A big thank you to Iraq Relief who raised over £500 for the Foundation at their recent London charity picnic.  Particular note of thanks to organiser Thuha Jabbar and to all the picnic-ers who attended and helped raise such an impressive sum.
The upgraded clinic is seeing more and more patients coming through the doors as [...]

Many thanks to the 12 British 10K runners who took to the streets of  London on Sunday 11 July and raised over £3,500 to date, with more to come in.  Many thanks to Rida Alwan for organising it all and a big pat on the back to our returning runners – Kariem Hussaini and 16-year old [...]

Congratulations to the FBC cycle team who took on the mighty hills of Surrey this Sunday 13 June and raised over £1600 for the Foundation.  Having battled the British transport system (cancelled trains, major delays, Northern Line problems) to get to the starting line at Cobham, the team embarked on a 5-hour marathon that was tougher [...]

We have 36 places to fill for this year’s British 10k Run on Sunday 11 July in London.  Fancy pounding the pavements to the strains of Jerusalem and the Great Escape alongside thousands of people from around the country?  If the 10k distance puts you off, don’t worry it’s not as far as it sounds and [...]

A big thank you to all our hardy volunteers out rattling collecting buckets across London tube stations on a cold and windy Saturday 13 February.  We managed to raise £722 to be spent on equipment and supplies that Haidar will bring over to Najaf in April.  The Foundation owe a big thank you to Mehdi Mohammed Ali, [...]

A big thank you to all the donors who sponsored our 10k runners and here’s the video to show what they got up to. So far we’ve received £6,505.17 from Justgiving and there’s quite a bit more to come.  The money has helped Haidar on his current visit to Iraq as he was able [...]

What a great day yesterday was.

Me and all the AHF runners really enjoyed the race. The weather was perfect, the scenes were great, and the support was fantastic. My ankle survived the 10K, it crackled and popped,and made funny noises but it got me to the finish. I made it in 1hr 22mins, which I [...]

Many thanks to all who organised last weekend’s football tournament – with collected proceeds of £292.50 going to the Al Hasan Foundation.   Read the match report on Haidar’s blog and check out the gallery for the pictures.

The Al Hasan Foundation would like to thank the boys of Lyndhurst House School for raising a staggering £4,400 from fundraising efforts through the Autumn term 2008.  Haidar returned to the school and hosted their assembly on 12 March, talking to them about his most recent visit to Najaf, how their fundraising dollars were spent and [...]