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The United Nations commemorates Human Rights Day on December 10th every calendar year. However, this year also happens to be the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which is one of the most well-known international law documents in existence today. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Thirst Relief by Hafeez Bibi Hafeez Bibi struggled with the pull of having to walk miles into her village for water versus staying at home to mend for her two young children who often fall ill and constantly require costly medication. Thanks to our Thirst Relief program and your generous

The Islamic scholar Al-Nawawi once reported that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said that “Whoever removes a worldly grief from a person in this world, God will remove from him a burden of the Day of Judgement. Whosoever alleviates the burden of a needy person, God will

Dear Friends, When we started Penny Appeal USA, we committed ourselves to furthering the cause of domestic services and sustainable development. And we’re still committed to that mission and vision. But every once in a while, an organization is tested by the bounds of its ethical responsibilities to those it

by Arsalan Iftikhar Most people do not need NASA to tell them that the “scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal†when considering the impact of climate change on our planet today. With tropical storms and hurricanes with harmless-sounding names like Harvey and Irma devastating parts of

by Arsalan Iftikhar In a [recent public letter](http://twitter.com/TheMuslimGuy/status/906174092159709185” target=”_blank) from 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the famous South African peace activist emotionally pleaded with 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn the ethnic cleansing of over 1 million Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar which