Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How much food do you think gets thrown away in your home each week?"

Watch the OzHarvest video about food waste and why wasting food wastes everything.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What should we encourage each other to do?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can there be hungry people when so much food is thrown away?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Fajr is surah 89. Find ayah 18. The key word tahaddun means you urge, encourage each other. It's not just about feeding, but about reminding others too!

Fact: How much of the world's food is wasted?

Ages 5–8: Waste watch. For one day, put a tally mark each time food is thrown away at home.

Ages 9–12: Food rescue. Find out how food banks or food rescue charities collect leftover food. Make a poster encouraging people to give.

Finish with: "I found that about ___ of the world's food is wasted."

Talk together:

• Why does Allah want us to encourage each other, not only give ourselves?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How could your family waste less food?
• How can you encourage friends to help hungry people?
• What does it feel like to share food?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will encourage ___ to help me feed someone by ___."

• Encourage your family to give to a food bank.
• Show someone your food-rescue poster.
• Next time: the next ayah (89:19) is about greedily eating what belongs to others. Explore it together!

Action: Only take as much food as you'll eat.