Ramadhan 1447 · 1,701 families fed across Kenya and Somalia

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Ways to give

Ways to give

Sponsor a child, feed a family in Ramadan or give where the need is greatest. Each gift is recorded against its fund and reported back to you in your dashboard. Pay by M-Pesa or card.

Our first focus
Children's homes

Education and care

Sponsor a child in a children's home and follow their schooling, term by term.

Funds

Every fund kept separate, so your intention is kept too

كفالة اليتيم

Orphan sponsorship

School or personal

Sponsor a child's schooling or personal needs. You get a profile, a report every term, and a record of every expense.

Sponsor a child
إفطار

Ramadan food packs

Seasonal

Food packs and the Iftar Drive for families through the holy month, packed and delivered by our volunteers.

Give Ramadan food packs
صدقة

Sadaqah

One-off or monthly

General charity, one-off or monthly. It goes where the need is greatest: school fees, medical help, emergency relief.

Give Sadaqah
عام

General & Emergency

Where most needed

Unrestricted support for emergencies and running our programs, used wherever it is needed most.

Give General & Emergency
وقف

Waqf

Ongoing reward

A lasting endowment. The asset stays in place and its benefit keeps funding our programs for years.

Give Waqf
أضحية

Qurbani

Eid al-Adha

Your share is sacrificed on Eid al-Adha and the meat is distributed to families on our welfare list.

Give Qurbani
زكاة

Zakat

Ring-fenced

Paid only to eligible recipients: families in poverty, orphans in need, and those in debt. Reported separately every year.

Give Zakat
Transparency

Your intention, kept.

Zakat is ring-fenced

زكاة
  • Held in a separate Zakat fund and only spent on eligible recipients.
  • Never mixed with Sadaqah or general donations.
  • Never shown on any leaderboard.
  • Download your annual Zakat statement from your dashboard.

See where your money goes

  • Every gift is recorded against its fund.
  • Approved expenses are matched to donations oldest-first.
  • Your dashboard shows what was spent and what is still held.
  • Receipts for every payment, by M-Pesa or card.
Sponsor a child

Give monthly, see every expense

A report every term and a receipt for every fee and item.

Campaigns

Give to a specific project

Iftar Drive, school fees, Qurbani and more, with live progress from our ledger.

Waqf

Build something that outlives you

A well, a borehole, a classroom or a mosque, in full or as a share, with a name plate.

Companies

Corporate partnerships (CSR)

Bulk or custom projects run end to end by Make A Smile, with proposals, cover letters and reports.