Welcome to American Islamic Diversity (AID), we understand your struggle and we want to assist you in everything you need.
Vocational training to the head of the household to get better jobs: which is the most important step. Gaining a skill and getting a career that can make the salary higher which can be sufficient to cover all the expenses. That will give the parents the opportunity to spend quality time with their children. The challenge comes with the vocational training is that most people don’t know when and where the courses are conducted, in addition to the difficulty in transporting from their resident areas to the vocational training area. American Islamic Diversity will offer the proper resources by sponsoring some of the families by paying their rent and expenses while the head of the household goes to get the training for a few weeks or months, then getting a job where he/she can sustain his/her family. Also, please note that American Islamic Diversity has partnered with Texas Work Force.
We identify the strengths and abilities of the individual for the best job match. Often our assessments turn up skill sets that our client either didn’t know about or didn’t think were valuable.
We help families to have sound financial planning, and provide for their needs during the period of training head of the house.
E.S.L. classes: Another challenge that can surround getting a proper vocational training to the head of the household is the language barrier. American Islamic Diversity hired professional instructors in order to better their English language and being able to take the courses needed.
Family counseling: The biggest crises between the members of the family is the cultural shock. American Islamic Diversity have professional certified family counselors who may visit the families and follow up in solving their issues and problems.
Food bank: Every first Saturday of each month we distribute and deliver fresh and dried groceries to over 500 families across DFW Metroplex. We partner with North Texas Food Bank.
American Islamic Diversity (AID) partners with Texas Workforce to assess the skills of the candidates to find jobs for them.
Our Organization trains the heads of the families and adults to provide them with the necessary skills and information, to qualify them to obtain jobs with sufficient income, in order to meet the needs of their families, in cooperation with governmental and non-governmental institutions working in this field.
Assisting the trainees in obtaining suitable job opportunities with an income that meets the needs of families.
We sponser some of the needy families and single mothers to start up a business/project by buying them some of the equipment, electronics and appliances that are needed, such as cooking appliances, sewing machines, laptops, and much more.
we receive furniture and household items to help rehome the new comer immigrants.
For the needy and refugee families: We know over 500 refugee families spread in hotels and apartments across the DFW area. We have been serving them on daily basis in the season of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
We work on putting the smile on the children faces by giving away gifts and toys in the seasons.
Vocational training to the head of the household to get better jobs: which is the most important step. Gaining a skill and getting a career that can make the salary higher which can be sufficient to cover all the expenses. That will give the parents the opportunity to spend quality time with their children. The challenge comes with the vocational training is that most people don’t know when and where the courses are conducted, in addition to the difficulty in transporting from their resident areas to the vocational training area. American Islamic Diversity will offer the proper resources by sponsoring some of the families by paying their rent and expenses while the head of the household goes to get the training for a few weeks or months, then getting a job where he/she can sustain his/her family. Also, please note that American Islamic Diversity has partnered with Texas Work Force.
E.S.L. classes: Another challenge that can surround getting a proper vocational training to the head of the household is the language barrier. American Islamic Diversity hired professional instructors in order to better their English language and being able to take the courses needed.
Cultural Shock and Lack of income can cause the parents to have conflict with each other, and the children rebel from their old cultural habits to try to intigrate in the west. Divorce or family member separation can be a result of the pressure on the family member. AID offer family counseling and life couching by well trained and professional therapists in multiple languages.
we don’t only serve the needy and the unfortunate, but we also offer sensitivity training and workshops on how to deal with the Muslims in the professional places. That will help the community individual to have a better understanding of each other and to coexist.
AID offers different workshops for Muslims and Non-Muslims in the following topics
The organization offers various programs in Islamic education for children and young people - for free - with the aim of immunizing them from intellectual and behavioral deviations, and preparing them to coexist with the society by embedding the Islamic values and concepts.
The organization offers training courses in reciting the Holy Qur’an, memorizing it, and contemplating it as the constitution of a Muslim’s life.
The organization provides free Arabic courses for non-native speakers to help them understand the Noble Qur’an and the Noble Hadith.
We offer a wide range of free courses in Islamic studies. These courses are conducted by qualified teachers. Courses provide students with a rich, multidisciplinary perspective on issues involving the creed (Aqeedah), Islamic rulings (Fiqh), societies, cultures, history.
