About Human Crescent
Human Crescent seeks to educate, simplify, and diversify zakah giving
Human Crescent Description
*Zakah: Muslim obligatory charity*
A global zakah crowdfunding platform for Civil Society /NGOs / Multilateral Aid Organizations that Simplifies and diversifies zakah via categorical, portfolio based giving
Human Crescent supports humanitarian projects through the world’s first aid deployment waqf (endowment) that crowdfunds zakah from individuals throughout the world.
Our Two-Tiered Waqf-Based Approach
1. Crowdfunding Zakah
An online crowdfunding platform (humancrescent.org) will facilitate zakah donations from individuals and route them directly to pre-vetted projects that are sourced from reputed, international organizations.
2. Institutional Donations
A perpetual endowment that will accept donations from institutional donors in order to develop a robust and impactful zakah distribution network.
There is More than enough Zakah and Awqaf to meet development demands of the future.
Currently, $200 billion to $1trillion of Zakah distributed yearly
Reviews
"I live in this camp with my daughter, son-in-law and their children. Water supply is rationed so I'm fetching a bucket before it runs out."
-Alam Bahaar, 65, Kalindi Kunj Camp, New Delhi
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"Alam and I were neighbors in the village. Now we are neighbors in the camp. Our families fled together. We are very close. I feel I am almost her daughter."
-Johura, 21 (Balukhali Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
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"My favourite game is Ludo. I play it with my friends in the children’s spaces of the camp.I have three new friends."
-Shahid, 7 (Unchiprang Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
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“Tomorrow can be different.”
-Dalal, 44 (Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan)
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“I haven’t seen my parents in ten years! I miss them and my brother but cannot return to Myanmar. I moved to Bangladesh to get an education. There I got married and we moved to India in search for better opportunities.”
- Mohammad Noor, 30 (Kalindi Kunj Camp, New Delhi, India)
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“The refugee camp is very hot and there is a lot of mud, but I am relieved we are safe. In the village we had four cows that gave us milk. It made me very happy to take the cows to the fields.”
-Solima, 25 (Unchiprang Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
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“I never thought I would leave my home.”
-Rewida, 24 (Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan)
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"We don’t know what is going to happen when the heavy rains begin. We are afraid of landslides. If it rains hard, some houses will be washed away by the water. My wife is going to have a baby.”
-Abdul Hamid, 25 (Unchiprang Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
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“You have to find solutions that work. The simpler the better.”
- Dr.Saiful, 46 (Amman, Jordan)
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... Working with the International Organisation of Migration in Jordan, Dr. Saiful helps design and coordinate programs to treat displaced people and refugees.
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"My dream is to go to nursing school and become a nurse one day. I get a lot of satisfaction when I help people and see them get healthy."
-Shahina, 20 (Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
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“I come every day in a tuk-tuk. The road is always very crowded with traffic. It takes me an hour to get here, so I wake up at 6:30 in the morning. I come to the BRAC office, get my material and start doing my visits. I see about 40 houses in one day.”
-Shahina, 20 (Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
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"I spend most of my days pushing him around, visiting his friends and listening to him complain. He complains a lot, but he’s all I’ve got. " -Ahsan, 8 (Leda Camp, Bangladesh)
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"When I grow up, I want to be a teacher. I am trying to learn everything, so that I can teach all the children at the camp everything they need to know."
-Salma, 12 (Kutupalong Camp, Bangladesh)
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"Most of the people affected by the displacement crisis and political conflict have no control over the circumstances. It is enormously important to bring back the human element and lend a voice to them."
-David Vicary Abdullah, 66 (Sungai Buloh, Malaysia)
"I love studying English and Hindi at school. I am in the 5th grade."
-Aasma, 9 (Kalindi Kunj Camp, New Delhi, India)
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"Though life in Maungdaw was difficult, we had a family, a house, a small vegetable patch. There is no dignity living in a refugee camp."
-Kulsuma, 44 (Leda Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
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“I spend a lot of time with Nur. We talk about life in the camp, or go to the market together and share our thoughts. I feel I am his guardian, and also a bit his father.”
-Piklo Barua, BRAC Community Health Worker (Bangladesh)
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“In the village I had a bicycle. I would ride it to school or to the market and spend time with my friends and cousins.I miss my bicycle the most.”
Nur, 16 (Jamotoli Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
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“When you help a sick child get better, and you see a smile come back to a mother’s face, it is very rewarding.”
-Dr Saiful, 46 (Amman, Jordan)
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Great initiative to support!