1.0Zakat Bloghttps://zakat.unhcr.org/blogShadi Ghrawihttps://zakat.unhcr.org/blog/author/shadi-ghrawirich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://zakat.unhcr.org/blog/en/beneficiaries/the-impact-of-your-zakat-on-vulnerable-families-this-winter-the-story-of-shakiba">The Impact of Your Zakat on Vulnerable Families this Winter: the Story of Shakiba</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://zakat.unhcr.org/blog/en/beneficiaries/the-impact-of-your-zakat-on-vulnerable-families-this-winter-the-story-of-shakiba/embed" width="600" height="338" title="“The Impact of Your Zakat on Vulnerable Families this Winter: the Story of Shakiba” — Zakat Blog" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://zakat.unhcr.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SHAKIBA-1-copy.jpg610380If you meet Shakiba, you’ll notice that she talks a little bit too quickly. You might not understand some of what she is saying, but her story, her heartbreak and resilience should be heard. That’s what we are here to tell you about. Do you know that thousands of elderly refugees, like Shakiba and her husband, live in areas that reach sub-zero temperatures in winter? “When the bombing and violence started, some 15 people from my family died. We were afraid and we fled.” Shakiba. Shakiba and her husband fled Syria to Lebanon in the winter of 2014. This year witnessed a dramatic increase in displacement figures around the world with an average of 42,000 persons every day. Shakiba told us: “We came here in 2014. It was windy and snowy. We sat in the mud, homeless. We sat in a tent; God only knows about us.” “I spent two years burning old clothes and shoes in the heater to get warmth. Sometimes we ended up coughing, sometimes we got sick… only God knew about our situation.” Today, the couple live in a tent in one of the informal settlements in Arsal’s wasteland in the Bekaa Valley, where temperatures often […]