I will be travelling to the Syria Border to hand deliver your aid to Syrian Refugees.

It has been just over 10 years since the war in Syria started, until now it has been the cause of over 5 million Syrians to flee their homes, their lives, their belongings and anything else that they physically could not carry with them. Many have been killed, maimed or been left severely disabled.

Lebanon a country with a population of only 5 million and now has 1.8 million registered Syrian refugees, unregistered it is thought this figure to be way over 2 million. This added strain on the Lebanese economy along with the political and social issues they are facing has left Lebanon at nearly breaking point. Inflation in the last year has been at over 600% and the Lebanese Lira is now commonly exchanged for cash at a rate of 14,000 Lira per dollar.

The Syrian Refugees are mainly housed in makeshift shelters on the Lebanon/Syrian border in a town called Arsal, here there are over 65,000 refugees. Further south in to Lebanon there are endless settlements of camps with various numbers of Syrian families. Beqaa also houses a vast number of camps and families.

Our aim on this trip is to provide the refugees with lifesaving items, by way of food packs to nourish them and fuel to keep them warm in the bitter cold of nightfall. Our secondary mission is to try and help the Lebanese economy by buying all our aid locally and using local logistic companies to assist with packing, deliveries and distributions. 

We will also be giving out cash donations to needy families within the camps, especially widows. 

We aim to bring a little ease in their lives and hope we can take away the burden of feeding their children be it only for a month or two, we give out sweets to the children to bring them a small moment of joy.

Whilst we are out on the ground, we will be interacting with the beneficiaries, playing with their children, listening to their stories, helping them where it is possible with whatever we can and hopefully earning endless rewards for all you guys who are helping make this possible.

This is a Zakat applicable cause and as per Zakat conditions 100% of your Zakat will be delivered to the beneficiaries.

• -    £60 provides a Food Pack that can feed a family of 6 for up to a month
• -    £30 provides them with enough fuel to keep warm for up to 1 month 
• -    £4 provides them with 2.5kg of chicken (many haven’t eaten meat for as long as a year!)

I look forward to showing you exactly where your aid is going when I’m out there!