2015 Champions

Team Ruckus

Playoff round

Thank you to our sponsors

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Protecting & Serving Underprivileged People Around the World

Access to an education is a basic right && ↴ >>

Access to an education is a basic right && ↴

>> it helps break the cycle of poverty <<

At our DREAMS 2 campus, our students live in insufferable poverty, housed in homes made from valuables found in the trash.

More than half of all of these children work jobs after school, entering the workforce at as young as 4 years old.

>> these classrooms are changing their futures

If you’d like to support our DREAMS 2 schools, simply comment DONATE && we’ll be in touch.

You can also share, save, or comment your support to help us spread the message.

We appreciate you.
Peace. Love. Thaakat 💛

📞Calling out to our next sponsor ☎️ Plati

📞Calling out to our next sponsor

☎️ Platinum sponsor DailyTel ☎️

They are proud providers of the ACP program giving low income families access to FREE internet and unlimited talk and text.

Visit dailytelwireless.com/acp to learn more about affordable communication

🚨SPONSOR ALERT S/O to Silver Sponsor Madani Law

🚨SPONSOR ALERT S/O to Silver Sponsor Madani Law Office LLC @madani_esq ‼️

BUYING OR SELLING A HOME?

This practice will give you direct access to multiple full service Real Estate Attorneys. They are well known in the Chicagoland area and specialize in residential and commercial closings. The team is extremely responsive and knowledgeable, as you'll be able to tell with their perfect five star review rating! Their goal is to protect and promote the best interest of buyers and sellers. ⚖️

The home ownership journey is not easy, let this part of it be. Thank you to Madani Law for their continued support and sportsmanship on and off the courts.

*REGISTER HERE* Fortunate to have the partnership

*REGISTER HERE*

Fortunate to have the partnership of long time Feed the Need participant and head of @progressiveathletes, Yaqeen. For the first time ever, Progressive Athletes will help us make sure we’ve got some opportunities for kids to up skill themselves on the courts.

The youth basketball clinic will take place on Sunday October 8, 2023. Progressive Athletes will be donating all proceeds towards our cause✨

Slide to here more about why Yaqeen thinks you should have your kids participate ! Visit their page to learn more about ongoing programs.

To register: Tinyurl.com/kidsbball23

ANNOUNCING PLATINUM AND MARQUEE SPONSOR @nexusphar

ANNOUNCING PLATINUM AND MARQUEE SPONSOR @nexuspharmaceuticals

Known for their quality and ability to develop and improve industry standards, Nexus Pharmaceuticals delivers on critical medical needs.

Nexus has provided us with grants over the years to help us build and support our healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone and provide state of the art medical equipment for our facilities in Pakistan. They have been a longterm supporter and participate on and off the courts!

Thank you to our friends at Nexus for helping us create more impact with each dollar invested in our communities.

KONADU CHANGES LIVES Our partnership with the @ko

KONADU CHANGES LIVES

Our partnership with the @konadufoundation began in 2013. Since then, hundreds of students have had thriving opportunities at the school. Whether you’re great at reading, math, dance, arts or football—Konadu helped each student find and access their best potential.

This is Mispa and Alice, they graduated Junior High and will move onto High School next year.

If you’d like to support the future of Konadu, please visit their page!

Sierra Leone has one of the highest under 5 mortal

Sierra Leone has one of the highest under 5 mortality rates in the world. The single stream is a major source of illness and disease, causing a lack of access to clean water.

This only leads to grave dangers.

Young, vulnerable children become ill from drinking water swelling with water borne diseases where mosquitos are rampant in dirty streams.

Thank you to the Bobear Family Fund for sponsoring the new school and clean water experience. Since launching in 2021 our school is 300 students strong and gender parity has improved by 80%.

Better structures change futures.

To become a supporter, comment DONATE and we’ll be in touch!

Peace. Love. Thaakat 💛

#sierraleone #salone #sierraleoneans #charity #cleanwater #literacymatters #donations #maternalmortality

SPONSOR ALERT🚨 TMS Management LLC is a famil

SPONSOR ALERT🚨

TMS Management LLC is a family owned & privately held real estate investment firm that owns and manages residential and commercial properties.

Their property managers maintain the integrity of our investments through small and large scale projects.

With an in-house licensed realtor, our good friend and long time supporter @anamjayy , they are continually looking to further expand their portfolio. If you’ve got a property that you are looking to offload or if you are looking for an investment yourself please reach out to TMS!

📞 773-934-5590

🥘 GOLD SPONSOR ALERT Shout out to Tandoor Char

🥘 GOLD SPONSOR ALERT

Shout out to Tandoor Charhouse for sponsoring our🏀 tournament over the last several years!

Influenced by their rich cultural heritage and driven by their collective passion for the culinary arts, brothers Fahim and Faraz Sardharia present to you Tandoor Char House.

You won’t experience a culinary fusion like this anywhere else. Come for the masala ceviche and tikka masala tacos but don’t leave without their signature biryani!

They’ve got locations in Lincoln Park and River North, Chicago IL. Dine in, take out or cater with Tandoor and make sure you let them know how much you appreciate them supporting Thaakat Foundation. ✨

Visit our bio to register for the tourney or to learn more.

