Project Ramadan is an initiative dedicated to supporting families faced with food insecurity across Ontario. It is a non-profit organization which is 100% volunteer run under Muslim Welfare Canada (MWC). Our team focuses on closing the gap to food scarcity by fundraising through members of the community to support our basket program, partnering with local businesses to help fund our initiative, source food supplies and host basket build events where volunteers across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) come out to pack bags to be distributed to our beneficiaries. It is a collective effort where muslims and non-muslims alike come out to help support our cause.
Fighting Hunger in Canada,
One Food Basket at a Time
What We Do
Why It Matters →
In recent years, food insecurity has grown in Canada, driven by rising costs and stagnant wages. Many food banks are overwhelmed, leaving some families with limited options. Project Ramadan works to fill that gap, ensuring that every family we serve receives the healthy, affordable food they deserve.
How It Works
1. Raise Money
Our generous donors and sponsors donate towards the basket program. Project Ramadan is 100% volunteer-run, which means your dollars go far in helping feed families in need.
2. Buy Supplies
Your donations are used to buy the goods at wholesale, and we also negotiate with suppliers so that baskets retailing for $100+ only cost our donors $85.
3. Build Baskets
We host several builds across the GTA (and Ottawa), where hundreds of volunteers come together for a few hours of packing food baskets for our beneficiaries.
4. Distribute
Through key partnerships with organizations such as food banks, women’s shelters and Indigenous communities, we distribute baskets to families facing food insecurity.
Our Baskets →
Project Ramadan distributes food baskets filled with nutritious, staple grocery items to support a family in need for a month. Project Ramadan was able to get all of these items at a discounted rate of what you would pay at your local grocery store. We can’t do what we do without the love and support of our awesome sponsors and in-kind donors. Each basket includes: Chicken, Flour, Chickpeas, Kidney Beans (x2), Lentils, Vegetable Oil, Pasta (x2), Pasta Sauce (x2), Rice, Tuna Cans (x2), Dates, Honey, Salt, Sugar, and Tea.