This Ramadan, billions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing starvation due to severe droughts. Can you give your Zakat to help feed them?
African Relief Fund (ARF) is on the ground in Somalia, Ethiopia, The Gambia, and working through partners in Zimbabwe and Kenya. We’re delivering food, water, medical assistance and basic essentials to people severely affected by extreme weather conditions and conflict. Many have lost their livelihoods. Many others have lost their homes. They are desperate and in need of the relief your Zakat can provide.
This Ramadan, your Zakat will feed the hungry and help provide for orphans and their guardian families.
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Can you give your Zakat to feed the fasting this Ramadan? ARF provides food packs to needy households and to refugees at camps that house displaced people. The packs cost £75 and contain non-perishable and nutritious food items that will last an average-sized family up to three weeks. We also provide warm iftars for poor communities throughout the blessed month. £300 allows us to feed 100 adults and children.
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Can you give your Zakat towards the regular care of an orphan child, this Ramadan? ARF supports orphans and their guardian families with a monthly stipend and a monthly food pack. We also provide annual medical check-ups for our sponsored orphans and give each child an Eid gift twice a year. Sponsoring an orphan cost £20 a month, or £240 a year.
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At ARF, we implement our projects through committed staff and volunteers who work at our field offices, or through trusted partner organisations we work with in countries where we don’t have a base on the ground.
ARF is committed to acknowledging and accounting for all Zakat donations we receive. We also ensure that our projects are fully compliant with the rules regarding distribution and eligibility of recipients. We also ensure that your Zakat reaches only those most worthy of it, according to the Islamic rulings: the poor and needy Muslims.
‘Those who spend their wealth [in Allah ‘s way] by night and by day, secretly and publicly – they will have their reward with their Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.’ (Quran, 2:274)
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Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam, after the belief in the oneness of Allah and prayer. ‘Zakat’ is the obligatory charity due to surplus wealth. Every Muslim who has a year’s worth of savings over the Nisab amount is obliged to pay Zakat to those in need, who have a right to that wealth. Zakat or ‘Zakah’ literally means to cleanse. When we, as Muslims, fulfil this obligation, not only are we honoring a divine commandment, but we are also ‘cleansing’ our wealth. When given with purity of intention, this act allows us to feel closer to Allah and happier, too, knowing we are helping others while earning rewards in this life and for the Hereafter.
Nisab is the minimum value of wealth that an adult Muslim must have in his/her possession for one lunar year to pay Zakat. Zakat is due by every Muslim whose wealth reaches this minimum threshold. Nisab is the equivalent value of 87.48 grammes of gold or 612,36 grammes of silver. Zakat is to be paid at the rate of 2,5% of total wealth. There are rules that govern how to calculate the total on which Zakat is due. If in doubt, consult recognised authorities or use our easy Zakat Calculator.
African Relief Fund is looking for ways to expand its ways to gather donations for aid projects in African communities. But we need your Help. Together, we can make a real difference in the lives of unprivileged people in Africa and give them the chance they deserve.
Your donation will reach people who are in dire need of it through our several emergency aid projects.
Sadaqah
Qurbani
Secure DonationFood Packs
Orphan Sponsorship
Health Care
Hafiz Sponsorship
Build A Masjid
Water Project
Sudan Emergency Appeal
Sadaqah
Zakat
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Your act of generosity is a beacon of hope, making a lasting impact on those in need.
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