มีเด็กอังกฤษยากจน 3.9 ล้านคน/ ในห้องเรียน 30 คน มีนักเรียนยากจน 8 คน There were 3.9 million children living in poverty in the UK in 2020-21.1 That's 27 per cent of children, or eight in a classroom
Sheikh Jaffer was born in the UK. He was the director of the DRC Group, supply northing locum doctors to the NHS in the UK, leaving in 2011.
Beginning his Islamic studies in 2005, he has studied at Jaami’a Hawzat al-Muntadhir (a) of Grand Ayatollah Syed Taqi al-Modarresi in holy Kerbala, Al Mahdi Institute, Birmingham and the Islamic College, London.
Sheikh Jaffer holds a Masters Degree in Islamic Law from the Islamic College, London with his dissertation on ‘An Islamic Theory of Global Citizenship’.
He has authored four books, The Hidden Treasure (2011), The Ways of The Righteous (2015), A Pure Land: Islamic History of Yemen (2018) and A Star Amongst The Stars: of Bio of Jabir ibn Abdullah (2020). He is also an author of many articles and publications.
Previously the Resident ‘Alim of Hyderi Islamic Centre and Hujjat Stanmore, London, he is the incoming Resident Alim of Baab Ul ‘Ilm Centre, Leeds.
Local child poverty data shows scale of problem across the UK
A child is considered to be growing up in poverty if they live in a household whose income is 60% below the average (median) income in a given year.
Even before the pandemic, 4.3 million children were living in poverty in the UK, up 200,000 from the previous year – and up 500,000 over the past five years. That is 31% of children.
The End Child Poverty Coalition (which Action for Children is a part of) has published detailed local child poverty data in 2021.
This data takes household housing costs into account. Housing costs include rent, water rates, mortgage interest payments, buildings insurance payments, ground rent and services charges.