Arctic Food Bank
The Arctic Food Bank offers essential food and supplies to Canada’s Arctic North communities, where food prices are three times higher. Your Zakat supports families struggling with hunger.
The Arctic Food Bank offers essential food and supplies to Canada’s Arctic North communities, where food prices are three times higher. Your Zakat supports families struggling with hunger.
In Inuvik, NWT, a staggering 46.1% face food insecurity, over 8 times the Canadian average. The Arctic North’s First Nations communities are in dire need.
Our Arctic Food Bank has served over 22,000 visitors since 2015, providing essential food, meat, and supplies. With branches in Inuvik and Iqaluit, between 80 and 120 families attend food distribution once every two weeks.
Your Zakat, given in Allah’s name, reaches families with nothing to eat. Imagine the reward for feeding the hungry during this sacred month.
visits are registered at the food bank annually.
Visitors served since 2015
MWC has provided emergency shelter to 19,500+ women and their children since 1996.
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Nearly 70% of Inuit homes in Nunavut experience food insecurity.
MWC established the Arctic Food Bank for families in the north in 2015.
MWC operates one food bank in Iqaluit and the second in Nunavik.
Established in 2015, over three million dollars of aid was distributed.
