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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.”
January 17th, 2014
Zakat Foundation of America Establishes School in Turkey for Syrian Refugees
School in Turkey for Syrian Refugees: ZF sponsored a school for Syrian children who fled from war in their country to be able to continue their education.
January 14th, 2014
Grateful Prayers Arise from Newly Constructed Mosque in Kenya
When the rain dripped through the roof of their mosque, the humble brothers and sisters of Lwakhakha, in Bungoma County, Kenya, still gathered beneath it to thank Allah for His bounty.
January 14th, 2014
99 Orphan Project Raises $40K to Exceed Sponsorship Goal
99 Orphan Project - In less than 10 months, the 99 Orphan Project has met its goal by raising more than $40,000 for 133 orphans.
