Volunteers worked in unison inside a commercial kitchen on Buffalo’s West Side on Sunday afternoon, prepping chicken, chopping cilantro and crushing garlic.
On the menu, courtesy of the chef Hanifah Abdus-Sabur: Coconut curry chicken with black beans and rice, cabbage and carrots.
Volunteers at Feed Buffalo have been delivering meals this month in a community effort they refer to as Sadaqah Sundays for iftar, the breakin…
By 7 p.m., these hot and halal meals, along with grocery bags filled with fruits, vegetables, rice and other healthy food, were delivered to about 75 local Muslim families in time for iftar, the meal held every day at sunset during the holy month of Ramadan. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, refraining from even a sip of water, and break the fast at sundown with iftar.
“I love giving back to the community,” said Abdus-Sabur, as she directed the kitchen. “I feel good, and I feel like I’m paying into my afterlife.”
This effort, organized by Feed Buffalo, is called Sadaqah Sundays, which was held every Sunday from when Ramadan began March 22 to when it concludes this Thursday evening. Sadaqah, as Feed Buffalo founder Drea d’Nur explains, translates to righteousness and is a word that is often used to mean a good deed.
What makes Sadaqah Sundays special, those involved say, is it meets people where they are, delivering high-quality nutritious food that is culturally relevant to those receiving it. Further, the effort comes in a city that, while it has many diverse…
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