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March 6th, 2014

COO Safaa Zarzour visits Palestine and Jordan

Zakat Foundation of America Chief Operating Officer Safaa Zarzour traveled to Palestine and Jordan in February to assess Zakat Foundation of America sponsored programs.

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February 28th, 2014

North Sumatran Villagers Roll Up Sleeves to Clean Volcanic Ash

Villagers in the North Sumatran region surrounding Mt. Sinabung, which erupted in early February, are returning home to face the task of cleaning inches-deep deposits of ash off their roads, gardens and homes.

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February 28th, 2014

Top 10 Things You Need to Know About the Conflict in Central African Republic

Read about the 10 things to know about the conflict in the Central African Republic.

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February 15th, 2014

Even the Poor Can Give: Lessons from MLK Day of Service at Zakat Foundation of AmericaCCC

On a frigid Martin Luther King Day those who helped Zakat Foundation of America Community Center Chicago (Zakat Foundation of AmericaCCC) give coats to shelters got a different kind of gift for themselves.

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February 15th, 2014

Mobile Health Clinics Ease Kenyan Health Crisis

In the last week of January the doctor’s union in Kenya raised the alarm that doctors had received unexpected pay cuts as the country’s public health system goes through a massive upheaval.

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February 15th, 2014

Zakat Foundation of America Distributed Winter Kits

Zakat Foundation of America distributed 1,200 winter kits to the elderly needy, both men and women, in Dharwad and Belgaum City on Feb. 2 and 3, 2014.

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February 8th, 2014

Homeless and Volunteers Warmed By Athens, GA, Food Distribution

When Chama Ibrahim decided to drive from Delaware to Athens, GA, to serve a hot meal to the homeless, she did not expect that she would learn so much from it

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February 2nd, 2014

Zakat Foundation of America and Amnesty International Shine a Light on Syrian Crisis

As Ameenah Sawwan, a 23-year-old student from Moadamiyah, Damascus, spoke to the capacity crowd at the Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago, her voice shook slightly and her words felt like wounds being opened again.

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January 30th, 2014

First Zakat Foundation of America Teahouse springs communities into action

Zakat Foundation of America Teahouse aims to cultivate a culture of compassion by celebrating the Muslim tradition of empathy and social justice.

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January 29th, 2014

Philippine Survivors Grieving and Rebuilding After Typhoon Haiyan

Philippine Survivors Grieving and Rebuilding After Typhoon Haiyan - ZF deployed a team of representatives to distribute emergency food packages, housing...

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January 28th, 2014

Bakery and School Feed Bodies and Minds of Syrians in Need

Thousands of Syrians whose homes and livelihoods have been destroyed in the nearly three-year-old conflict that has rocked their country now have access to the most basic staple of their diet: bread.

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January 28th, 2014

Young Adults Inspired to Serve with Compassion at First Zakat Foundation of America Teahouse

Candle-lit lanterns and steaming cups of tea welcomed more than 250 high school and college-aged young adults to the first Zakat Foundation of America Zakat Foundation Teahouse, “Where Spirituality Serves Humanity.”