Al-Khair Foundation
| Motto | 'Balance without Compromise' |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Imam Qasim Rashid Ahmad |
| President | Saif Ahmad |
| Chairman | Imam Qasim Rashid Ahmad |
| Address |
109-119 Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6BE United Kingdom |
| Website | alkhair |
109-119 Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6BE
Al-Khair Foundation (AKF) is an international Muslim aid NGO based in the United Kingdom, and is the third largest Muslim charity in the UK. It was established in 2003, and aims to deliver aid to the poor and vulnerable, as well as education for the Muslim community. It specialises in humanitarian support, international development, emergency aid and disaster relief in some of the world’s most deprived areas.
Al-Khair Foundation aims to tackle issues prevalent in the UK, such as unemployment, education, women’s empowerment and domestic violence.
The name of the foundation, ‘Al-Khair’, is translated to mean ‘goodness’ in Arabic. The AKF began as an Islamic school in Croydon in 2003. It evolved into a service organisation to the UK community first, with an initial focus on education, and also charity work. The founder of the AKF School is the Imam, Imam Qasim. The Islamic school began with five enrolled pupils. The sports hall was previously a converted warehouse and the school itself was previously an office. By 2013, the school grew into a primary and secondary school with over 350 pupils. AKF then began to build schools overseas for orphans and children from underprivileged communities. This led to AKF’s work with widows and vulnerable women, and then to the establishment of the AKF shelters. Eventually AKF launched their water aid and livelihood projects, as well as the AKF medical aid programmes.
In 2005, AKF launched their first Overseas Disaster Relief venture to provide emergency aid during the Kashmir earthquake. That October, and in the winter months which followed, AKF's relief teams provided survivors with medicine, food, shelter kits and moral support. Ever since, AKF has undertaken emergency aid missions all over the world. In this year Al-Khair school also passed their first Ofsted inspection.
In 2007, AKF established their first shelter project in Kashmir, and two years later AKF bought IQRA TV, a free-to-air channel available on Sky TV. IQRA TV's educational Islamic-based programmes including 'Live with IQ', 'IQRA with IQRA', and 'Questions and Answers'.
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