hygiene items from childcare centres, who have proactively collected items during Homelessness Week in August.
One such centre is Kidz Connect Early Learning Centre in Punchbowl. They proactively collected items during Homelessness Week and aimed to teach the children about homeless and helping the needy.
It was just fabulous to visit them, meet the tiny children and pick up all of the items which they had collected. The owner, Rana Moussawel, kept saying that they hadn’t collected ‘many’ items, but I reassured her that ‘every little bit helps’, and that they had in fact collected quite a lot!
One packet of pasta can feed a family for a night and make a world of difference to them. They collected several packets of pasta! How many mouths does that feed? Heaps! I personally love pasta – a little goes a long way.
The kids were so endearing and friendly. I couldn’t stop smiling & absolutely struggled to hide my laughter behind my mask. One of them kept reintroducing himself over and over again…. when I mentioned how the Brothers in Need logo has four hands, they were quite confused and couldn’t understand why it has four hands when they only have two hands….I tried to explain what homelessness means and mentioned not having a bed to sleep in at night, then one told me that his mummy tucks him into his bed.
They were just so cute! They may have been a bit too young to understand the concept of homelessness, but I think that they understood it to some degree…I recall my niece being shocked that a homeless person had to sleep on the street, when she was about 6 years old…these kids were even younger but I feel as if they’d picked up on the concept of giving to those who have less than you. I loved meeting the kids and the staff and seeing the goodwill,” says Dahlia, staff member of Brothers in Need.
Further information about the work of Brothers in Need can be found at:
brothersinneed.org.au or by calling 1300 007 433
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