Muslim Link tries to highlight the fundraising efforts of Muslim Canadian organizations and individuals in our Crowdfunding/Fundraising Section. We often learn of both the inspiring and harrowing stories of our Canadian Ummah from these campaigns.

Recently, London Ontario based Huma Khan, the mother AbdAllah and Ahmad, reached out to us to see if we could highlight her family’s urgent need to purchase a wheelchair accessible van for her sons. 

SMILE Canada - Support Services is hiring an Administrative Assistant (Canada Summer Jobs) in Mississauga, Ontario.

Farid Ahmed and Aisha Siddiqui reside in the Greater Toronto Area with their daughters Eshal and Amani.

In partnership with the Muslim Awards for Excellence (MAX) they have established the Eshal and Amani Scholarship For Persons with Disabilities in order to support a Muslim Canadian college or university student who lives with a medically documented disability identified by a psychologist or a medical doctor.

Every Tuesday, Aaliya Jaffer walks into the principal’s office of the As-Sadiq Islamic School and greets the administrative staff with a cheerful smile and “Salaam alaykum”. She signs herself in and gets ready for a full day at school volunteering with the grade 3 teacher and her students.

Help the Khan family buy a wheelchair accessible van for him.

Soleiman Faqiri’s stay at the Central East Corrections Centre (CECC) was meant to be a temporary measure, yet it ended up being fatal.

What do Imams and soccer have in common?

Syrian Canadian Sara Takieddin crowdfunded on LaunchGood.com in order to pay off the debts she accumulated while struggling with mental illness and financial distress as an immigrant to Canada after her marriage ended badly.

The Syrian Canadian Foundation wants to make Dema's dream to participate in the Paralympics come true.

October was Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Awareness Month. According to the Toronto Brain Vascular Malformation Study Group: "An AVM is a tangle of abnormal and poorly formed blood vessels (arteries and veins). They have a higher rate of bleeding than normal vessels. AVMs can occur anywhere in the body.  Brain AVMs are of special concern because of the damage they cause when they bleed. They are very rare and occur in less than 1% of the general population."

The risk of bleeding with AVM increases as a person ages. The typical age of discovery is between the ages of 20 to 40. Bleeding can often result in stroke, resulting in permanent disability and even death. There are treatments to reduce the risk of bleeding. The cause of AVM is unknown but it is believed to develop in utero and affects all races and genders.

Muslim Link took the opportunity to interview a young member of Ottawa's Muslim community Anne-Marie Lavallee, about her experience as someone with AVM in order to help our readers better understand a condition which, although rare, can have a serious impact on the lives of those who live with it.