From Hoops for Hunger to Feed the Need, our 🏀to

From Hoops for Hunger to Feed the Need, our 🏀tournament has evolved throughout the years and many of you have been our lifelong participants. In the last decade, this event has funded the construction of our schools and health centers in West Africa, bringing in over $350,000 to dedicate to these initiatives.

#TBT to our tournaments over the last 10 years ⛹️‍♂️

Join us, @benuthaakat and @thaakat.at.uic at our upcoming tourney to take place October 7&8 2023!
 Registration CLOSES SOON. Register via the link in our bio ✨

✨🍔Sponsor Alert Another reason why you should

✨🍔Sponsor Alert
Another reason why you should register for our 🏀 Tournament

We are proud to say that @mr.broast has been a GOLD sponsor supporting us for the last 10 years!!

Year after year, participants request the famous ZINGER BURGER!

Mr. Broast specializes in mouth watering sandwiches from their famous “Zinger Burger” to paninis and their one of a kind Peri Peri Chicken. Pizza, chicken, gyros, tacos, sides—everything is made to order, and made to be AWESOME.

Thank you to Mr.Broast for being such an amazing sponsor and partner to us.

Register for the tournament via the link in our bio. Mr.Broast will be serving lunch with us on Saturday Oct. 7🤤😋

We're back with our most anticipated event of the

We're back with our most anticipated event of the year our annual Feed the Need 🏀 tournament!

Registration is open and with only a few weeks left until the big weekend what are you waiting for?

Register today and comment below on who you think will take home the 🏆 this year

Malaria. It’s the single biggest killer in Sierr

Malaria.
It’s the single biggest killer in Sierra Leone.
It accounts for over 50% of clinic cases at our facilities.
It leaves long term issues in the most vulnerable.

Here, children happily come forward to be tested during our Malaria education programs. This is done by a finger prick test.

At any given time more than half of the population will test positive.

We inform, educate and encourage early treatment. The health centers you’ve helped us build are paving the way for healthier communities.

If you’d like to support us, register your team to play in our annual basketball tournament. Link in bio ⬆️

One of our most memorable visits was touring class

One of our most memorable visits was touring classrooms at our DREAMS 2 school more than a decade ago and hearing children sing a tune to the following-

“It doesn’t matter where we’re from or what we believe, we are all Pakistani!”

The areas we work in are a melting pot of cultural and religious backgrounds. It is home to large minority populations who otherwise struggle to get the support needed to lift themselves out of poverty.

There is no division amongst them.

It is our mission to advance equity and support in these areas and share these examples of love and tolerance everywhere we go.

@idaraalkhair

BEFORE AND AFTER! DREAMS 2 is a school located in

BEFORE AND AFTER!

DREAMS 2 is a school located in the trenches of the cities landfill.

Here children suffer the most. The flies, the pollution and burning garbage create hellish circumstances.

So…we did our best to create an oasis for the children.

✨Installed cooling shade overhead for the common area
✨Introduced lunch 6x a week
✨Launched a bread bank on campus for families in the area
✨And most recently we covered the blank wall in a beautiful mural

Swipe➡️ to see the transformation!

Partner: @idaraalkhair
Project Manager: @unnisiddiquie

OUR NEWEST BREAD BANK IS LIVE! This bank is spons

OUR NEWEST BREAD BANK IS LIVE!

This bank is sponsored by @waqfglobalfoundation and built in one of the most treacherous areas of Pakistan.

At DREAMS 2, miles into the landfill, is a school filled with the chatter of young children. These children and families suffer the most.

This bank is already disbursing 500 breads/naans a day with the goal to get to 1000 daily.

Families, students and staff in this area are able to get this bread at 90% off of market price, giving them the ability to feed their whole family.

This program is in addition to a full time, 6x a week lunch program at this campus.

S/O to our country partners @idaraalkhair for ensuring this initiative delivers impact.

Ping Pong Anyone? 🏆1st Place - Team Streamwood

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! We’re excited to announc

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

We’re excited to announce the launch of our 12th annual charity basketball tournament.

Over the years, your participation has helped us raise over $350,000 to initiate projects aimed at solving poverty.

We’re not just talking about solving poverty but building schools and healthcare centers in some of the most impoverished areas of our world- thanks to you!

So are you in?

Register: https://tinyurl.com/tkt-ftn23

Visiting Tharparkar ! Since 2020, we have worked

Visiting Tharparkar !

Since 2020, we have worked with @idaraalkhair to install over 30 solar powered clean water plants.

Annually, we organize audits of all of our installed wells to ensure the spouts, water flow and solar panels are still functioning at full capacity.

This is sustainability.
Making sure what we implement lasts forever.

Although the community upholds their promise to good use and regular maintenance, we make sure we keep our promise to a good partnership.

❤️ to show our team support. They will be touring the area for days in 110F temperatures!

#cleanwater #cleanwaterforall

Looking to donate? ↴ Currently we serve over 20

Looking to donate? ↴

Currently we serve over 200,000 on-campus meals. You can help support these efforts by donating at our link in bio or DMing us the word DONATE.

We appreciate any support you’re able to contribute.

Peace. Love. Thaakat.