Al Safa Foods Partnership with UNHCR
Al Safa Foods has successfully achieved a joint partnership with UNHCR’s Islamic Philanthropy Program to give back to refugees around the world! This endeavour was made possible by Al Safa’s compassion towards helping others, and united belief amongst employees for enabling equal opportunity to our brothers and sisters across the globe.
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, to help millions of refugees who had fled or lost their homes. Today, over 70 years later, the organization is still hard at work, protecting and assisting refugees around the world.
Currently, there is more than 82 million forcibly displaced people around the world. Of the 82 million, 60% are from or reside in, member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. UNHCR launched the Islamic Philanthropy Program which harnesses the power of Zakat, Sadaqah and Sadaqah Jariyah for meeting the humanitarian needs of forcibly displaced people. In addition, the Islamic Philanthropy program launched the Refugee Zakat Fund, to help those most in need. The Refugee Zakat fund is a trusted, Sharia compliant and pioneering structure that harnesses the power of Zakat to make a positive impact in the world by supporting the most vulnerable refugees and IDPs. The Refugee Zakat Fund is backed by 11 fatwas allowing UNHCR to receive and distribute Zakat, including a fatwa from the Canadian Council of Imams.
Al Safa Foods
Back to School Campaign
Education gives refugee children, adolescents and youth a place of safety amid the tumult of displacement. Support your children and refugee children across the globe by purchasing all your favourite back to school products!
In 2021, Al Safa Halal partnered with UNHCR creating a dedicated Back to School campaign where all proceeds from orders placed online at our home delivery website will go directly to UNHCR’s Islamic Philanthropy Program.
Place your order online today at www.shop-alsafahalal.com and help give back to Refugee Children across the globe.
The Refugee Zakat Fund
The Refugee Zakat Fund follows a 100% Zakat distribution policy, meaning all Zakat funds go directly to refugees, and UNHCR covers all other distribution costs. UNHCR’s Refugee Zakat Fund supports vulnerable families by providing them with cash assistance enabling them to support their essential needs, such as rent, food, healthcare, and debt repayment.
In some specific cases, Zakat may also be distributed in the form of in-kind assistance, such as core relief items, and hygiene/shelter/education kits. The Refugee Zakat Fund follows rigorous governance tools and is monitored to ensure transparency at every step, from donation to distribution of Zakat funds to eligible families.
UNHCR's Islamic Philanthropy Program
Launched in 2017 as a strategic and long-term alignment between Islamic philanthropy, including Zakat, Sadaqah and Sadaqah Jariyah for meeting the humanitarian needs of forcibly displaced people
refugee school-age children are not in school
UNHCR places importance on the inclusion of refugee children in national education systems, leading to recognized qualifications and certification. This creates conditions in which refugee children and youth can learn, thrive and develop their potential in peaceful coexistence with each other, and with local children.
Refugee children are five times more likely to be out of school than their non-refugee peers
The Refugee Zakat Fund has distributed funds to refugees in 14 countries across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia
Education is a basic human right, enshrined in the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and the1951 Refugee Convention
The research shows that each additional year of school can increase a girl’s earnings by
Education empowers by giving refugees the knowledge and skills to live productive, fulfilling and independent lives.
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