***Update***

My heart is incredibly full from all of your support. I am so grateful that we were able to hit our initial goal of $10k to sponsor 27 orphans in just 6 days. With all of your encouragement and support I have increased the goal to $37k to sponsor 99 orphans. Any amount raised over my goal will go towards sponsoring all 300 children. I want these 300 beautiful faces to know that 'We Are Here', and that we will not leave them.

- Mashall

Sponsor The Children of Imam Bukhari Orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan

300 beautiful faces. 300 hopes and dreams. Through Zam Zam Water for just $375 ($350 of which is zakat eligible) you can provide an orphan with lunches, medicine, uniforms, and school supplies for an entire year! Join in spreading love, stability, and education to a young generation that has grown up surrounded by the plight of war – a chance at a life changing opportunity of education in a place that harbors their growth.

The Imam Bukhari Orphanage Education Center is located in the Nawabad Demazaang village of Kabul City, Afghanistan. Dr. Suliman Nessary is the executive director of the school and oversees over 30 staff members and 300-orphaned students (160 girls and 140 boys). Almost $1 a day can help answer the prayer of an orphan. All profits raised will directly go to the Imam Bukhari Orphanage Project. 

UNESCO reports that Afghanistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, currently estimated at about 31% of the adult population. The sponsorship and investment in these children can change the entire trajectory of their lives. 

My Journey to Zam Zam Water

My name is Mashall R. and I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon to immigrant parents from Kabul, Afghanistan that forged their way here through education. My father became an educator teaching students from all backgrounds – those with disabilities, juveniles, at technical schools, and college level. As similar to many children of immigrants, my parents raised my siblings and I to be conscious of our privilege to a right to education and its value on life. My love for children, health, and education have always been common threads throughout my life.

Enter Zam Zam Water. In 2015 I decided to donate $5 on a whim to a cause that caught my eye on social media that weaved these three threads. That was all it took. Zam Zam Water had partnered with the Imam Bukhari Orphanage by supporting these 300 orphans with a plan to provide them with access to clean water, nourishment, a comprehensive education, medicine and school supplies. Soon after I was met with emails of the progress: a new 4th floor, a library, updates on curriculum development that included math, social studies, English, computer science, art, and religious studies classes.Though I had contributed just $5, Zam Zam Water provided me with trust and transparency.  I saw a group of young individuals coming together to make change on a global scale and I knew it was a movement I could be a part of. 

At Zam Zam Water we strive to serve those in need. We are not just a water organization, but a movement of humanity that vows to create opportunity. Opportunity for a better quality of life. We don't just build wells, we build relationships.

I am humbled and honored to take on an individual campaign this year and pledge to raise $10,000. This year I ask for my birthday, and the blessed month of Ramadan that you join me in fulfilling our duty of serving humanity in sponsoring 27 of the 300 children for one full year of care at the orphanage. 

These children are the gems of Afghanistan, full of hope and determination – we can help answer their prayers.

Your Generous Zakat-Eligible Contribution 

Sponsorship Breakdown:

Know exactly where your funds will go.

• Clothing: Uniforms, shoes
  
• School Supplies: Backpacks, notebooks
  
• School Fees/Expenses
  
• Medical Expenses
  
• Food
  

Total Cost for an entire year: $375 ($350 Zakat-eligible).

Let Us Come Together 

Zam Zam means to “come together” – so let us come together from all different creeds and cultures to provide these children with the stability, education, food and nourishment, and a safe place to live that they, like all the children of the world, deserve. 

An orphan is the Muslim Ummah’s collective responsibility. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The one who cares for an orphan and myself will be together in Paradise like this,” and he held his two fingers together to illustrate. (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5659)

Please keep in mind that NO donation is too small. 

About Zam Zam Water

Vision: Zam Zam Water is a 501(c)3 humanitarian organization devoted to playing a vital role in eradicating poverty by providing clean, sustainable water to villages across the globe.

Mission: To create a better quality of life by bringing water to those in need, one well at a time. 

Since 2014 Zam Zam Has:

• Built 20 water projects
• Provided 50 farm animals
• Cultivated 20 community gardens
• Sponsored an orphanage of over 300 students
• Serving over 15,000 people
• Raised over $700,000
  

Zam Zam is 100%volunteer-based.

http://www.zamzamwater.org

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely, 

Mashall Rezayee