This winter, thousands of families in Gaza and Sudan are preparing to face the cold with no shelter, no warmth, and no protection.

Shaykh Mikaeel Smith is joining the Human Development Fund (HDF) this winter to stand with families who are enduring unimaginable hardship. As temperatures drop, the cold becomes another layer of suffering for children, elders, and displaced families already carrying the weight of conflict, hunger, and loss.

Through HDF’s Winter Warmth Campaign, we are working to bring comfort and stability to those who have nothing to shield them from the cold. This effort is part of a coordinated relief plan spanning twenty one countries, but today, we are focusing our hearts and our support on Gaza and Sudan, where the need is urgent and the suffering is overwhelming.

Gaza: Winter under displacement and devastation

In Gaza, families displaced across northern and central areas are facing winter in torn tents, damaged shelters, and makeshift spaces with little protection from the cold. Many have lost their homes entirely and depend on daily emergency relief to survive.

HDF’s winter response in Gaza provides
• Winter clothing
• Blankets
• Tent reinforcement
• Hot meals

Every contribution brings warmth to a family who has already endured far too much. This is not only about surviving the cold. It is about giving people a moment of comfort in a place where comfort has become rare. Today, you can answer their call.

Sudan: Families displaced by conflict facing winter with nothing

Sudan is experiencing one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. Conflict has displaced families across Port Sudan, Kassala, Al Jazirah, and northern regions, leaving them without stable shelter or the means to stay warm.

HDF’s winter support in Sudan includes
• Coats
• Shawls
• Socks
• Shoes
• Blankets
• Heaters

For families who fled violence with nothing but the clothes they were wearing, this support brings immediate relief and reassurance during the coldest months.

Your support brings warmth, protection, and dignity

The Winter Warmth Campaign is designed to provide immediate support for survival. Across Gaza and Sudan, your giving helps children, widows, elders, and displaced families receive the essentials they need to get through winter safely. Every blanket becomes a shield. Every warm meal becomes a moment of comfort in the middle of crisis. This is a call that falls on all of us to join this effort and share the warmth with families who cannot afford to be forgotten.

Together, we protect families. Together, we bring warmth. Donate Now.