AMP Zakat Fund - Report 2020

  857 Deserving & Underprivileged Lives touched by AMP Zakat Fund!

Zakat is one of the 5 pillars of Islam and one of the most defining characteristics. No other theological religion places such a great emphasis on social equity through the voluntary contribution of Charity. In more than 30 verses of the Holy Qur’an, the giving of Zakat is included along with the worshipping of the Lord Almighty (Salah) as the most desirable qualities of the faithful. It is the third pillar of Islam which represents the economic aspect of Islam.

AMP Zakat Fund (AZF), was started 8 years ago with a focus on utilizing it for the Education and Self-employment of underprivileged Muslims. Alhamdulillah! It has grown multi-fold from a collection of merely Rs. 2 lakhs in 2013 to Rs. 94,89,344 from 857 Donors in the year 2020. One of the main objectives of the AMP Zakat Fund is to help make the Zakat Seekers of today become the Zakat Givers of tomorrow. Please find below the details of AMP Zakat Fund from 2013-2020;
 

AMP Zakat Fund Report – 2020:

It gives us immense pleasure to announce that AMP has completed the distribution of its Zakat Fund collected for the year 2020 as follows;  
 

Note: 

• The total amount includes disbursements between 1^st April 2019 to 31^st March 2020
• The balance amount every year gets carried forward to next year balance
• Specific donations are given by Donors for a particular beneficiary or activity 

Higher Education Scholarship:

Through the Higher Education Scholarship project, AMP supported 570 financially needy students pursuing professional courses. These Scholarships ranged from Rs. 10,000 – Rs. 50,000 were distributed to the most deserving and meritorious students selected from 1300+ applications received from across India. 

Orphans’ Basic Education:

We provided financial support for the Basic Education of 163 needy Orphan children through AMP’s vast network of city chapters so that these children are not deprived of even the basic education for want of a guardian. Out of these, there were approx. 60% were Girls.

Self-Employment Assistance:

The Self-Employment Assistance of largely Rs. 25000 each was provided to young, talented but 117 unemployed poor, out of which 71 were Women and 80 Men, within the community to start a small business with the objective of promoting Self-Employment. This assistance was provided across the Country, mainly focussing on Rural areas. The focus was on widows and Old age people to start some self-sustainable activity;

• In Badmer District of Rajasthan, we helped set up a Cement block-making factory by a group of 10 underprivileged Muslims aged from 15 – 50 years, at a cost of Rs. 2.5 lakhs. These 10 individuals will operate the plant and run the business in the cooperative model.
• In Osmanabad District of Maharashtra, we helped 10 widows and 5 needy men to get into Goat rearing for their livelihoods. Each of these 15 families was given a set of goats so that they become self-dependent and can take care of their families.
• In Barielly & Rampur districts of UP, 2 poor and needy women and 8 men were helped to start Kirana shops in their villages. Thus 10 needy families were given livelihood assistance so they become self-dependent.
• In Hubli District of Karnataka, 10 widows were chosen to start a Garment manufacturing unit under the co-operative scheme with a total outlay of Rs. 3.5 lakhs.

Similarly, there were many other individuals, poor men, and women, who were helped across the Country to start livelihoods and take care of their families.

AMP's Mission of feeding Poor and Needy!

We witnessed an unprecedented humanitarian crisis of Migrants on-road and thousands of families hungry for so many days due to the #COVID-19 pandemic & lockdown.

AMP rose to the occasion and launched the #Feed5000Families Countrywide campaign on India's 1st Zakat crowdfunding platform www.indiazakat.com to provide Ration Kits to Poor and Needy during  Lockdown.

We distributed Ration Kits of more than Rs. 38+ Lakhs till now from both IndiaZakat platform and direct by AMP Teams across India. We have distributed approx. 5000+ ration kits in 100+ cities so far among needy families across India.

You may please check the distribution details by clicking on the link below;
http://bit.ly/Feed5000Distribution

You may also access pics and videos of the distribution in the various cities of India by clicking on the link below;
http://bit.ly/Feed5000Gallery

One year of IndiaZakat.com

IndiaZakat.com, a Zakat Crowd-Funding platform, was launched last year by AMP on the eve of Ramzan.  This platform seeks to connect Zakat Givers with Zakat Seekers online from within the comfortable confines of their homes. In this one eventful year, IndiaZakat.com has raised more than Rs. 2.7 Crores, through 4800+ donations and helped 1000+ individuals, families, and NGOs.

IndiaZakat.com has been highly successful with donors as it offers;

• Shariah Compliance
• Full Transparency
• Genuine and Verified Causes (Through extensive AMP network)
• Full Amount Disbursement (excluding fees for payment gateway)
• Safe and Secure payment gateway

For more details, please visit www.indiazakat.com

AMP Zakat Fund aims to reach out to more and more needy Muslims within Education and Self-Employment domains in India. We will ensure that the Fund will spread its reach to every city, town and village in India and will touch more lives in the years to come inshaAllah!

For more details of the AMP Zakat Fund, please click on the link below;
http://ampindia.org/amp_zakat_fund
 

Note: 

• Our Zakat Collection and Distribution are completely transparent and if you wish to find out the exact amounts collected and distributed, you can visit our website www.ampindia.org.
• To know more you may even visit our office and check our records, we will be more than happy to provide you with all the information.
• Do write in with your Opinions and Suggestions on how we can improve our efforts and make this experience of Zakat Collection & Distribution better for all the concerned stakeholders. 

AMP Zakat Fund (AZF) Volunteer:

If you wish to register as an AMP Zakat Fund Volunteer and earn Jaza-e-Khair in this World and Aakhirah, then please click on the link below;
www.ampindia.org/AZF_Volunteer_Registration
 

AMP Zakat Fund (AZF) 2021:

Inspite of the severe lockdown last year, AZF through Donors like your kind-self collected and distributed Rs. 1.28+ Crores, Alhamdulillah!

InshaAllah, this year without the nation-wide lockdown, we hope to surpass the above amount and extend help to more and more needy from the Ummah. We invite you again to be a part of this noble endeavour and join hands with us to make it a great success and contribute significantly towards ‘AMP Zakat Fund’ for;

• Higher Education Scholarship
• Orphans’ Basic Education
• Self-Employment Assistance
• Food Relief
• Disaster Relief

Please Donate Online by clicking on the link below:
https://www.payumoney.com/paybypayumoney/#/118607

You can also make your Zakat Donations under the following Bank Account;

Account Name: Association of Muslim Professionals - Zakat 
Account No.: 8345285052
Bank: Kotak Bank
Branch: Maratha Mandir, Mumbai Central
IFSC Code: KKBK0001348

“May your Wealth increase as much as your Charity, In Sha Allah!”

Documents

Consolidated AZF Report 2020.pdf