Your Qurbani This Eid al-Adha: First Reports From the Field

This Eid al-Adha, you stood with families in more than 40 countries. From Gaza to Pakistan, Sudan to Bangladesh, your Qurbani became a shared table — fresh meat for households who taste it only a few times a year, and a moment of joy on a day that should belong to everyone. These are the first faces and stories to reach us. The full picture is still coming in, but we couldn't wait to show you what your generosity looked like on the ground. Thank you for making Eid arrive for them. Here's where it went.

In North Gaza, around 4,000 kg of fresh Qurbani meat was portioned and packed through the night, then carried to families on the first morning of Eid — before the prayers had even finished. In the Middle Area, a further 3,212 kg reached 1,606 families across three distribution points and two displacement camps.

“Today our children will be happy with this meat. We want to cook it for them — for three years they have not tasted the taste of meat,” one father told the team.

A few hours that looked like Eid

On the same morning, Eid prayers rose at Al Maghazi Camp in central Gaza, at the doorway of a mosque the war had reduced to rubble. And for the children, there was pure joy: across two celebrations in the north and the Middle Area, 1,000 children played, laughed and carried home 1,000 Eid gifts, while 35 families who have lost loved ones received vouchers to choose what they needed most.

Gaza — meat distribution and Eid celebrations

In Sudan, 160 cattle were shared on the first day of Eid — 70 in El Obeid and 90 in Ad Damazine — and fresh meat reached more than 3,500 families, around 5 kg each. For many it was the first meat in months: enough to fill a pot, gather the family, and let Eid feel like Eid again.

Sudan — 160 cattle shared, fresh meat for more than 3,500 families

Across District Bagh in Azad Kashmir, Peshawar, and Rajanpur, your Qurbani became 132 animals and fresh meat for at least 3,432 families. Widows and orphans were first in line, and for families living with a disability the meat came right to their door — teams climbing rough mountain tracks so that no one, however far, was left out of the celebration.

Pakistan — fresh meat delivered to families, door to door

In the camps of the Idlib countryside — Al Yasmeen, Um Al Qura and Ajyal — 558 families who have known years of displacement sat down to fresh Qurbani meat, and to a rare, ordinary kind of joy: a shared meal on a day that belongs to them too.

Syria — a shared meal for 558 families in the camps of Idlib

In Semporna, Sabah, 240 families along the coast welcomed Eid with fresh meat on the table — a quiet celebration, made possible by you.

In Saida and the towns around it, your Qurbani reached 1,460 families — 7,300 people — among them displaced families, Syrian and Palestinian refugees, sharing in Eid side by side.

Mariam, raising four boys on her own in Saida, knows how rare meat can be in a hard month. This Eid, like so many parents, she could set it on the table for her sons — and let the day feel like a celebration, not a worry.

In some of Yemen’s hardest-hit communities, your Qurbani was prepared with care and shared with the families who go without the longest — so that, this Eid, they too had meat to cook and a reason to gather.

Lebanon and Yemen — Eid celebrated with communities in need

Across the Lumbini and Kapilvastu countryside, 478 cows and 30 goats became fresh meat for families who rarely taste it — an Eid meal, and a moment of plenty, in villages far from the city.

In Nangarhar province, 6 cows were shared among families in need — fresh meat, and a share in the joy of Eid, for households who had little to celebrate with.

Nepal and Afghanistan — fresh meat, shared tables, familiar faces

In Mali, where Eid al-Adha is often the one time a year families eat fresh, nutritious meat, your Qurbani reached vulnerable households — turning a single day into a genuine feast.

In India, your Qurbani brought families together around fresh meat and the simple joy of Eid — children in their best clothes, a full plate, and a day that finally felt like a celebration.

In Bangladesh, Eid arrived with fresh meat and warmth in homes that rarely have either to spare — mothers cooking with their children, neighbours sharing, a celebration made whole by you.

These are only the first faces and stories to reach us. More countries — from Senegal and Cameroon to Tanzania — were still celebrating as this went out, and the full picture is on its way. In the coming weeks we’ll share the complete report: every place your Qurbani reached, and every family it fed.

For now: thank you. You turned one day into a celebration for families across the world. May Allah accept your sacrifice.

India and Bangladesh — Eid al-Adha brought families to the table