Poverty is invisible in Switzerland.
Your Zakat helps to fight it.
More than 40’000 Muslims
in Switzerland live in precariousness.
So far, the Swiss Zakat Foundation has been able to help 428 people, which is only 1%…
With your Zakat, you can help a mother make ends meet, pay for health care, pay the rent and help students in difficult situations to continue their studies.

The cost of living is rising
and many families are unable to make ends meet.
Requests for Zakat have jumped by 120% compared to the same period last year. 

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“The situation was extremely difficult for me”
Maryama* fled her home country for Switzerland. Once there, she was abandoned by her husband and was left to fend for herself. From that moment on, alone in a mountainous region and without fully grasping the language, Maryama started to face several problems. She was...
Your Zakat helps

Single Parents

Elderly

Low income families

Those in debt

The homeless

Refugees

Students
Why A Swiss Zakat Foundation?
UNITED
OVER 118 000 CHF
in zakat collected
LOCAL
EVERY FRANC OF ZAKAT
Helps Muslims in need in switzerland
BALANCED
ADMINISTERED
According to the rules of Zakat
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