Zakat Foundation of America in
Mali
Response to Humanitarian Crisis
Years of conflict, inflation, climate shocks, and insecurity have pushed Mali into deep humanitarian crisis. In 2026, 5.1 million people require urgent aid, with food insecurity and malnutrition threatening children and vulnerable families. Zakat Foundation of America responds through both emergency relief and long-term development. Since 2014, partnerships with community health centers have expanded access to healthcare services, including maternal care and malnutrition treatment. Ongoing rice distributions, Ramadan food programs, and Udhiyah meat distributions strengthen year-round food security, while orphan sponsorship ensures education and protection. Livelihood programs, livestock support, clean water wells, and a new child care center protect vulnerable children; restoring dignity, resilience, and hope in Mali.
Our Impact in Mali
Stories of Change
Meet Fatoumata, a little girl fighting clubfoot and the weight of poverty. Born without a birth certificate or vaccines, her condition forced her mother, shunned and desperate, to flee Ségou for refuge in Bamako. With no steady work, hope was slipping away. Then you stepped in. Through Zakat Foundation of America, Fatoumata received overdue vaccinations and free medical care. Today, her family asks for your continued support to treat her foot so that she can walk, heal, and reclaim a childhood filled with dignity and opportunity for her future.
Meet Awa Traoré, a 57-year-old grandmother who has spent her life in this village. For years, survival meant walking hours for water; heavy buckets from an artesian well that often dried up or made children sick. Then you changed everything. With the new well, clean water flows nearby. Awa can fetch water with dignity. Her grandchildren no longer suffer from diarrhea or stomach pain. Health has replaced fear. Hope has returned. Thanks to you, this village can dream of gardens, stability, and a safer future.
Our Work in Mali
Orphan Care 2025
Establishing a New Orphanage in Mali
Children matter. Speaking from the capital of Bamako, Mali, Executive Director Halil Demir takes you through the construction and planned programs for our newest orphanage in the country. Watch to see how we’re transforming this special new space for orphans.
News From Mali
7/30/25
A Vision for Mental Health: Executive Director Halil Demir Visits Our New Care Unit in Mali
Discover how the Halil Demir Mental Health Unit in Bamako, Mali, is expanding mental health care access and support for communities in need. Learn more.
Stories, Mali
7/24/25
Zakat Foundation of America’s Executive Director, Halil Demir, Brings Healing and Hope to Mali
Discover how Zakat Foundation of America brings hope to Mali with mental health care, orphan support, medical aid, and community empowerment. Join our mission.
Stories, Mali
6/17/25
Fighting Mali’s Growing Water Crisis in Nioro, Mali with Water Trucking
Help fight Mali’s water crisis. Support Zakat Foundation’s water trucking project in Nioro, delivering clean water to families and building community resilience.
Stories, Mali, Water
Captured Moments: A Glimpse of Our Work
Orphans in Mali receive Ramadan kits to celebrate the blessed month.
Medical supplies and motorcycles gifted by donors will ensure clinics have the necessary items to provide lifesaving medical care in Mali.
Orphans in Mali receive school supplies to ensure they have the tools to a better education.
Our water projects in Mali help families secure safe drinking water while empowering them to continue on the path to success.
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Women in Mali celebrate access to clean water as respite from long dangerous walks to contaminated water sources.
A family will be fed with your support for our food packages
Construction of our orphanage is underway in Mali
Eid gifts for orphans ensure they celebrate and their guardians can see them smile
Eid was made extra special with a new dress for our sponsored orphan
Families in Mali no longer have to drink from contaminated sources due to our water trucking
Families secure their livestock at our distribution with hope for a better tomorrow
Livestocks create livelihoods and a path to self-sufficiency
Mr. Demir oversees our newest orphanage construction in Mali
Our sponsored orphans in Mali on a day of recreation
Our teams cook fresh iftar meals for the community in Mali
Ramadan food packages ensure healthy and filling meals for families in need
Rice, a household staple, is welcomed relief for families in need
Your support brought smiles and hope to families facing food insecurity
Help Mali Now
Food Security
Delivering urgent food in Ramadan & year round to relieve starvation.
Support Food SecurityLivelihoods
Lifting people out of poverty & ensuring their self-reliance.
Make a Gift to LivelihoodsHealth & Wellbeing
Leading critical projects to heal bodies, minds, & souls.
Give to Health & WellbeingSeasonal Islamic Giving
Additional opportunities to provide more aid throughout the world.
Give to Seasonal Islamic GivingEducation
Providing access to education & creating powerful antidotes to unrest, distrust, & war.
Give to Education
