How it works
When you donate a waqf share today, it is pooled in a Sharia-compliant fund. Within one year of your donation, your waqf share generates profit will go towards food aid projects such as hot meals, food parcels, or bread deliveries to families in crisis. We purchase an asset that will provide profit, but even before your asset is purchased, your waqf share gets to work. Since our inception in 2023, we’ve purchased two properties and we aim to continue purchasing.
Today!
You donate a £100 share to waqf
Investment
We pool and invest your donation, earning an average 7% yearly return
Each year
Each year, 80% of profits go towards emergency aid projects such as food, clean water, shelter to families in crisis.
Reinvestment
10% is reinvested into a property to create more income and impact, and 10% is used to maintain your waqf.
“We will likely see a famine that we haven’t seen in decades”
41-year-old Garang was forced to flee his home with his wife and five children when his home was torched by a militia. They’re taking shelter at a camp for displaced people in North Dafur, Sudan. Sometimes they go three days without eating. He watched helplessly as his wife and children try to quell the hunger by rolling soil from the ground with water and eat it.
“Sudan’s war has created the world’s largest hunger crisis…we will likely see a famine that we haven’t seen in decades.”
Anette Hoffmann, of the Clingendael thinktank
Help us to fight malnutrition and support families enduring extreme hunger by investing your waqf to provide food aid.
Why direct your waqf to food aid?
Across the world, the scale and number of emergencies have overwhelmed communities. More than 18 million people are going hungry with acute food insecurity and more than 5 million people are just 1 step away from famine. 700,000 children are severely malnourished, and 90% of people in conflict zones rely entirely on humanitarian aid.
Donating you waqf to our food aid projects ensures that you continue to help families struggling simply to eat. Every year, your waqf investment will provide them with nourishing food.
What food aid will I provide?
Our projects are delivered in partnership with Human Appeal who have over 30 years’ experience and deliver aid in over 25 countries. Their food projects currently include:
Nourishing food parcels to last a family a month, containing beans, flour, sugar, rice, oil, and pasta.
Bread parcels, usually delivered weekly for several months, providing a secure source of food.
Hot meals, prepared with fresh local ingredients and require no cooking, ideal for crises
Treatment for child malnutrition.
What could your waqf share achieve in 50 years?
1 year
supply of daily bread for a whole family
10 food parcels
filled with essentials enough to feed 10 families for a month
4 children
Or 4 pregnant/ nursing mother with treatment for malnutrition
Projects We Implement
Waqf support fund
Help families struggling simply to eat
Food Aid Waqf
Help families struggling simply to eat
Emergency Aid Waqf
More than 305 million people need humanitarian aid. Help families in crisis year after year.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while his neighbour goes hungry.”
(Sunan al-Kubra, Sahih)
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FAQs
The Food Aid Waqf is a permanent charitable investment whose profits are used annually to provide food for families in need around the world — such as hot meals, food parcels, or bread distribution for families in emergency situations.
When you donate £100 as a waqf share, it is invested in a Sharia-compliant way — usually in a low-risk property. Each year, 80% of the profits are allocated to food aid projects, 10% is reinvested to increase future income, and 10% is used for maintaining the waqf.
Yes, you can choose which sector you want your waqf profits to support — such as food, water, or emergency aid — and we will honour your choice forever.
Because hunger has become a global humanitarian crisis — more than 18 million people suffer from acute food insecurity, and 700,000 children are severely malnourished. Through your waqf, you help provide sustainable food for families struggling to survive.
Yes, you can contribute any amount you wish. All donors’ contributions are pooled together to create a larger waqf investment that achieves a wider and more lasting impact.
Absolutely. All waqf investments are managed according to Islamic finance principles and are reviewed by qualified scholars to ensure full Sharia compliance.
