The Zakat Foundation of America

The Zakat Foundation has partnered with the What If? Foundation to respond to the growing number of Haitian children who are at high risk of starvation.

Zakat Foundation helps provide support for 7,500 meals that are distributed weekly to more than 1,500 children and adults in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and with more than 80% of the population already living below the poverty line, the global food and fuel crisis of 2008 has hit Haiti very hard.

“It is impossible to imagine that in the 21st century we are witnessing the starvation of the children of Haiti,” says Zakat Foundation Executive Director, Khalil Demir. “This does not fit the conscience of a human. We hope that, with a small contribution, we can fulfill our responsibilities as humans.”

According to local and international aid agencies, children lack the strength to leave their homes. Similar to other countries that have been devastated by the current crisis, food is available in the region, but few people can afford to buy it.