- Barakah Muslim Charity hosted their fifth annual Day of Dignity in Rochester, NY.
- The event helped an estimated 1,000 people from low-income households and the homeless.
- The charity provided essential food, hygiene supplies, school supplies, and jackets.
For the fifth year in a row, families from Rochester, New York, thankfully received bags full of essential food and hygiene supplies as the Barakah Muslim Charity hosted their fifth annual Day of Dignity.
Designed to help people who are homeless or from low-income households, the event helped an estimated 1,000 people, Democrat & Chronicle reported.
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“Obviously, people are suffering, and this is helping the community,” Barakah’s finance director, Alma Omerhodzic, said.
“By giving them jackets, by giving them some food, providing school supplies, maybe it will help them have extra money for rent and basics like utility bills,” she added.
Created in 2002 by Islamic Relief USA, the Day of Dignity campaign is a series of events held around the nation to get help directly to people who are homeless or from low-income households.
It aims to provide, at least for a day, relief from the regular hardships the impoverished face, regardless of race, creed, or nationality.
More Help Needed
Saturday’s gathering was the largest the charity has seen for its Day of Dignity, due to the rising cost of food, gas, and rent prices over the past year.
“Poverty and homelessness, unfortunately, remain major problems, and inflation has only made it more difficult for millions of others to make ends meet,” an Islamic Relief USA spokesperson said.
Omerhodzic finds this troubling because many families “are working and unable to sustain themselves.”
The huge influx at the event was also affected by the recent arrival of asylum seekers who came to Monroe County over the last month.
“They’re looking for school supplies for their children and jackets because they’re not prepared for Rochester weather,” Omerhodzic said.
“I’m hoping by coming today, they know that we are here, and they come back for more services in the future.”
