Overview
While emergency charity saves lives, sustainable livelihood empowerment transforms them. Our goal is to move vulnerable families — widows, unemployed youth and those living in extreme poverty — away from a cycle of perpetual aid and towards financial independence.
By providing the tools, training and capital necessary to earn a halal living, we restore the dignity that poverty often strips away.
Livelihoods
We operate and fund training centres that teach high-demand trades: tailoring and embroidery for widows, mobile repair and computer literacy for youth, carpentry or masonry for displaced men. These skills are a lifelong asset that no crisis can take away.
Training is only effective if a person has the tools to practise their trade. We provide physical assets such as sewing machines, rickshaws, livestock and toolkits, allowing individuals to start earning immediately.
For aspiring entrepreneurs we provide small, Sharia-compliant grants to launch home-based businesses or small kiosks. By removing the barrier of high-interest debt, owners reinvest profits into their families.
In rural areas we provide high-quality seeds, organic fertilisers and modern irrigation tools, helping farmers move from subsistence farming to surplus production for local markets.
“It is better for one of you to take a rope and bring a load of firewood on his back and sell it, than to ask of people whether they give him or not.”
Sahih Bukhari
The Detail
When the head of a household is empowered to earn a living, the impact radiates through the entire community:
A parent with a steady income is far more likely to keep their children in school rather than sending them to work.
Families with sustainable livelihoods can afford better nutrition and private healthcare, easing pressure on public systems.
Economic independence reduces a community's vulnerability to predatory lenders and exploitation.
You are not just helping one person — you are changing the economic trajectory of their children and grandchildren.
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Take Action
Empowerment is the ultimate form of charity. It honours the recipient's skills and provides a path to contribute back to society. Help IRFS Global turn beneficiaries into business owners. For dedicated livelihood projects such as a rickshaw or a sewing centre, we provide donors with a profile of the recipient, the location and a follow-up report on how the business is progressing.
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Hand pumps, deep wells and solar-powered water centres that keep clean water flowing for generations.
Be the answer to someone’s Dua
Whether it is a small one-time gift or a lifelong sponsorship, you are the difference between despair and survival for a family who has lost everything.
