give zakat
to gaza
No overhead. no admin costs.
With UNRWA USA’s
100% Zakat Fund,
your Zakat gift is used
to preserve the dignity of Palestine refugees in Gaza
through urgent food and cash assistance without deducting any additional expenses.
That means
UNRWA and UNRWA USA
will cover 100% of
administrative and operating costs,
so you can give to Gaza
with confidence this Ramadan.
Did you know that donations to
UNRWA’s food and cash assistance program
are Zakat-certified?
The National Zakat Foundation Worldwide
certified UNRWA’s food and cash assistance program as zakat-eligible.
In order to be zakat-eligible,
an organization or program must confirm
that beneficiaries of zakat meet specific
eligibility criteria of being “poor and needy.”
Frequently
asked questions
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As one of the five pillars of Islam, zakat is almsgiving, representing a portion of one’s wealth, to the poor and vulnerable on an annual basis.
There are eight categories of eligible people who may receive zakat, including those administering zakat’s collection and distribution, the poor, and the indebted, among others.
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All zakat donations are segregated into a specific account earmarked for food and cash assistance to the most impoverished Palestine refugees and are used within one lunar year, ensuring your money is used urgently and is directed to those who need it the most. In the case of food assistance, food baskets are delivered to qualifying families on a quarterly basis.
In the Gaza Strip, over 2 million Palestine refugees live in poverty and about 1.7 million are forced to rely on UNRWA cash and food assistance to meet their most basic needs.