Every child deserves love, security, and a future filled with hope. Yet millions of orphaned children around the world face unimaginable hardships, lacking access to food, education, and medical care. They grow up without the protection of a parent, navigating poverty, conflict, and displacement at an age when they should be learning, playing, and dreaming.

The Orphan Care Fund is Islamic Relief’s pooled fund for orphan support. Your donation is combined with the contributions of other donors and directed to the orphans and orphan families who are in the greatest need, across multiple countries and programmes. It is a flexible, high-impact way to support vulnerable children wherever the need is greatest. If you would prefer to build a direct, personal relationship with a specific named child, Islamic Relief South Africa also offers a one-to-one Orphan Sponsorship programme where your donation goes exclusively to the same orphan every month, and you receive annual progress reports and the opportunity to correspond with the child.