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ANNUAL

REPORT2012 - 2013www.mercymission.ca



TABLE OFCONTENTS

Chairman’s Message

Vision

Objectives & Activities

Canadian Financial Review

Use O Volunteers

Contact Inormation

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The Muslim community

worldwide is plagued

with challenges that oten

overwhelm the strongesto believers. However, as

we know, there can be no

courage without ear. It

was with a sincere desire to

overcome this ear, not only

or our generation, but also

the next, that I embarked

on a mission to understand

the real purpose o our

existence in the 21st

century, hoping in thisprocess to grow in benet

and value by the permission

o Allah.

The Mercy Mission

Movement, then, began as

a search or the purpose

o the 21st Century Muslim

and continues today as a

relentless pursuit o a noblevision: to achieve “a world

where every Muslim can

live aithully to his belie,

building exemplary Islamic

communities that benet

humanity.”

Beginning in Australia and

ocusing on the seed o

education Mercy Mission

has, by the innite grace

o Allah, spread across theglobe, aspiring to impact

on action. This movement

began in Sydney, Australia,

and has taken root in

the UK, South Arica,

India, Canada, Malaysia,

Bangladesh, Indonesia,

France and we are looking

orward to launching Qatar

and Sri Lanka in 2013,insha’Allah.

Let us remember however,

that this exercise would

have been utile had it not

been or the great people

that joined us. Wherever

I took the message o this

vision, the best o people

signed up to be part o

it. Until today, our teamconsists o what I believe

to be some o the most

dedicated, passionate,

and charismatic group o

members that any such

organisation has seen.

Driven by one purpose,

united in values and

principles and ocused

towards one clear andnoble vision, the team

behind this movement

oers a tremendous service

to the Ummah through its

impact driven programmes

and projects.

I would like to take this

opportunity welcome you

on board the Mercy Mission

movement.

Dr Tawque Chowdhury

Chairman & CEO

Mercy Mission

CHAIRMAN’SMESSAGELittle can explain the journey that rstconceived the idea and thinking behind theMercy Mission movement and the blessings

o the Most Merciul which have brought us

to where we are today.



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We have a duty to Allah and His

Messenger to support His religion

and uplit their mention. As a result,

we must support Muslims around

the world to return back to theiraith and help them build exemplary

Islamic communities in order to

ulll the greater goal o beneting

humanity. This is the path o being

bestowed with leading humanity.

When our work is done and our

ultimate vision is achieved, the

world will be a completely dierent

place. Islam will never be snubbed,

nor will Muslims be harmedexcept by due right. Muslims will

be o the highest level o piety

and completely condent o their

religion. They will not be dependent

on anyone save their Lord and they

will give selfessly to the needy.

Muslims will be the most admired

people or their aith, knowledge,

achievement, excellence and

character. They will be part o

an illustrious and exemplarycommunity o believers that serve

humanity’s needs. Mankind will

come into Islam in large numbers

or the excellence o the example o

Muslims.

At that time, no Muslim should

live on this earth except that he is

able to access a product, service

or someone rom Mercy Mission.

By the permission o Allah, TheMost Merciul, Mercy Mission will

be a movement, a conglomerate o

institutions and corporations that

infuences others, and its ethos o

knowledge and action is desired by

all.

“A world where every Muslim is able to live aithully totheir belie, building an exemplary Islamic community thatbenets humanity.”

VISION



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Every activity which Mercy Mission seeks toundertake contributes towards achieving one ormore o its core objectives:

OBJECTIVES& ACTIVITIES

• ToincreasePiety

• ToincreaseCondence

• ToincreaseSelf-suciency• ToincreaseSelessness

Ensuring that all activities contribute to the above objectives allows

Mercy Mission to concentrate on implementing ocused initiatives,

which to make a real dierence in our communities.

With the weight o these objectives our activities have been

increasingly responding to both the educational and social

needs o the communities we seek to serve. This has led to the

organisation remodelling itsel to only work in only in two areas:

• Education

• Socialservices



Enriching Lives through Knowledge - in keeping

with our motto AlKauthar Canada continues

to grow its student base o active/proactive

Muslims. AlKauthar students are behind all o our programs including Being-ME, New Muslim

Care, Women’s Resource Center, Madinah, Little

Explorers and now National Zakat Foundation.

Alhamdulillah, this year AlKauthar opened its

6th city in Canada with the launch o Weekend

courses in Montreal. World o the Unseen by

Sheikh Alaa ElSayed was well-received and

Inshallah, we are looking to oer courses in

French in Montreal by the end o the year.

2012 was marked by the acquisitions o majorcities across Canada to become the hub o

authentic and inspiring knowledge. So ar this

year, close to 1800 students have beneted

rom AlK courses in Canada. Courses covering

topics in Seerah, Tazkiya, Finance, Islamic

Sciences and Aqeedah have been oered.

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EDUCATION

ALKAUTHAR INSTITUTEwww.alkauthar.org

BEING MEwww.being-me.org

In a world where Muslimahs are wrongly perceived

as oppressed and insignicant members o the

most misunderstood aith, Being ME’s (Being

Muslimah Empowered)’ s mission is to provide

Muslimahs with an outlet to express the reality o

their liestyles, share their accomplishments that

benet humanity, and inspire other sisters to do

the same.

In 2013, Being ME, launched a new city in Canada-

Vancouver. Adding to the global movement o

sisterhood. Under the themes “Divine Liberation”

and “Inspired Hearts. Transormed Lives.” Being

Me will explore the roles o Mu slimahs, discuss

the struggles o the changing environment asthey relate to their roles, and addressed daily

challenges in creating engaging communities.