Please note that we don’t charge the recipients for any service, however, we accept donations and gifts from the donors which help us continue our work. All the donations are deposited in the bank account that belongs to American Islamic Diversity and all the funds go 100% to the projects. We also ask our volunteers to fill out and sign this following form
We use different forms in order to get to know the recipients and learn about their need:
Most of the families we help have registered with us in a form and we have met them at some point. We assisted over 1500 families since 2021 and currently assisting 500+ families on a monthly basis, and the numbers are increasing.
There are multiple ways people find out about us. I mention few:
Yes. We have spreadsheets for household items distributions and food distributions.
These forms keep records of all the families we help/sponsor. They are confidential and are shared ONLY to the volunteer who is delivering items to them (only name, address and phone number) without any further information.
Yes and no. The inventory keeps changing. The donation is kept in a personal home garage and they are supposed to be delivered to the needy families right away. However, there is a spreadsheet lists the items that are given to the families and what they still need so the records would be tracked.
No, they need 4-6 months to find a job. The rehoming agency should assist them in finding jobs for them.
Some families lose their jobs after the 6 months (when they lose their privilege with the agency) and so
this is where we step in and help find jobs for them and/or vocation training.
Fortunately, AID partners with Texas Workforce, therefore, we help the newcomer families and anyone in need to get inrolled by registering themselves on the website of www.workintexas.com, then they can explore the options by getting free vocational training/education and find jobs.
Unfortunately, AID haven’t had any other organization to step in and help financially. Multiple grants have been applied for but no awards have been given yet. Donors are encouraged to pay $25 a month to help us buy the necessary things for our food pantry such as cardboard boxes, tapes and other materials that we use all the time.
Please note that we don’t charge the recipients for any service, however, we accept donations and gifts
from the donors which help us continue our work. All the donations are deposited in the bank account
that belongs to American Islamic Diversity and all the funds go 100% to the projects. We also ask our
volunteers to fill out and sign this following form.
Nextdoor, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and I go to some international stores and leave our flyers there. However, we don’t have the budget to broadcast further than that at the moment.
Depending on the size of the family. If they are more than 6 individuals, most likely are placed in houses.
Not many. Most of the ones who come with disability get Medicaid. For the ones who need any medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, etc. or tools can request them and we'll find a way to get them for them.
Most of these refugees have Medicaid. The parents don’t get Medicaid once they start working, but the
children remain on the welfare.
Please note that more than 75% of the people we help are refugees, but we also help anyone in need with
no discrimination. We have homeless and people who just got out of jail, or/and families lost their jobs
and need assistance.
The limitation of AID, that there is no physical warehouse to store the large items. Most of the items donated are stored in a personal garage and are delivered to the homes as needed. At the meantime, AID do not intend to collect large furniture and usually contact other bigger organizations to do the task for them. In many occasions, AID had to rent a UHAUL truck to transfer the larger items to the homes or the Food boxes of the food pantry to Tarrant County.
AID is thriving to have a sustainable funding to get a place for rent and purchase a big vehicle that can move the items. So far the recurring amounts that AID is receiving monthly can barely cover the expenses of the Food Pantry.
Yes, AID has put the request to open another food pantry in Tarrant County, since the food we are getting is from the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) and is supposed to be for Dallas County only. We are waiting for their reply. Once we get approved, we will be looking at some places in Fort Worth/Garland to be able to receive the food and pack it for at least once a month. That will also open the opportunity for us to find a place to store the donated household items.
As it is mentioned before, the capacity of AID doesn’t solely depends on giving in-kind donation. The unique target of AID is to help the families to find job and better their situation. Giving in-kind donations is just the first step in getting to know the families and learn about their struggles and needs.
Most of the donors who donate would contact AID first to inform them of the items that they want to give. AID decides whether the item is usable by the recipient or not.
Here is a list – not limited – of the things which are needed the most:
We accept (For Refugees and Unfortunate people):
Please see the list of things that we accept on the previous question.
Unfortunately, we don't accept any clothes or shoes or books unless they are upon request from the recipient families. The donation must be new or gently used and must match the same size and gender requested.
Yes, we have initiated a project called Sister's Closet: for the hijabi Muslim sisters. The rack of the clothes is placed in the mosques for any female enters and would like to try out the modest Islamic clothes. We only accept headscarves (hijabs), underscarves, Abayas and Jilbabs. They must be new or gently used.