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Muslim spiritual care providers improve outcomes at HCMC

Hibah Ansari

July 17, 2024 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

In partnership with Open Path Resource, Hennepin Healthcare started integrating spiritual care into the medical care plan for Muslim patients to address stigma and build trust with medical professionals. The addition of spiritual care has had a significant impact on the hospital’s psychiatry department, reducing readmission rates from 24% in 2019, to 9% in 2023.

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Revolution in the Soil: How One School is Responding to Food Insecurity

Latasha Rouseau

May 29, 2024 |

Sapelo Square |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

A community garden is part of the curriculum at the Mohammed Schools of Atlanta to teach students how to grow their own food. Amid a food desert, the garden provides fresh food for the school cafeteria and produces enough that students can take crops home to their families each week.

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How a 26-year-old Christian makes "scholars" of Islamic street kids

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

May 15, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau

The Almajiri Scholar Scheme launched in 2022 to help Almajiri children master skills such as the alphabet, numbers, reading comprehension and the English language, while still allowing time for their Quranic studies and prayer. The Scheme also provides vocational training, teaching skills like shoemaking and tailoring, and had 60 children enrolled within its first eight months.

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The initiative giving Almajiri children a shot at literacy

Yahuza Bawage

May 10, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

Flare Initiative provides literacy education for students enrolled in Islamic schools, with lessons on the English alphabet, proper sentence construction, and effective communication skills offered in the evenings to avoid disrupting students’ Qur’anic studies. Participants say the program has given them newfound confidence to pursue future careers that require English language proficiency.

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Watanda: This local scheme helped struggling Nigerian Muslims end Ramadan fasting with feasts

Yahuza Bawage

April 16, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Watanda is a bulk-shopping system that helps ensure low-income families have access to meat during the Eid-al-Fitr celebration following Ramadan. In Watanda groups, members contribute money to a collective fund to purchase cattle that is then split between all the contributors. Amidst the rising cost of cattle, Watanda groups help ensure families have food on the table and can still participate in celebrations.

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Reinventing a terror-free Borno State through child education

Innocent Eteng

August 01, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

The Future Prowess Islamic Foundation provides free education to roughly 2,000 students who have been affected by the violence of Boko Haram, including the children of Boko Haram insurgents. The organization also offers training and micro-loans to local widows to help them start their own businesses.

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Jewish teens, led by Ezra Beinart, are gathering on Zoom to meet prominent Palestinians

Ron Kampeas

May 24, 2023 |

The Forward |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

High school junior Ezra Beinart founded an initiative that invites Palestinians to speak with young American Jews via video chat. The goal of the project, which has hosted six speakers so far, is to introduce Jewish teenagers to perspectives on Israel-Palestine that they may not be exposed to within their communities.

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Making transitional housing Halal in Texas

Khawla Nakua

March 14, 2023 |

Scalawag |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Transitional housing centers like Huma-Faith and Halal House provide accommodations for formerly incarcerated people, specifically Muslim men. These houses are safe spaces that provide necessary resources like a shower and a warm bed, as well as work opportunities, group talk sessions, and regular drug and alcohol screening to help people put their best selves forward. These houses are also Muslim-centric, meaning people can rebuild their lives while freely practicing their religion.

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Campus religious groups step into a new realm: mental health counseling

Olivia Sanchez

November 27, 2022 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States

Organizations like the Muslim Mental Health Initiative and the Hillel mental health and wellness pilot program are helping connect students in need of mental health support with specialists who understand their religion to make the process more comfortable and less difficult.

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The Nigerian school with a radical idea: Teaching Boko Haram's kids

Innocent Eteng

July 29, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

Founded in the midst of ongoing violent conflict, the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation offers education to children and orphans from families fighting on both sides of the war between Boko Haram insurgents and the Nigerian government. With this inclusive approach, the organization has so far averted being targeted by Boko Haram, successfully keeping roughly 2,200 children in school without interruption during the peak of the insurgency.

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