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Al-Khair Foundation (AKF) is the third largest Muslim charity in the UK, and has been delivering aid a UK-based international NGO which was first established in 2003. AKF has acted as an Islamic platform which facilitates charitable work for the less fortunate or 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. == History == The name of the foundation, ‘Al-Khair’, is translated to mean ‘goodness’ in Arabic, which is what the charity organisation aims to produce as a result of its work. The Al-Khair Foundation (AKF) began as an Islamic school in Croydon, in 2003. Following the Islamic tradition that ‘charity starts at home’, Al-Khair Foundation decided to be of service to the UK community first, with an initial focus on education, and also charity work. The founder of the AKF School is the leading Islamic Imam, Imam Qasim. The Islamic school opened to the public officially in 2003 and began with only five enrolled pupils. The sports hall was previously a converted warehouse and the school itself was previously an office. In the following ten years, the school has evolved into a primary and secondary school with over 350 pupils. After AKF’s UK schools were successfully established, AKF began to build schools overseas. Their focus was on educating 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.〔https://fluencycdn.fluencycms.co.uk/FileCluster/AlKhair/MainFolder/Documents/School_Information.pdf〕 In 2007, AKF established their first shelter project in Kashmir, and two years later AKF bought IQRA TV. Al-Khair currently runs IQRA TV (a free to air channel available on SKY 826). IQRA TV is one of the premier broadcasters of informative and educational Islamic-based programmes worldwide, including 'Live with IQ', 'IQRA with IQRA', and 'Questions and Answers'.〔 In 2010, AKF was a founding member of the Muslim charities forum.〔Al-Khair Foundation Ramadan 2015 leaflet- 'This Ramadan save lives'〕 AKF is known to have supported the victims of many earthquakes, including the Haiti earthquake and Pakistan floods of 2010, the horn of Africa famine relief, and the Japan earthquake of 2011. Their work in Haiti was recognised by the United Nations in 2010, and they were the only UK Muslim charity working with survivors on the ground in the Japan earthquake of 2011.〔 In 2012, AKF created their first official partnership- a MoU with Malaysian Red Crescent.〔 In July 2015, AKF also signed a MoU with the UN to facilitate education for Gazan children. In 2014, the revenue made by AKF was 21.4 million.〔 The Foundation aims to save lives in emergencies and provide for disaster zones with medical aid, food shelter. It also aims to help the needy by adopting practical ways to root out poverty from the world through relief and development programmes in South Asia, the Middle-East, East Africa and United Kingdom. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Khair Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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