The Zakat Foundation of America

Zakat Foundation sponsored doctors in India

Zakat Foundation encourages skilled professionals from all backgrounds and lifestyles to use their talents and expertise to act towards improving the human condition.

Over the years, we have facilitated the placement of medical doctors within impoverished communities. These doctors provide immediate care to the destitute, many of whom have been painfully living with very curable ailments. The doctors also train local healthcare workers.

In 2007, Dr. Faiz Khan, an American physician of Indian origin, contacted the Zakat Foundation with the desire to partake in such a noble endeavor. Dr. Khan is an attending physician in New York with dual specialty in Emergency and Internal Medicine.

The Zakat Foundation contacted its partner organization in India to arrange and sponsor the trip. Dr. Khan, along with his colleague Dr. Yash Chanthampally, spent two weeks touring charitable medical care projects and took part in the American Academy of Emergency Medicine in India (AAEMI) Conference in Chennei. “Serving others is to serve God” Dr. Faiz Khan mentioned upon his return. The doctor also expressed his desire to continue his overseas humanitarian effort with the Zakat Foundation.