Appeal for Nutrition and Community Program for Unaccompanied Elderly Iraqi Refugees Sultaniyeh Refugee Camp – Zanjan Province – Iran
Dear LFT donors: It costs a mere 42 GBP to provide an elderly refugee with three nutritious meals for a month. Please, continue to donate and gain the thawab of honouring the elderly.
The Holy Prophet (pbuh) said:
Those who do not show mercy to our young ones and do not realize the right of our elders are not from us
(Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As - Sunan Abu Dawud).
In 2006, LFT and IRAC joined hands to care for then eleven unaccompanied elderly and chronically ill refugees living in Sultaniyeh Refugee Camp near the city of Zanjan/Iran. Two of the refugees have since passed away, while two others left the program.
Although IRAC’s program is very small, it is unique in the way it involves the community in caring for the elderly refugees. Encouraged by IRAC’s financial support, many camp residents take part. As the elderly refugees live in separate houses, wishing to preserve the independence they came to cherish in younger days, each refugee’s neighbour performs daily tasks, like helping the refugee to use the bathroom, take a shower or change his clothes. IRAC’s representative prepares and distributes the three daily meals. While nothing can replace the loving care of children, IRAC’s program enables these refugees to age in dignity.
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List of beneficiaries of Sultaniyah Nutrition Project |
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No. |
Name |
City of origin in Iraq |
Gender |
Age |
Situation |
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1 |
Nooriyah Belal-Bozorgi |
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F |
72 |
Nooriyah is still strong and able to care for herself. She receives uncooked food items because she likes to cook herself. |
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2 |
Ali Seyyed Baalawi |
Emarah |
M |
42 |
Ali suffers from a psychiatric ailment and has to take medications and tranquilizers. He benefits from the program due to his condition |
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3 |
Seyyed Mir al-Husseini |
Najaf |
M |
68 |
Aged and in need of care |
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4 |
Abd Yassin al-Assadi |
Diwaniyah |
M |
72 |
Abd is infirm due to his age and previous lack of care. Maybe the neediest beneficiary |
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5 |
Morad Mohammad Rahman Orkwazi |
Khaneqin |
M |
72 |
Morad has only one eye, for which he received a cornea transplant with LFT/IRAC assistance in 2008. He regained his vision. In 2011, successful cataract surgery preserved his eyelight. |
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6 |
Sami Khan-Jaan Malikshahi |
Faili Kurd from Baghdad |
M |
64 |
Healthy but unable to prepare proper food due to his gender and culture |
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7 |
Farid Aziz Deilami |
Baghdad |
M |
53 |
Healthy but unable to prepare proper food due to his gender and culture |
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8 |
Hamid Arkwazi |
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M |
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died of mono-oxide poisoning in late March 2011 |
IRAC strives to provide the elderly refugees with healthy, nutritious meals. The table below shows the food items IRAC’s representative purchased in 2011:
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Nutrition & Community Program |
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Disbursement List |
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1 January to 31 December 2011 |
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No. |
Item |
Unit |
No. |
Full Cost |
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1 |
Bread |
lump sum |
336,000.00 |
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2 |
Flour |
kg |
191 |
1,070,000.00 |
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3 |
Rice |
kg |
520 |
6,580,000.00 |
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4 |
Spaghetti |
bag |
190 |
1,164,000.00 |
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5 |
Sugar |
kg |
102 |
1,292,500.00 |
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6 |
Cooking Oil |
different |
163 |
2,915,000.00 |
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7 |
Chicken |
kg |
120 |
3,768,540.00 |
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8 |
Eggs |
lump sum |
3,325,000.00 |
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9 |
Fish conserves |
tin |
332 |
3,518,000.00 |
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10 |
Fresh fish |
kg |
3 |
149,000.00 |
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11 |
Red meat |
kg |
66 |
5,578,100.00 |
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12 |
Shrimp |
kg |
2 |
80,000.00 |
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13 |
Soya |
bag |
170 |
990,000.00 |
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14 |
Beans, red |
kg |
24 |
490,000.00 |
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15 |
Beans, white |
kg |
30 |
692,000.00 |
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16 |
Chickpeas |
kg |
16 |
324,000.00 |
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17 |
Lappah peas |
kg |
27 |
550,000.00 |
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18 |
Lentils, brown |
kg |
48 |
1,000,000.00 |
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19 |
Aubergines |
kg |
30 |
220,000.00 |
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20 |
Carrots |
kg |
2 |
16,000.00 |
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21 |
Cucumbers |
kg |
19 |
158,000.00 |
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22 |
Green vegetables (for Ghormeh) |
kg |
33 |
236,000.00 |
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23 |
Onions |
kg |
89 |
569,000.00 |
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24 |
Potatoes |
kg |
91 |
525,000.00 |
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25 |
Tomatos |
kg |
24 |
149,000.00 |
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26 |
Butter |
25 gr |
1,420 |
1,034,500.00 |
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27 |
Milk |
lump sum |
228,000.00 |
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28 |
Cheese |
kg |
58 |
1,543,000.00 |
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29 |
Dates |
pack |
8 |
120,000.00 |
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30 |
Jam (one-person pack) |
pack |
580 |
395,500.00 |
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31 |
Tea |
100 gr |
71 |
2,089,000.00 |
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32 |
Apples |
kg |
3 |
45,000.00 |
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33 |
Bananas |
kg |
8 |
104,000.00 |
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34 |
Oranges |
kg |
4 |
48,000.00 |
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35 |
Tomato paste |
tin (900 gr) |
103 |
1,553,000.00 |
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36 |
Salt & spices |
lump sum |
387,500.00 |
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37 |
Dishwashing liquid & sponge |
lump sum |
356,000.00 |
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38 |
Detergent |
box |
63 |
354,000.00 |
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39 |
Soap |
bar |
130 |
533,000.00 |
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40 |
Underwear for Abed |
lump sum |
380,000.00 |
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41 |
Miscellaneous expenses |
lump sum |
5,001,954.00 |
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|
42 |
Salary of Caretaker |
per month |
12 |
12,000,000.00 |
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Total Disbursements |
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62,521,594.00 |
Signed: Managing Trustee, IRAC
