How it works
When you donate a waqf share today, it is immediately pooled in a Sharia-compliant fund. Within one year of your donation, your waqf share generates profit that go towards livelihoods projects such as providing equipment and training to become a tailor, beekeeper, or olive tree farmer.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 livelihoods projects
Reinvestment
10% is reinvested into a property to create more income and impact, and 10% is used to maintain your waqf.
There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood
W. Somerset Maugham
Why direct your waqf to livelihoods?
Across the world, 212 million people are unemployed, with women significantly more likely to be in unpaid labour. Without training in a trade, widowed women struggle to support their children and can quickly fall into poverty.
Displaced people, refugees, and women often face restrictions in finding jobs. Our livelihood projects prioritise marginalised people and families with children who need a sustainable source of income.
We train them with experts, providing tools and skills to build businesses that grow year after year. Donate to help them live independent lives and support their families.
What livelihood support 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 livelihood projects include:
Sewing machine, tools, and training for women to become tailors.
Hives, bees, safety equipment, training and ongoing support to become a honey bee farmer.
A pair of goats and livestock management training
Tools, seeds and training to grow drought-resistant vegetables
40 chicks, training, and support to start a chicken farm.
Olive, fig, and coffee trees to farmers.
What can your waqf share achieve in 50 years?
31 Fruit trees
To restore farming livelihoods in different countries
A chicken/bee farm
Including equipment, training and support
4 women
Receive sewing machines and full training
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, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, No one ever ate any food better than that which he earned with his own hands.”
(Sahih Bukhari)
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FAQs
The Livelihoods Waqf is a permanent charitable investment whose annual profits support projects that provide training and tools to vulnerable people, enabling them to earn a sustainable income for life.
When you donate £100 as a waqf share, it is invested in a Sharia-compliant way — usually in a low-risk property. 80% of profits each year go to livelihoods projects, such as providing equipment and training to become a tailor, beekeeper, or olive tree farmer. 10% is reinvested to increase future impact and returns, and 10% is used to maintain the waqf.
A £100 donation can generate £1,370.78 in profit over 100 years, which can provide livelihoods for 53 people.
In partnership with Human Appeal, livelihood projects include: Sewing machines, tools, and training for women to become tailors. Bee hives, safety equipment, training, and ongoing support for honeybee farming. A pair of goats with livestock management training. Tools, seeds, and training to grow drought-resistant vegetables. 40 chicks with training and support to start a chicken farm. Olive, fig, and coffee trees for farmers.
Because millions of people, especially women, widows, and displaced persons, struggle to earn a sustainable income. Without skills and training, families quickly fall into poverty. Livelihood projects prioritize marginalized people and families with children, providing them with the tools and training to create businesses that grow year after year, helping them live independently and support their families.
