The Ramadaan  Humanitarian Project (RHP) is one of the largest student humanitarian  drives in South Africa. This initiative, hosted by the MSA (Muslim  Students Association), started in 2004. This annual project has grown  rapidly and now includes universities from all over the country. This  year, like previous years, the MSA has partnered with the South African  National Zakah Fund (SANZAF) and other organisations to ensure that the  projects objectives are fulfilled. These objectives include:

1)    Assisting underprivileged families with hampers
2)    Fostering unity  and cultural understanding among students
3)    Encouraging social work  and volunteering
4)    Providing a platform to “give-back” with a  “hands-on” approach


The RHP spans three phases:

1)  Fund-raising: Collection of money (including Zakaah) by selling tickets,  through donations and from the proceeds of various events. With the  help of SANZAF, basic supplies and groceries are then purchased.

2)  Packing: Supplies are moved onto campuses and made into hampers by  students.

3) Distribution: The hampers are distributed with help  of SANZAF and community organisations to those who are less fortunate.


The  Muslim Student's Associations from the various campuses invites YOU to  JOIN US and MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Muslim and Non-Muslim Students can both  lend a helping hand by collecting money, packing hampers and helping  with distribution.

Details will follow.

For more  information, or to volunteer, contact the MSA on 072 105 0919

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The  following saying of the Prophet Mohammed PBUH highlights the great  value attached to such initiatives:

"This is indeed the month  [Ramadaan] of patience, and the reward for true patience is Paradise. It  is the month of sympathy with one's fellowmen. It is the month wherein a  true believer's sustenance is increased. Whosoever feeds another who  fasted, in order to break his/her fast (at sunset), for the feeder there  shall be forgiveness of sins and emancipation from the fire of Hell,  and for such a feeder shall be the same reward as one who fasted (who he  fed) without that persons reward being deceased in the least."

May  Allah grant us similar rewards for our efforts! Ameen!