06 Feb 2023

Devastating earthquakes have struck South Turkey and Northern Syria causing incredible levels of destruction in urban centers. Casualties continue to soar as emergency response teams scramble to free people from the rubble. The initial 7.9 Magnitude...

15 Dec 2022

The situation in Somalia is a catastrophe. It is the worst drought in 40 years and has been exacerbated by global and local conflicts, economic instability and sharp rises in the cost of food. The country has hardly had time to recover from the drought...

11 Nov 2022

This winter, millions of refugees, displaced families, and impoverished communities are facing the cold with little means of protection. The world is in a delicate position, economies are failing, food prices are soaring and the most vulnerable amongst...

29 Aug 2022

Weeks of torrential monsoon rains, close to three times the average national levels, have resulted in widespread flooding across Pakistan. More than a thousand lives have been lost and over 30 million impacted. The floods have destroyed hundreds of...

02 Aug 2022

Madagascar has faced an extended drought and resulting food and nutrition crisis in recent years. It was also battered by six successive cyclones in early 2022 bringing further misery. At the height of the food crisis communities in the South were...

04 Mar 2022

Severe drought, economic collapse and decades of conflict have pushed Afghanistan to the brink. Acute hunger is at record levels with over 24 million people in need of lifesaving assistance and millions knocking on famines door. Over half of all...

12 Oct 2021

At least 2.1 million people in Kenya are currently experiencing severe food insecurity in Kenya, with this number expected to rise to 2.4 million by November. This is almost triple the number at the same time last...

23 Mar 2022

Poverty in Lebanon now affects over 80% of the population. Devastating economic collapse has led to a 281% rise in inflation and heightened deprivation in most sectors. The change has been dramatic, and the average standard of living has dropped rapidly...

23 Mar 2022

The DR Congo was recently identified as the location of the world’s largest hunger crisis with the largest number of people facing food insecurity. There are 27.3 million highly food-insecure people across 26 provinces of the DRC and some 5.2 million...

03 Feb 2023

In Gaza, years of blockade and recurrent cycles of hostilities have had a severe impact on local infrastructure, delivery of services, available livelihood opportunities and the ability of families to cope. Palestinians in Gaza are locked in and unable...

23 Mar 2022

When Cyclone Amphan struck Bangladesh in May 2020, over a million people were affected, 350 000+ homes were damaged, and more than 60 000 homes were completely destroyed. Over a 100 000 more faced intensive monsoon flooding in August 2020 which caused...

13 Apr 2021

An ongoing internal conflict that has torn a country apart, the Syrian uprising began as part of a wave of social upheaval throughout the Arab world demanding greater political freedom and an end to autocracy....

30 Mar 2022

After eleven years of the Syrian crisis, countless refugees and internally displaced Syrians are struggling to survive. Millions have taken refuge in neighbouring countries and for those displaced or living in towns and cities, many cannot meet their...

30 Mar 2022

Airstrikes, armed clashes and attacks on civilian infrastructure which have been going on since March 2015 have resulted in the world’s largest food security crisis and enabled the spread of cholera at an unprecedented scale. More than half of the...

30 Mar 2022

Drought and conflict have displaced countless numbers in East Africa. They resettle in areas far from home, with limited resources and insufficient shelter. Al-Imdaad Foundation’s office in Kenya has been able to assist these communities by establishing...

27 Jan 2023

The Al-Imdaad Foundation has been working in Palestine since our inception in 2003 and has made tremendous and significant strides in rehabilitating the over-burdened health sector in Gaza. We have actively been involved in the “females friendly” Essahaba...

04 Nov 2021

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24 Aug 2022

Every living organism requires water to live. This is how the Creator has created life in this world. According to the (Sphere Project, 2011), an initiative setup by the UN to promote quality and accountability in humanitarian activities, “Water...

30 Mar 2022

Jordan has always been home to a large number of refugees, initially these were mainly Palestinian refugees but ever since the Syrian uprising Jordan has become one of the greatest hosts of Syrian refugees in the middle east. Many of these refugee...

13 Apr 2021

Kashmir is the beautiful, contested region at the heart of 70-year-old dispute. Beginning August 2019, things took a turn for the worse with curfews and security checkpoints limiting movement and placing added difficulties on average Kashmiris. As...

