Aslam and Abu Bakar are two of our recent clients who come from very different backgrounds. Aslam is on a student visa while Abu Bakar is an asylum seeker.
Both are married – Aslam has a young family with a wife and two young children while Abu Bakar has a slightly larger and older family with a wife and four children, mostly in their teens.
However, there was one common aspect in both of their lives: their wives were the ones who helped look after the kids and keep the family together. And it was their wives who were both diagnosed with cancer which disrupted their lives completely.
With limited or no access to government benefits due to the nature of their visas, suddenly Aslam and Abu Bakar were faced with the choice of having to work to earn money or making the time to not only look after their wives but also the rest of the family.
Their Australian dream was crushed.
Stress levels increased by the day.
There was no light at the end of the tunnel.
Until Alhamdulillah, they discovered NZF, and our team were able to provide them with the necessary funding to continue taking care of their families while re-adjusting their priorities to allow them to work.
After a few months, they were able to re-structure their lives so they could be self-sustainable.
Without your support, many families like Aslam’s and Abu Bakar’s would be broken when hit with sudden challenges, often leading to negative consequences such as children requiring foster care.
By being able to assist them in their time of need, we are able to help keep families together, which in turn contributes towards protecting our faith & community.
Annually, NZF partners with Dreem Fitness to run the ‘Fitness for Cancer’ Challenge in October via the Launchgood platform to fundraise.
We raise funds for our ‘Caring Connections’ Program, which is designed to assist and support Muslims who are ill, are caring for a sick family member, and families who have lost a loved one.
Our goal is to help them reconnect with themselves, their loved ones, and have a good quality of life with the help of the Muslim community.
For more information, visit www.launchgood.com/nzfau or follow our social media pages @nzfaus.
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