This Dhul Hijjah, I am fundraising as part of the Race to Embrace Challenge. Help me honour the Hajars of today and be their Zamzam this Dhul Hijjah!

Embrace is a new volunteer-run charity, for Muslims living in poverty, isolation and trauma on our doorstep in the UK.

We are at the forefront in giving to those suffering in Palestine, Syria and Yemen - but when our brothers and sisters from those same lands ravaged by war, seek solace in the UK, our community are nowhere to be seen.

In the past 2 months since Embrace launched, we have been inundated with over 460 applicants, with more vulnerable Muslims registering every day - refugees, prisoner families, widows, struggling single mothers and survivors of abuse. We simply cannot meet the demand without your help.

Just as our mother Hajar ran, frantic for relief, on our doorstep there are countless Muslim women today, desperately seeking the Zam Zam to their hardships.

• The young mother searches for a way out of domestic violence for her and her children.


• The lonely widow in poverty seeking support to manage her daily needs.


• The traumatised children searching for stability after their father is dragged away in handcuffs before their eyes.


• The refugee, who left everything she ever knew, looking for a new home, only to find rejection and poverty in the UK.

They are carrying more than just financial hardship — the weight of single motherhood, trauma, displacement, and the shame that poverty often brings.  They are not running in the desert for relief, instead they suffer on our doorstep.

You can be the source of sustenance and mercy for the Hajars of today. During these best 10 days of the year, help the rains of mercy fall on households in need.

Those in our midst are often the easiest to overlook. But right now in the UK, half of Muslim households are living in poverty.

• Destitute refugees live on just £8 a week


• 7.5 million people in the UK face food insecurity.


• Mothers are skipping meals to feed their children.


• Survivors of abuse are rebuilding their lives with nothing but hope — and often, empty cupboards.

They are all walking their own valleys of struggle, in search of relief.

By donating to my page, you can:

• Be Her Nourishment - Relieve her hunger for a month £250


• Be Her Connection - Reunite a family for a day in a prison visit £40


• Be Her Solace - Relieve trauma via faith sensitive therapy  £200/£50 per session


• Be Her Security - Shelter her vulnerable family for the month for £500


• Be Her Relief - Alleviate the burden of debt £1000


• Be Her Hope - Inspire a new future £2000


• End Her Struggle -  £285 Qurbani

Just as the solitary Hajar (AS) found her relief in the divine gift of Zam Zam water, you can quench the thirst of need for the Hajars of today.

Be her Zamzam.

“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.” (Bukhari)