http://www.zakat.org/ en Zakat Foundation of America Copyright 2012 2012-01-31T18:28:56+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/somalia/water_for_somalis/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/somalia/water_for_somalis/#When:17:28:56Z Zakat Foundation of America's water well building project begun to alleviate Somali water shortages. Campaign News 2012-01-31T17:28:56+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/a_new_mosque_for_kenyans/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/a_new_mosque_for_kenyans/#When:17:24:49Z Zakat Foundation of America breaks ground on a Kenyan mosque. Campaign News 2012-01-31T17:24:49+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/syria/update_medical_clinics_for_syrian_refugees_in_lebanon/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/syria/update_medical_clinics_for_syrian_refugees_in_lebanon/#When:19:12:58Z Zakat Foundation of America's Lebanese clinics provide care to Syrian refugees. Campaign News 2012-01-27T19:12:58+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/usa/how_to_become_rich/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/usa/how_to_become_rich/#When:19:02:10Z So say you give one dollar to a person in need. According to this ayat, Allah will return that to you sevenfold, turning your one dollar into seven dollars. Donating to charity is a way for Muslims to purify their wealth; by giving a small part of you earnings away you remove the possibility of having any doubtful wealth such as interest. Foundation News 2012-01-27T19:02:10+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/3_mobile_health_clinics_opened_in_kenya/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/3_mobile_health_clinics_opened_in_kenya/#When:22:19:57Z Zakat Foundation of America (ZF) believes that healthcare is a human right. In order to provide healthcare not only do we open mobile health clinics around the world, but we mobilize local volunteer-doctors and health professionals to give back to their communities. In December, ZF funded three Mobile Health Clinics in Kenya, in the cities of Matete, Matungu and Mount Elgon. Campaign News 2012-01-19T22:19:57+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/syria/40_foot_container_filled_with_relief_supplies_shipped_to_syrian_refuge/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/syria/40_foot_container_filled_with_relief_supplies_shipped_to_syrian_refuge/#When:15:55:07Z On December 6, 2011 Zakat Foundation of America (ZF), filled a 40 foot container of clothes, shoes, blankets, school supplies, toys, medical supplies, personal care, and other emergency relief items and shipped it to Syrian refugees in Turkey. The container is valued at about $150,000 and is now on its way to southeastern Turkey. Campaign News 2012-01-19T15:55:07+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/a_new_mosque_in_kenya/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/a_new_mosque_in_kenya/#When:15:05:47Z Malakisi is a small village in Kenya's Western Province where most people live on less than a dollar a day. The village has a sizable Muslim population and, until a few days ago, a mosque that was too small and run-down to serve the Muslim population. Campaign News 2012-01-17T15:05:47+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/zakat_foundation_saves_the_situation_during_doctors_strike/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/zakat_foundation_saves_the_situation_during_doctors_strike/#When:20:39:55Z Bungoma: While most of the country’s health services were nearly paralysed by last month’s doctors’ strike Zakat Foundation of America opened up free mobile health clinics in rural areas of Matete, Matungu and Mt. Elgon to mitigate the effects of the strike. Foundation News 2012-01-16T20:39:55+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/a_safe_house_for_oppressed_and_abused_women/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/kenya/a_safe_house_for_oppressed_and_abused_women/#When:22:50:40Z A young girl from the Congo, Aline Uzamukunda was only 14 when she met a man in Rwanda who promised he would bring her to Kenya for a better life. When they arrived in Nairobi however, the man locked Aline up and declared her to be his new wife. After countless days, Aline managed to escape from the man who held her captive and found sanctuary in Zakat Foundation of America’s (ZF) Safe House Program in Nairobi, Kenya. Campaign News 2012-01-09T22:50:40+00:00 http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/china/rumi_international_school_gives_hope/ http://www.zakat.org/news_and_multimedia/campaign_news/china/rumi_international_school_gives_hope/#When:22:45:15Z The main objective of the school is to provide quality education to its students while creating programs that cater to the social, mental and emotional development of the refugee children. By the grace of Allah (swt), thousands of students have been educated at Rumi International School. Campaign News 2012-01-09T22:45:15+00:00