Orphan shelter — phase two
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Twenty-four beds, a study hall and a kitchen. Foundations and ground floor are complete; this phase covers the upper floor and fit-out.
He was an orphan. Then He gave him shelter.
Be the shelter
for a child who
has none.
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ lost his father before he was born and his mother at six. Allah sheltered him, then commanded him never to turn an orphan away. From $25 a month you become that shelter for one verified child — school fees, meals, medicine, and someone who checks in.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ
Did He not find you an orphan and give you shelter?
Surah Ad-Duha 93:6
47Children sponsored
12Partner schools verified
$25Lowest monthly sponsorship
100%Of zakat to direct child needs
Why orphans
Why the orphan
comes first
The Qur'an returns to the orphan again and again — not as a suggestion, but as a measure of faith itself.
Surah Al-Ma'un asks who denies the Day of Judgement, and answers: the one who pushes the orphan away (107:1–3). Righteousness, Surah Al-Baqarah says, is giving from wealth you love — to relatives, to orphans, to the needy (2:177). And when the Companions asked how to handle orphans' affairs, the answer was direct: whatever is best for them (2:220).
The Prophet ﷺ said the best home among the Muslims is one where an orphan is treated well, and the worst is one where an orphan is wronged.
Sunan Ibn Majah 3679
We take that literally. Every child here is verified through a local partner, and every sponsor sees what their support actually did.
01
Verified, not assumed
Each child is nominated by a registered local partner, with guardianship and need documented and reviewed before a profile goes live.
02
Named, not numbered
You sponsor a specific child. You get their name, their school, their progress, and their letters.
03
Dignity, not dependence
Support is built around education and health, so the child eventually needs no sponsor at all.
Waiting for a sponsor
Children awaiting
a sponsor
Each profile is verified by a partner organisation before it appears here. Specificity is what converts: a name, an age, an ambition, and an exact monthly figure will outperform any appeal built on scale.
Currently sponsored
Children already
covered
These children have a sponsor. Every month, someone they have never met pays their fees and asks how they are doing. Most of those sponsors have asked us not to name them.
47 of 112 verified children covered65 still waiting
Recent sponsorships
- A sponsor in Houston covered Bilal, 8.2 hours ago
- Anonymous covered four children in Kano.Yesterday
- A sponsor in London renewed for a third year.2 days ago
- A sponsor in Toronto covered Nusayba, 8.3 days ago
- Anonymous increased monthly support for Salim, 14.5 days ago
How it works
Three groups,
one mission
For orphans
Eligible children apply through an affiliated local organisation, which verifies guardianship and need.
Eligibility criteriaFor sponsors
Choose a child, set up monthly support, and follow their schooling and health through quarterly reports.
Sponsor a childFor organisations
Schools and orphanages apply to become verified partners and submit children for sponsorship.
Become a partnerDonate for a cause
Give to a
project underway
Not everyone wants a monthly commitment, and not every need fits one. These are live projects with a defined scope, a real budget, and a completion report at the end. Each one states plainly whether your zakat can be used for it.
Masjid & madrasah
Kano, Nigeria
A prayer hall and two classrooms serving the families of eleven sponsored children, replacing a structure lost to flooding.
Winter emergency relief
Multiple regions
Blankets, heating fuel and warm clothing for families of sponsored children through the coldest eight weeks.
Zakat
Your zakat is
eligible here
Allah names eight categories of people to whom zakat may be given, beginning with the poor and the needy. Orphaned children living in poverty fall squarely within them.
Surah At-Tawbah 9:60
Zakat policy reviewed and approved by
Scholar name, credential
Full ruling and fund-separation documents on the Zakat Policy page
- Select Zakat at checkout and your donation is held in a separate, ring-fenced fund.
- Not a cent of it pays for salaries, this website, or fundraising.
- It goes to the direct needs of eligible children: food, medical care, school fees, shelter.
- Our administration is funded entirely by general sadaqah and by donors who choose to cover operations on purpose.
Charity that keeps
giving after you're gone
The Prophet ﷺ said that when a person dies their deeds stop, except three: ongoing charity, knowledge that continues to benefit others, and a righteous child who prays for them.
Sahih Muslim 1631
Ongoing charity
The giving continues in the life it built long after the last payment clears.
Beneficial knowledge
An education does not stop working. It carries into every year that follows.
A child who prays
A child who knows that someone, somewhere, chose them.
For organisations
Affiliated
organisations
Every child on this platform is put forward by an institution that already houses, feeds and teaches them. If that describes your organisation, you can bring your students here and let sponsors cover their costs directly.
Step 01
Apply
Submit your organisation against the eligibility criteria. Registration documents, safeguarding policy and student records are reviewed.
Step 02
Get verified
Background and site checks. On approval your organisation is formally affiliated with SN Foundation and listed publicly.
Step 03
Open your dashboard
Manage your organisation profile, staff access, student roster, and the financial and academic records for every sponsored child.
Step 04
Submit students
Nominate orphan students already enrolled or due to enrol. Each application is independently verified before any profile goes public.
Step 05
Report quarterly
Academic results, welfare notes and a financial statement for each sponsored student, every quarter, to the sponsor and to SNF.
Between steps four and five: an approved student appears in Children awaiting a sponsor, then moves to Children already covered the moment someone commits. Sponsors can support any number of students, and manage payments and correspondence from their own account.
Eligibility
criteria
Preliminary requirements. Meeting all seven does not guarantee approval — every applicant is verified independently before affiliation.
- Provides all three of food, lodging and Islamic education to the children in its care
- Is a recognised educational, charitable or community-based organisation
- Works directly with orphaned or underprivileged children
- Meets the SN Foundation education standard
- Can verify and document every student it puts forward
- Agrees to submit regular academic and financial reports
- Adopts SN Foundation's child protection and transparency policies
Seasonal overlay — control panel
One page,
seven seasons
Pick a season below to preview how the hero band adapts through the Islamic calendar — from Ramadan through the last ten nights, both Eids, Muharram, and the winter relief appeal.
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Be the shelter for a child who has none.
The default hero runs whenever no season is active. Roughly seven months of the year.
Sponsor a childScripture anchorSurah Ad-Duha 93:6
Primary askMonthly sponsorship
WindowAll year, when no season is active
One child. One sponsor. One promise kept every month.
Start at $25. Cancel whenever you need to. You will know their name by the end of the week.