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May 11 2017

With The Roof Halfway Covered, Zaman International Continues Services and Financial Outreach

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Zaman International Hope for Humanity is a non-profit organization which provides assistance to the most vulnerable women and children experiencing poverty in Southeast Michigan by providing essential services to stabilize families with a monthly supply of food and household items, as well as workforce development training to break the cycle of generational poverty.

All of these services are provided right now, under a leaking roof, in a welcoming space, at the 40,500-square-foot Hope for Humanity Center in Inkster, Michigan. Last year, Zaman International moved into the Hope for Humanity Center, which includes a food pantry, good deeds store, furniture warehouse, and classrooms for the literacy and workforce development programs–and, now, during the Spring season, the deficiencies in the roof have become more than evident. Detroit’s local Channel 4 news covered the roof campaign last Friday and again a couple of days ago, so you may have seen the video of the leaking in the food pantry. More

Zaman International Hosts Tea-Themed Brunch To Celebrate, Raise Money for Women

Zaman International, an Inkster-based humanitarian organization that provides urgent needs and job skills training for impoverished women with children, will host a Mother’s Day “ChariTea Brunch” on Saturday, May 6 at Crystal Gardens in Southgate to raise money for its programs. The annual women-only event, which goes from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., will feature catering by Habib’s Cuisine in Dearborn, raffles for more than 90 gift baskets, and a “marketplace” to shop for locally made products.

The brunch will be sponsored by Retea, a Detroit-based company owned by Ali Bazzi and Saad Saad, who will treat guests to a tea bar with gourmet drinks and a packet of tea to take home. Guests can also shop for Retea products at the marketplace, as well as homemade chocolate from Narang Desserts and baked goods from Planet Bakery and Crème au Beurre Pâtisserie. The marketplace will also feature items sewn by Zaman’s sewing students and handcrafted bath products from Soap4Hope, a company founded by Zaman volunteers.More