PennyAppeal News

The first 1,000 days of a baby’s life are extremely fragile. Their ability to grow, learn and flourish are directly linked to these initial days, with good healthcare and nutrition laying the building blocks for development and strength. Donate before June 9th to our Fragile Lives Appeal and the UK Government will DOUBLE your donation to save lives in Kenya and Pakistan, helping to make double the difference for the mothers and babies that desperately need your help!

Make the best of this Ramadan Ramadan is quickly approaching, and Muslims around the world will be greeting this holy month with fasting and prayer on May 6th and 7th.

Building a better future for Nepal’s Muslim minorities with the help of former Prime Minister, Samim Miya Ansari.

Say Salaam to Penny the Prayer Bear – a cute, cuddly and totally ground-breaking teddy bear. 

Meet one of our celebrity London Marathon runners, Manal A. Rostom, the inspirational lady who will be running to raise money for Penny Appeal in the London Marathon 2019 on Sunday 28th April 2019.

We are extraordinarily fortunate to have free health services accessible to us in all of these instances. It’s something we often take for granted, but healthcare is a basic human right which sadly isn’t available to everyone around the world. One of those places is war-torn Syria.

This Mother’s Day, we are sharing stories from some of the mothers we met in Pakistan and Kenya through our Fragile Lives appeal. This is the story of what happens when a child loses their mother, and a husband loses his wife and the mother of their children. Abdi, aged 49, had been married to his wife, Yasmine, for 20 years, when she tragically died while giving birth to their tenth child, who also died during childbirth.

This Mother’s Day, we are sharing stories from some of the mothers we met in Pakistan and Kenya through our Fragile Lives appeal.

Being a Muslim mum in the 21st century is hard. You might feel underappreciated, but we see you and so does Allah (swt). Here’s why you’re already winning.

Ask any teacher, parent or babysitter, and they’ll tell you that sometimes kids are far wiser than we adults will ever be. They’ll ask the big questions; the simple questions with answers we haven’t figured out yet. They’ll be playing and messing about, and then they’ll say the most profound thing you’ve ever heard.

50,000 years before the Sky was introduced to the Sea, Allah SubhanaWaTa’llah wrote Bee’s name next to Mo’s… Bee and Mo found their perfect Partner in one another with the help of Penny Appeal last year.

It’s time to take control of your happiness! In our hyperconnected society, it should be easy to find someone to settle down with, right? But the truth is: it’s never been harder.