Nationwide -Being ME has inspired 6000 conerence

attendees and empowered hundreds o volunteers.



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SOCIAL SERVICES

The National Zakat Foundation, launched

in 2013 in Canada, is a groundbreaking

initiative which aims to utilize Zakat unds

collected in Canada in order to provide

help to the vulnerable members o our

community, including new converts,

widows, orphans, reugees, the elderly

and the homeless.

Through this program we aim to achieve:

•ThecollectionanddistributionofZakat

unds to eligible recipients in the Muslim

community, maintaining a 100% Zakat

distribution policy.

•Launchingcampaignstoraiseawareness

about the importance and role o Zakat,

with the ultimate aim o increasing the

level o Zakat consciousness in Canada.

•Runningeducationprogramstodeepen

the level o knowledge about Zakat and its

rulings.

NATIONAL ZAKAT FOUNDATIONwww.nz.ca

In October o 2012 the rst-ever Muslim

Women Helpline in North Amercia was

established. Since it’s launch trained

volunteers have assisted women rom

all over the globe on issues dealing with

suicide, relationship problems, abuse,

depression and more. WRC carries

a nationwide second-line o contact

database and holds strong ties with

organizations who provide immediate

emergency care to women and children.

As o 2013, the team has also grown to

to hold in house Counseling or Women

in select cities, as well as emergency

response or sisters who need our

help right away. Our organization now

provides a ull circle o services or

support or Muslim Women as well as

immediate emergency care or Muslim

Women and children.

WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTREwww.mmwrc.com

Many o our convert/revert brothers and

sisters ace extreme solitude and hardship

when they enter the old o Islam. According

to some studies 75% o new converts leave

Islam within the rst 3 years.

New Muslim Care is dedicated to provide

new Muslims a central point o contact

to assist them in th eir Islamic education,

social empowerment, and to contribute to

their positive growth as new Muslims that

benets themselves and the community.

We assist new Muslims through the launch

o local Chapters, provision o New Muslim

Care kits, and an online por tal reerral

system or new Muslims to receive help

they need.

In the rst hal o 2013, we have launched

9 Chapters, helped over 175 new Muslims

through the Chapters, and have distributed

170 New Muslim Care kits worldwide.

NEW MUSLIM CAREwww.newmuslimcare.com



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REAL PEOPLE. REAL STORIES.Since the launch o New Muslim Care and Women’s Resource Centre, Mercy Mission has helped thousands

rom all over the world. Many times these brothers and sisters are in situations where they are isolated and

have little knowledge to reach out. The ollowing stories touched many at Mercy Mission.

Aminah has been married

or 2 years and is suering at

the hands o her in-laws. Her

husband, although practicing

and kind to her, is unable to

stand up to her in-laws when

they emotionally abuse her and

take control over her kids. Being

in this situation has caused to

want to leave her husband asshe cannot take the pressure

rom her in-laws. Since calling

the HelpLine she has taken

active steps to communicating

with her husband and gain

condence to x the relationship

beore it is too late.

Kimberly accepted Islam

approximately 5 years and now

lives happily with her husband

and child. When she accepted

Islam her amily abused her

both physically and emotionally.

One such incident was when

her brother and mother held

her down and orced alcohol

into her mouth to drink. Shedecided it was time to leave her

home and was given assistance

rom New Muslim Care. Without

this support she would have

remained in a dangerous

environment and been orced to

Emmanual is a new Muslim

convert living in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Since his conversion he has

had signicant trouble learning

about the religion as well as

becoming a member o the

community. Majority o the

Muslims living in the city suspect

he is a Mossad agent and reuse

to talk to him. Since New MuslimCare got in touch with him, he

has been corresponding online

with a brother in Canada to learn

more about Islam and share his

experiences.

AMINAH,WATERLOO

KIMBERLY,MISSISSAUGA

EMMANUEL,ISRAEL



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At the end o 2011 Mercy Mission was able to carry over a large sum to establish its programsor the year. As a result, we were able to spend the money earned in 2011 as a boost to currentrevenues in 2012. The theme or Mercy Mission in 2012 was to ocus on execution o programsand less on undraising. New Muslim Care, Women’s Resource Centre, and Mercy MissionMadinah thereore were in a strong nancial position to carry orward.

CANADIAN FINANCIALREVIEW

$10K

-

$20K

$30K

$40K

$50K

MADINAH NMC WRC

$20K

-

$40K

$60K

$80K

$100K

BEING ME SHARED



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REVENUE

Total Revenue

New Muslim Care

Women’s Resource Centre

Being ME

Shared

Mercy Mission Madinah

Total Assets 2011

$3,965

$28,889

$6,283

$101,306

$135,787

$276,230

$41,243

EXPENSES

Program Services

Management & General

$194,053

$123,420

Total Expenses $317,473

$10K

-

$20K

$30K

$40K

$50K

JAN

MONTHLY FUNDRAISING REVENUE

$5K

$15K

$25K

$35K

$45K

FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC



Each and every Mercy Mission

program is run by the dedication and

hard work o dozens o volunteers.

With teams exceeding 50, our amazing

volunteers are ready to get the job

done, whether it is setting up tables

early Saturday mornings or courses,

buying and transporting truck loads

o items, staying up all night to set up

conerence halls, collecting hundreds

o pledges, or inviting their amily

and riends to partake in a mission

to ullll the vision o the the Final

Messenger, salAllahu alaihay wasalam.

SUPER ANSAARS

VOLUNTEERS“Help ye one another in righteousness and piety,but help ye not one another in sin and rancour.”[Quran, 5:2]

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CONTACT

INFORMATIONPhone: 1-855-MADINAH (623-4624)Website: mercymission.ca

Email: [email protected]

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