Each year Pen of Mercy distributes non-perishable food packages to poor families in Pakistan just before Ramadan.

In 2025 Ramadan we distributed over 850 food packages to poor and refugee families in various regions of Pakistan.

The approximate cost of each package is $50. The cost fluctuates depending on the cost of the items in Pakistan and the $ exchange rate.

Each package lasts approximately two to four weeks for a family depending on the size of the family. Many households in Pakistan have more than nine members due to the fact that the elderly grandparents also live with the family. The following items are included in each package:

• Flour (40 kg bag)
• Ghee/Cooking Oil (5 kg container)
• Rice (5 kg bag)
• Sugar (5 kg bag)
• Tea (0.5 kg package)
• Daal - Lentils (2 kg bag)
• Rooh Afza – Sweet red syrup drink (1 liter bottle)
• Dates

We include 40 kg of flour in our food packages because flour is the main staple food of the poor families in Pakistan. We want to make sure they get enough to last them the whole month of Ramadan.In some regions we include kidney beans and/or besen flour (gram flour) also.

Our beloved Prophet, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever provides the food for a fasting person to break his fast, then for him is the same reward as his (the fasting person's), without anything being diminished from the reward of the fasting person."