Charities

Muslim Aid was founded in 1985 when leading British Muslim organisations joined together to respond to the endemic humanitarian crisis in Africa.

Muslim Aid is UK-based international relief and development agency, who has been working for over two decades to help save and improve the lives of millions in over 70 of the world’s poorest countries. Since 1985 Muslim Aid has been at the forefront of developing partnerships to assist the most deprived communities around the globe.

One of their key events of Muslim Aid history during the time of 1987 - 1988 emergency supplies provided to millions of Afghan war refugees fleeing across the border into Pakistan. A country office in Pakistan was opened to set up education and healthcare programmes for their incoming refugees. Orphan sponsorship scheme was then also set up initially helping 76 children in six countries.

"Whoever saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind" Qur'an 5:32

Islamic Relief is an international aidand development charity, which aims to alleviate the suffering of the world's poorest people. It is an independent Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded in the UK in 1984 by Dr Hany El Banna.

Islamic Relief strives to alleviate suffering, hunger, illiteracy and diseases worldwide without regard to color, race or creed and to provide aid in a compassionate and dignified manner. We aim to provide rapid relief in the event of man-made or natural disasters.

With over 100 branches worldwide, working in some of the most remote areas of the World, Islamic Relief is striving to end poverty.

As we have permanent offices throughout the world, we are able to implement wide ranging projects that bring real and positive change to the lives of millions.

Our vision:
A caring world where the basic requirements of people in need are fulfilled.

Our mission:
- Inspired by Islamic values, Islamic Relief work to:

• Assist individuals, groups and institutions to develop safe and caring communities.
• Help the poor to enjoy self-reliance, with dignity.
• Make it possible for those who wish to support others to reach people in need of their help.

We do this by:

• Providing assistance regardless of race, colour, political affiliation, gender or belief, and without expecting anything in return.
• Working to mitigate the affect of disasters, preparing for their occurrence and responding by providing relief and rehabilitation.
• Promoting sustainable development through programmes in education, health and nutrition, water and sanitation, and income generation.
• Advocating on behalf of the poor.
• Committing ourselves to harnessing our outputs and outcomes to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The UK Islamic Mission was formed in August 1983, it is a national organisation with over 40 branches and communities centres working across the United Kingdom who has served the Muslim community in particular and has helped to build bridges of understanding and mutual respect across faith communities. As a national organisation, they organise events at local, regional and national level to improve the understanding of the Muslim beliefs & practices, Islamic teachings, Islamic information, Islamic knowledge.

Interpal where founded in November 1994 and its a British charity that works with international funding partners on the ground to provide relief and development aid to Palestinians in need, mainly in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan. They are currently the largest British charity supplying humanitarian aid to Palestinians and is one of the largest Muslim led charities in Europe.

Interpal seeks to help Palestinians overcome the harsh conditions they face resulting from over 60 years of suffering by focusing on four main points of programs one being community development- tries to to lift communities out of poverty with long-term, sustainable solutions based on their needs. Humanitarian work – assisting those immediately affected by conflict, especially in the field of water and sanitation, Health & Medical – Distributing funds to hospitals, medical centres and local clinics to ensure continued service provision and Education programmes – in order to empower the youth of Palestine, and as a means of providing them with a better education and future.

The charity was founded on 1999 by shaykh muhammad imdad hussain pirzada and later in 2003 Junaid Jamshed joined the organisation. Muslim Charity is a leading international relief and development that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world's poorest people. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, this charities successfully carries out short and long-term development projects.

The charity was established with the overall key goal of alleviating poverty amongst Muslim communities around the world, with particular focus on Pakistan. The charity has provided emergency aid to thousands of individuals around the world and assisting on following natural disasters such as the Tsunami and the Asian earthquake.

Islamic Help is an international charity, who help those suffering from natural disaster and hardship around the world. The charity was founded in 1999 by Zarine Kharas in the UK and now is the leading online platform for charity giving, helping over 8,000 member charities raise more than £450 million.

At 8 million and counting, Islamic help users are the largest community of online charity supporters in the world.

Muslim Hands is an international working in over forty countries worldwide to help those affected by natural disasters, conflict and poverty. The organisation was established in 1993 in Nottingham, UK when aid convoys carried food, clothing and medicine for Bosnia during their war.

Overall aim for Muslim hand is to deliver relief from poverty, sickness and the provision of education worldwide and to provide an ethical service for the collection & distribution of funds.

Muslim Hands has grown to be one of the UK's foremost charities where their work encompasses 40 countries, with field offices in over 20, and spend annually in excess of £7,000,000 on projects ranging from disaster relief and medical aid, to education and tree plantation.

Human Appeal International was established in 1984 and is the British international development and relief charity based in Manchester.

In 1991 Human appeal international have been supporting lasting economic and social development in deprived areas to improve the quality of life in poor communities through education health and social development.
Over the years the charity have supported many campaign and have been particularly active in Niger who is one of the poorest countries in the world. This charity has grown since 1991 and now able to support the Indian sub-continent, Africa and the middle eastern countries.