06 Apr 2021

The Al-Imdaad Foundation’s office in Kenya started Darunnisaa as an empowerment training centre to provide education and skills to post primary students who cannot afford to attend high school. The centre provides instruction in English, Arabic and...

30 Mar 2022

Jordan has always been home to a large number of refugees, initially these were mainly Palestinian refugees but ever since the Syrian crisis Jordan has become host to one of the largest numbers of Syrian refugees in the Middle East after Turkey and...

30 Mar 2022

Rakhine, the poorest region in Myanmar, was home to more than a million Rohingya who have faced decades of persecution in a country, where they are not even considered citizens. The Rohingya are one of the most helpless and forsaken peoples of the...

30 Mar 2022

After the most recent series of Israeli attacks the already scarce water resources in Gaza were even further limited due to the destruction to water and electrical infrastructure. Gaza’s only aquifer, the coastal aquifer has fallen to almost 15 metres...

30 Mar 2022

Kenya has been described as the hope of east Africa and has become a regional hub that promises growing development opportunities. However, poverty in Kenya is still a major issue with almost half the country living below the poverty line. In arid...

30 Mar 2022

The brutal history of communism in Albania left a scarred population and a struggling economy with the highest rates of unemployment in Europe. Almost one in 3 Albanians lives in poverty especially in rural areas and up to 5% struggle to meet daily...

30 Mar 2022

The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated places in the world with a total area of just 365 km2 where over 1.8 million people live. Palestinians are still suffering from devastating economic and social conditions brought about by waves of...

30 Mar 2022

The Al-Imdaad Foundation officially opened a health centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 18, 2010. The facility is based in Bukavu, capital of the South Kivu province, where political violence since the early 1990s continues unabated. The...

22 Jan 2021

In this time of crisis and uncertainty we all need the benefits of Sadaqah and charitable giving which have been reported in the Hadith traditions as protection from calamity, healing the sick and safety from a bad demise. That is why we are giving...

14 Apr 2022

After more than four days of continuous rainfall, KwaZulu-Natal has been inundated with largescale flooding. Rivers have burst their banks, scores have lost lives, highways have been flooded over and bridges have collapsed. Countless numbers have been...

30 Mar 2022

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18 Jan 2023

Another year passes by. Children age, exams have been passed and the dawn of the new school year is upon us. Some children will head to school, well rested and fully kitted. Others will scrape together a few items in an old plastic bag, wishing they...

07 Jun 2022

Winter is setting in at a time of global economic turmoil....

22 Apr 2022

In certain circumstances, Muslims are required to make expiatory payments to cover outstanding aspects of ritual worship or atone for intentional breaking of fasts without valid excuse. Al-Imdaad Foundation is able to facilitate these payments to eligible...

30 Mar 2022

Since inception, the Al-Imdaad Foundation has always made water projects a regular part of its activities in South Africa. With the extended drought from 2015 onwards these projects were increased to help address communities facing critical water shortages....

30 Mar 2022

Al-Imdaad Foundation teams operating from various local provincial branches regularly respond to small scale incidents that affect vulnerable communities. Oftentimes it is those who are already the worst off in terms of their economic standing that...

30 Mar 2022

As the cost of living soars and medical care becomes almost unaffordable, the queues at state hospitals lengthen considerably. For many who endure the long wait for essential medical supplies, hunger is a constant companion. A vast majority travel...

23 Mar 2022

There many people who fall through the cracks in society and struggle to get by day to day due to illness, disability, unemployment or social exclusion. While the ideal is always to empower communities and individuals to be self-sufficient, the Al-Imdaad...

30 Mar 2022

Rural areas in developing countries like South Africa are generally characterised by an inadequate satisfaction of basic needs which lies at the core of poverty. Basic needs are those human requirements that are necessary to make human survival and...

30 Mar 2022

As it is often said, a healthy body is a healthy mind and a hungry stomach does not bode well for the absorption of information. Hungry learners often struggle to concentrate in class and visit the school nurse daily with head and stomach aches. Due...

30 Mar 2022

Operation Sukuma Sakhe began as the poverty eradication wing of the KZN government first spearheaded by former premier Dr Zweli Mkhize. It aims to make meaningful household interventions on poverty possible and to address the needs of the most vulnerable...

30 Mar 2022

The Al-Imdaad Foundation’s education projects in South Africa have been ongoing for many years now and in that period the foundation has been able to support students and learners across educational levels from the early childhood development phase...

14 Apr 2021