IMRC’s First India Health Initiative

Prompted by several doctors in conjunction with a long time vision of both Br. Manzoor and Dr. Rosenberg, IMRC has organized the India Health Initiative. The objective is to bring together a team of medical staffs to travel to the rural areas of India, such as Bara Banki, UP, and Coastal Andhra to provide desperately needed health care to the local destitute Muslims and minorities; to provide basic education in health care with an emphasis on preventive health care; and to provide technical training to the local doctors and medical personnel.

We are on schedule for our first trip to India in January 2010. The length of the medical trip is approximately 3 weeks including travel time. The goal is to see 2000 patients in two weeks. We are fortunate to have 5 doctors and 2 assistants on our first trip. However, we still need medical equipment, medical supplies, and pharmaceutical goods. Where possible, we plan to collaborate with local non-profit organizations, physicians, medical staffs, clinics and hospitals. We appeal to all medical professionals; please consider joining us in this worthy cause. Send us your e-mail address, and we will keep you abreast of our future medical excursions.

Medical Needs for the Poor

We appeal to all our donors to remember the poor who needs medical attention. Donate your Zakat & Sadaqah today. It will be put to good use in India with our Health Initiative.

Double you Donation with Employer Match

We want to thank everyone who donated through IMRC. May we remind our donors to check for and process matching donations by your employer. With matching donations, your money goes twice as far, and the number of beneficiaries can double.

Stock Donations

How about your stocks which has seen a nice run since the market bottomed in March, 2009. It is very easy to donate stocks. Simply inform your broker dealer your intention and instruct them to deliver the stocks to IMRC account. Contact us at (650) 856-0440 for specifics.

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and may the year 2010 bring us all renew spirit, prosperity, good health, and increased Imaan.

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Death toll rises to 250, relief efforts underway

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Make 2009 a Successful Eid ul Adha

Alhamdulillah in 2008, IMRC performed 2653 Qurbanis (Ud’iya) feeding thousands of needy families across India.

This year in addition to our ongoing projects, IMRC thrust into helping and rebuilding the homes and lives of the victims of recent devastating flood in Andhra Pradesh.

Inshallah, with your generous support this year we plan to perform 3,500 Qurbanis feeding the needy families with Qurbani meat.

Share the Qurbani meat with others who can’t afford single meal a day.

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“Over 2 million people are homeless and lost everything due to the flood.”

I have seen many disasters in the last 30 years—natural or man-made. The Andhra Pradesh flood is by far the worst.
Over 2 million people are homeless and lost everything due to the flood. The magnitude of the damage is magnified by the combination of heavy rains, over flowing rivers, and the broken Tungabhadra dam. Hundreds of villages and thousands of acres of crops just washed away; what took years and decades to build was destroyed in just a few hours. Now over two million people are in relief camps and they need everything to rebuild their homes and lives.

“I have seen many disasters in the last 30 years. …Andhra Pradesh flood is by far the worst.” Read the story »

Ryam is a small village of 5000 in Bihar, a state with significant illiteracy and poverty. About 50% are Muslims. Most of the men work in far away cities like Bombay/Mumbai to support their families. Financial condition of Muslims is abysmal. But still they try to make the best out of it.

A few villagers got together in 1952 and started a small madarsa to teach basics of Islam to children. Today it has grown into a well managed 6-room school with 240 boys and girls. 30 of them live on premises. Read the story »