Charity Week 2026 · October 19–25 · Banking deadline Nov 6, 11:59 PM PST

One week.
One Cause.
A United Ummah.

October 19–25, 2026Banking deadline: Nov 6, 11:59 PM PST

Students. Institutions. One global movement changing the lives of children. This year, Charity Week USA is teaming up with HDF.

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40States
1Goal
Charity Week campaign — volunteers and children with relief supplies
About Charity Week

Over the past 20 years, communities & campuses have been coming together from across the world, promoting the vision of unity and undertaking a week of united fundraising for orphans and children in need.

Why do we believe so deeply about unity? Because the range of problems and difficulties faced by us all across the world are so many, so varied, so complex - that the only way that we will stand any chance of overcoming them is if we work together.

This year, Charity Week has chosen the Ocean as our theme.

Just as every ocean connects to form a single body, the Ummah is inextricably one. Even in the deepest waters, swallowed by a whale, Yunus (AS) remained firm and his dua and story reached across centuries. Are you ready to be firm in the face of obstacles like Yunus? To stay at your post for the Ummah? To trust that Allah will carry your good deeds where they are needed most? Stand with us in the #WavesOfUnity to support orphans and vulnerable children across the globe.

We already know that #CW2026 is going to be our best yet. We wish you the very best with your efforts to bring more unity to our communities and the blessings that come!

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Give from that
which you love

Qur'an 3:92

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Bring a Friend.

Help spread Charity Week.

#WavesOfUnity #CharityWeek #CW2026

Where compassion meets action.

Be part of something bigger.One week can change a life. Together, we can change the world.

From the campuses to the field:

In the field

Imam Omar Suleiman at the Suleiman Orphan Center, Jordan
Imam Omar Suleiman at the Suleiman Orphan Center, Jordan
Azeez Al-Shaair, Jordan
Azeez Al-Shaair, Jordan
Gaza orphans
Gaza orphans
Orphan care, Bangladesh
Orphan care, Bangladesh
Orphan care, Somalia
Orphan care, Somalia

From past Charity Weeks

Charity Week banquet
Charity Week banquet
Welcome event
Welcome event
Campus auditorium session
Campus auditorium session
Student session
Student session
Medal ceremony
Medal ceremony

HDF's global impact in 2025

3KOrphans sponsored
7,128+Students sponsored
3.5M+Lives impacted
85Water wells
33+Countries served
Charity Week 2026 Projects

Together, we can make a real impact.

Come join our movement to deliver life-saving relief, hope, and dignity to vulnerable children across the world!

01

Palestine (Gaza)

In Palestine (Gaza), where conflict has displaced nearly 96% of the population, our efforts focus on sustaining healthcare and education by funding education for medical students, deploying a mobile surgical unit for Nasser Hospital, operating primary clinics, serving hot meals, and building a school.

02

Sudan and South Sudan

Across Sudan and South Sudan, where over 12 million people face displacement and extreme food insecurity, we are distributing emergency food parcels, shelter, water & sanitation kits, essential medicines and restoring water sources and supporting youth through agricultural field schools.

03

Water Initiatives

Our Water initiatives bring clean water and dignified sanitation to remote communities, schools, and displacement camps across Bangladesh, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Togo, alongside funding critical search-and-rescue operations on the Mediterranean Sea.

04

Empowering Communities

Finally, by Empowering Communities in Afghanistan, Colombia, Jordan, Morocco, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Syria, Palestine, and Pakistan, we are sponsoring orphan education, restoring damaged classrooms, launching mobile learning buses, constructing safe homes, and supporting women-led cooperatives for long-term independence.

Ready to make a real difference? Sign up for Charity Week today, donate, and share this page with your family and friends to help us transform lives together!

Scholar verified

HDF's zakat policy
is scholar verified

Every dollar of zakat raised during Charity Week is distributed under a policy reviewed and approved by an independent panel of scholars.

Scholar verified zakat policy — panel of five reviewing scholars

Stand with us in the #WavesOfUnity

October 19–25, 2026