“I have an opportunity to support my family financially,” says 19-year-old Mahmud. His family were among nine in rural Jordan to receive a beehive and training in beekeeping through an Islamic Relief project this year. “The whole family helps me collect the honey and we package it at home. My father sells it within the community and I do the same at my university.”
The intervention was funded by the International Waqf Fund (IWF), which we set up as a sustainable way to support our vital programming into the future. Supporters give waqf, a type of endowment, for IWF to invest. The return on investment is then used to help people in need. With new donors adding to an investment pot that has been growing for 21 years, each year our impact increases. This year the fund ploughed £395,000 into 21 humanitarian and development projects across 16 countries.