Sponsors needed for Ramadan Mutton Project

Source: Ramadan Mutton Project donation page.

IslamicSG Networks is canvassing for sponsorships in its Ramadan Mutton Project to help reduce the costs on iftar and bubur Ramadhan, the porridge served during Ramadhan at various mosques in Singapore. 

Last year, 3,998 kg of mutton was distributed to five mosques as part of the project and the company hopes to increase distribution to more mosques this year.

For frozen mutton (stored frozen for more than two months):

1kg S$18
2kg S$35
5kg S$85
10kg S$165
18kg S$295 (one sheep)

Fresh mutton (aged less than a week from date of slaughtering)

1kg S$25
2kg S$48
5kg S$120
10kg S$230
18kg S$330 (one sheep)

Fresh mutton is scheduled for slaughtering on 22 May 2017 in Western Australia and will be flown back to Singapore and distributed to the various mosques.

The company is dedicated to pioneering and investing in information technology to facilitate and enhance the lives of Muslims and owns the IslamicEvents.SG portal.

Interested?

Donate. Sponsorship deadlines are 19 May 2017 for fresh meat and 16 June for frozen meat. 

Sponsors will receive updates on the meat distribution throughout Ramadhan 2017. Postings will also be broadcast in Islamicevents newsletters and on the blog.

Alibaba's Tmall to offer beef from Inner Mongolia, mutton from Ningxia for Chinese New Year

Alibaba Group pulls out all the stops for the largest Chinese festival on the calendar, due to start January 28. The company has kicked off its second Ali Chinese New Year Shopping Festival (阿里年货节) with a lineup of activities that not only encourage trade between urban and rural areas.

Using its strengths in marketplace, big data and logistics, Alibaba will again connect rural communities with city dwellers so the latter can stock up on Spring Festival supplies while giving rural economies a lift.

Sun Lijun, VP, Alibaba Group, who oversees the company’s rural business division, said, “Alibaba strives to create closer connections between urban and rural areas in China, narrowing the wealth gap and improving the living standard of those who live in villages. Having launched Rural Taobao in 2014, we are continuing to do more than just promoting online trade – we are striving to serve the real needs of village dwellers by also making health services, entrepreneurial support, public welfare services and more available to them.”

Tmall.com’s fresh food channel will introduce fresh fruit and meat produce from abroad – such as cherries from Australia and orange roughies from New Zealand – to Chinese consumers. At the same time, meat from the countryside – including beef from the Horqin Grassland of Inner Mongolia and mutton from Yanchi County of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region – will be brought to dining tables in the cities.