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الكوثر

Food, water, schooling and safe homes, from Yemen to New York.

Two volunteers lifting a packed Al-Kawthar food box in the warehouse
A smiling boy in a knit hat holding a snack

What your gift becomes.

Pick an amount and a cause. Your tax receipt arrives by email.

  • $150Feeds a family in Yemen for a month.
  • $5,000Builds one home in our village of 40.
  • 100%Of your zakat reaches families. Nothing is kept for costs.

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Feeds a family for a month.

A worker finishing the roof of a new home in the housing village

A village of 40 homes in Yemen.

Each home is carefully built by local workers for $5,000, giving a family that lost everything a safe and stable foundation.

Winter aid kit

Blankets and warm clothing for families facing the cold. Opening soon.

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Your zakat, delivered in full.

100% of the zakat we receive goes directly to rightful recipients, with no deductions for administrative or operational costs.

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Your zakat, at 2.5%$475.00
Pay $475.00

Where the river reaches.

Yemen

Food relief, clean water and the housing village.

Jordan

Families displaced by war.

Bangladesh

Relief programs with local partners.

New York

Supporting young people through college.

“Whoever saves one life, it is as if he has saved all of mankind.”
Qur'an 5:32

Our volunteers, at work.

Every box is packed by hand and handed to a family in person.

Two young children smiling at a night distribution
Volunteers stacking finished boxes
What one food box holds: rice, oil, sugar, tea and canned food
A little girl sitting on a stack of food boxes
A woman carrying her Al-Kawthar food box home
A volunteer in a safety vest packing boxes
A grandmother and granddaughter giving a thumbs up with their box

The people behind the work.

Al-Kawthar is a nonprofit rooted in the Prophetic tradition, encouraging people to serve their fellow human beings and society. We feed the hungry, aid orphans and lift up communities pushed to the margins.

About Al-Kawthar

  • Tariq MubarizChairman
  • Abdu SalehProgram Director, Yemen
  • Husna AmiraOffice Manager
  • Daniah ElhareziDonor Relationships
  • Sheikh Tanweer AhmedMotivational Speaker
  • Mohamed AbdulhafizMotivational Speaker
  • Ahmed SayedAdvisor
  • Iqbal HossainSenior Advisor
  • Pure Hands
  • The Mecca Center
  • Rahma Worldwide
  • Islamic Society of Boston