Gatan Marayu Foundation

Ramadan Kareem
May this holy month of Ramadan bring you peace, tranquillity and acceptance of Allah.
Due to the ever rising prices of food items, GMF has decided to start collecting your generous donations for the *2024 Iftar Feeding Program* earlier than usual this year, allowing us to procure additional quantities and aspire to feed as many underprivileged brothers and sisters as possible during these economically harsh times. We know how hard these times are and welcome any amount you give in the name of God🙏🏽
Gatan Marayu Foundation Zenith Bank 1015412367

Imagine you don’t have a warm, soft bed…… I guarantee you will sleep better after giving a donation for blankets to those who are outside in the cold, some without a home, most without a bed, many with only a thin piece of carton as a mattress. Let GMF do your charity work for you!!! ZENITH BANK 101 5412 367

We do large scale distributions in different locations of Kano as well as individual trips at night where we cover individuals sleeping on the road side with a warm blanket. Most wake up with a facial expression of wonder and fear of this being just a dream, a mixture of doubt and disbelief and always, always lost for words…. May Allah bless them abundantly with more and more in their lives 🙏🏽 Thank you dearest donors for the amazing generous donations you give making miracles happen!!

Congratulations to Abdulrahman Hassan, who graduated as Bachelor of Anatomy Science from BUK!!! He has started his NYC service and is aiming to join a Masters Program at the end of 2024! Our gratitude for making this possible goes to his sponsor, the Budhrani Charitable Trust who have paid his university scholarship for the past 5 years and made his dreams come true. Sponsor the university education of an orphan and impact his entire life with your donation. Reach out to us at GMF by email, dm or a transfer to our account with a reference to UNI SCHOLARSHIP Zenith Bank
101 237 3812

Group photo of GMF students in AlMahmud Primary school and Ahmadiyya College (3 students absent)

Visits to our schools in the first term ensure all students are present, have received their books and I informs and are generally doing well. It’s always a tremendous pleasure to see the students, have little chats and watch them grow into beautiful people.

Empowering orphans empowers communities empowers cities empowers countries empowers nations! Let’s do it! Gatan Marayu Foundation watched the young Fulani girl who is lucky enough to have parents and a school to go to every day. Not all children in Kano are that lucky…..infact, the statistics are grave and still make Northern Nigeria a place where illiteracy is common and widespread. We can change that! Sponsor an orphan now with GMF

Cuz this is AFRICA!!! Sponsor the Education of an orphan through Gatan Marayu Foundation in Kano. Next year your Orphan will be celebrating the end of the School Year with his classmates ZENITH BANK Gatan Marayu Foundation
101 237 3812 REF: Orphan Scholarship

Farmland Nursery & Primary School with 336 students and Newland Achievers College with 122 students in Kawo are happy recipients of a large variety of schoolbooks donated by the The primary and secondary schools are both located in Kawo, a bustling suburb of Kano where lower income families work hard to make a living and financial struggle is a daily norm. Both schools have been receiving scholarships for their students since 2008 when GMF was first founded. This reliable income of School fees paid by GMF throughout the academic year has propelled the schools upward and into a place where they can keep a good standard of education available to all students - from no- and low-income families alike! Receiving foreign textbooks injects a stimulus to learn, achieve and widen one’s knowledge, reaching beyond what the former textbooks could offer. For this we thank Lebanon Consulate Int. School Kano!!

Farmland Nursery & Primary School with 336 students and Newland Achievers College with 122 students in Kawo are happy recipients of a large variety of schoolbooks donated by the The primary and secondary schools are both located in Kawo, a bustling suburb of Kano where lower income families work hard to make a living and financial struggle is a daily norm. Both schools have been receiving scholarships for their students since 2008 when GMF was first founded. This reliable income of School fees paid by GMF throughout the academic year has propelled the schools upward and into a place where they can keep a good standard of education available to all students - from no- and low-income families alike! Receiving foreign textbooks injects a stimulus to learn, achieve and widen one’s knowledge, reaching beyond what the former textbooks could offer. For this we thank Lebanon Consulate Int. School Kano!!

As we move out of the month of Ramadan and into the third academic school term with a very different kind of work for us, GMF wants to acknowledge and appreciate all the amazing donations received in the holy month for Feeding the Poor for Iftar and Suhoor. The response was overwhelming and being a part of it has left us humbled and deeply grateful to each and every donor who contributed. May the prayers of gratitude and relief of the beneficiaries be your reward! Ramadan

Alhamdullilah, Thanks to God for feeding hundreds of the underprivileged in Ramadan

MashaAllah!!! Thank you to everyone who donated and Thanks to all those who will still donate! May the joy and happiness of the beneficiaries be our reward!!

Thanks to , one of many companies who generously donated to fill our sacks of Dry Food Items for Ramadan 2023 bringing hope and happiness to hundreds of families this year!

There are those who give little of the much which they have—and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.
And there are those who have little and give it all.
These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism.
And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;
They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.
Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes. He smiles upon the earth.

Then said a rich man, Speak to us of Giving.
And he answered:
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow?
And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city?
And what is fear of need by need itself?
Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable? Khalil Gibran

Something is happening in Azenawa today!! The arrival of 200 sacks with Dry Food Items brought smiles and laughter to everyone.

The Vigilante team escorted our team to distribute 200 sacks of Dry Food to widows and other needy mothers to a remote village in Dawakin Tofa, 50 minutes away from the city of Kano. MashaAllah this is all thanks to our amazing donors!! Thank you, we wish you could have heard their prayers and their joy!! Ramadan

Wake beans, Rice, Spaghetti, Semovita, Corn Pap, Oil, Sugar, Millet Powder, Tea, Coffee, Milk Powder, Biscuits, Candy & Detergents all packed up in a sack for a family of 6-8 individuals in Ramadan. Thanks to all our sponsors and donors for the amazing response. Kano needs you!!

A month of blessings for givers and receivers alike!

Let us reach to hundreds of needy individuals this month lighten long their load and bringing food and hope to them. Let’s show them we care! Thank you to all our amazing donors who gave generously and abundantly!!! Muslims and Non-Muslims are donating alike! GMF is collecting Donations throughout the month of Ramadan. May God reward and shower you and your families with His Blessings. Ramadan

After waiting under this tree for hours the pick-up car finally arrived with 60 sacks filled with goodies for Iftaar & Suhour Ramadan

Ramadan Feeding Project 2023 well on its way!! 220 sacks are ready to go out to families providing 2 meals a day for at least 15 days. A tremendous amount of Donations are flowing in thanks to the kindness of Muslims and Non- Muslims in Kano, Abuja, Lagos and the UK! We are grateful for your Trust in us 🙏🏽 Ramadan

* RAMADAN KAREEM *
In these difficult Pre - and Post election times with banking systems functioning temperamentally, the absence of cash in our economy and thousands of individuals without bank accounts and no opportunity to earn any kind of income your donation will have a tremendous impact on the poverty stricken society of Kano. Gatan Marayu Foundation is collecting funds towards this goal - no amount is too small, no intention goes unnoticed by the creator! May Allah abundantly bless your families in the holy month of Ramadan 🤲🏽

Poverty has a look! Destitution is found in the eyes! These blankets were given to ladies on the far outskirts of Kano where the wind blows cold and merciless and homes are not houses but mere shelters. Our prayers are for everyone to keep warm this season and with your help we are reaching out further and further. 1000 blankets given out so far!!! May God bless you all