Zakat (Obligatory Charity)

Latest Updates Hidaya Foundation’s 2017 Accomplishments

Education Program:

No Orphan without Education: Supported nearly 9,000 orphans each month in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Guinea and Cameroon

Support Hidaya Schools: Operating 80 schools with over 10,000 students from KG – 8th grade in Pakistan

Adult Education: Educating over 1,000 non-literate male and female adults to 8th grade level in Pakistan

Support Poor Students: Supported over 10,000 students in Pakistan

Job Skills Training: Trained nearly 1,000 students in sewing and over 1,800 students in driving in Pakistan

Hidaya Institute of Science & Technology (HIST): Educated over 200 students in software development

Hidaya Institute of Farming & Agriculture (HIFA): Educated dozens of young adults in ways of cultivating the land, growing vegetables, taking care of date palm trees and mango orchards at Hidaya Garden

Social Welfare Program:

One Million Meals: Distributed dry ration packages to families in 7 different countries (Pakistan, Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo), enough for well over 1,000,000 meals

Widow/Orphan Support: Supported nearly 5,000 widows and their orphaned children each month in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Guinea and Cameroon

Marriage Support: Helped 16 young couples with their marriages

Container Shipment for In-Kind Donations: Sent 29 forty ft. containers with donated goods to benefit the poor of Pakistan, worth over $530,000

Sadaqah Sacrifice: Sacrificed 2,555 goats and 178 oxen and distributed the meat to benefit tens of thousands of families in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Guinea

Aqiqah (Sacrifice for a newly born child): Sacrificed 283 goats on behalf of donors and distributed meat to benefit thousands of families

Qurbani / Udhiya: Arranged 5,200 shares of Qurbani on behalf of our donors (3,878 ox/buffalo shares, 1,322 goats/sheep) and distributed the meat to over 50,000 poor families throughout 18 countries (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, Cameroon, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Benin)

Disaster Relief: Supplied volunteer teams to aid families affected by US Hurricanes, helped rebuild homes for families affected by Bangladesh Floods, providing food, medicines, and other basic needs for Rohingya Refugees, and collected funds for families affected by Northern California fires

Kaffara: Distributed 1,154 dry ration packages to families, benefiting nearly 5,000 individuals

Fidya: Distributed over 7,710 dry ration packages to families, benefiting over 35,000 individuals

Sadaqat-ul-Fitr: Distributed 3,000 dry ration packages to families, benefiting nearly 20,000 individuals in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Car Program: Received 22 vehicles as donations and gave them away to families in need locally near our SF Bay Area headquarters

Environment Program:

Clean Drinking Water: Installed 533 Water Hand Pumps on behalf of our donors, and distributed nearly 10 million liters of water via water tanker benefiting over 100,000 people

One Million Trees: Planted nearly 20,000 seedlings

Green Energy: Running 9 of Hidaya Trust’s offices in Pakistan on solar, reducing electricity costs and ensuring smoother operations during frequent power outages

Health Care Program:

Medical Assistance: Supported 230 poor patients in need by arranging more than 2,500 examinations and treatments for them

Updated on March 8, 2017.