Current Campaign
Let's Fund Abu Khairat's Electrical Hardware Shop
Back a livelihood.
Not a dependency.
We are a community focused on beating poverty in the only way that works: by funding businesses for families struggling to make ends meet.
Current Campaign
Let's Fund Abu Khairat's Electrical Hardware Shop
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Your support will help to
Turn potential into livelihood
Fund a business
Every penny goes directly to opening a real business for a family in need, giving them a livelihood they own and control.
Create sustainable impact
As each business grows, recovered funds flow forward to the next family. From a single contribution, multiple businesses can be funded.
Keep charities going
A small portion of recovered funds keeps our partner charity organizations running, so they can keep finding families who need a chance.
Previous Campaign · 01 of 02
Umm Firdaus' Vegetable Stall
Umm Firdaus, a mother of 8 waited 25 years for a chance to build something of her own. She had the space, the drive, and the experience, she just needed help getting started. Our community gave her exactly that: a vegetable stall outside her home and a steady, honest income for her family.
The cycle
How the fund works
One donation. Multiple businesses. The chain doesn't stop.
1. You contribute
Your monthly or weekly contribution goes into a global pool.
2. A business gets funded
100% *(minus Square and wire transfer fees) opens an enterprise for a struggling family. Zakatek and a charity partner cover administrative costs.
3. Seed fund recovered
60% or more recovered funds feed back into the pool. The rest keeps Zakatek and our charity partners running.
4. Next family gets their turn
Another family gets the same opportunity. A business of their own, funded and supported from the ground up.
1. You contribute
Your monthly or weekly contribution goes into a global pool.
2. A business gets funded
100% *(minus Square and wire transfer fees) opens an enterprise for a struggling family. Zakatek and a charity partner cover administrative costs.
3. Seed fund recovered
60% or more recovered funds feed back into the pool. The rest keeps Zakatek and our charity partners running.
4. Next family gets their turn
Another family gets the same opportunity. A business of their own, funded and supported from the ground up.
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Your first contribution goes entirely to a real family's business — not admin costs, not overhead. Just impact.
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You'll always know what's happening
We believe the people funding this program deserve the full picture — always.
Follow every step
Every campaign has its own project page where we post progress photos, milestones and updates as they happen. For real-time news between updates, we also have a WhatsApp channel for our community.
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Every penny accounted for
Before a single penny is spent, we publish a full itemised budget. Receipts are posted on the project page as they happen. Every month we publish a compiled ledger of all financial transactions.
Get involved as a volunteer
Want to do more than give? We'd love to have you. Whether it's on the ground with our beneficiaries or behind the scenes — there's a place for you in this community. Reach out and let's talk.
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One business.
One life changed.
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Questions worth asking
Why this model?
Aid dependency is a decades-old structural problem, not a new one. Billions in external funding have cycled through Sub-Saharan Africa without producing self-sustaining local economies. Our model treats the root cause: instead of consumable donations, we fund productive assets that generate income, recover capital, and repeat. A sprinkle of innovation in how we think about charity can compound into lasting change.
Why does Zakatek work through charity organisations?
Local charity organisations have something no amount of external funding can quickly replicate: community trust, contextual knowledge, and accountability to the people they serve. They know which families are ready, which proposals are viable, and how to follow through on the ground. We provide the capital and the platform; they provide the proximity. Teamwork makes the dream work!
How do we know the money is actually being used well?
Every project on Zakatek has a public budget published before a single penny is spent. Receipts are posted as they happen. Every month we publish a compiled ledger of all financial transactions. Our transparency section on this page covers exactly how we keep you in the loop — always.