Islamic education
Quran Shareef and Noorani Qaida
Fifty Quran Shareefs and a hundred Noorani Qaida for two madrassas run by one sister at her own expense.
₹11,400raised of ₹30,00038% funded
Maa Aisha Foundation
Hope for orphans,strength for widows.
Maa Aisha Foundation supports orphaned children and widowed mothers — Islamic education, schooling, and the essentials a household needs to stand on its own. Every project is costed in public and stays published after it closes.
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What we do
Close the gap fast, then keep closing it
A widow who loses her husband rarely loses only her husband. She loses the household income, often the school fees, sometimes the roof. The drop happens in weeks; the recovery, unaided, takes years or never comes.
We work on both halves of that. Immediate relief stops the fall — books, rations, winter kits, school fees. Then livelihood work removes the need for the relief, because a household that earns is a household that stops depending on us.
Direct, not layered
Books go to the madrassa. Fees go to the school. The fewer hands between the donation and the child, the more arrives.
Published either way
Completed projects stay on this site with what they cost and what they changed — including the ones that underperformed.
Built to end
The measure of success is a household that no longer needs us, and a project we can stop funding.
Open now
What we are funding today
Each of these is costed, running, and short of its target. The figures update as support arrives.
Schooling
A year of school for orphaned children
Fees, uniform, books and a daily meal — the four things that decide whether a child stays enrolled.
₹1,18,440raised of ₹2,52,00047% funded
Livelihood
Tailoring work for widowed mothers
A machine, twelve weeks of training and a first order — so the household earns rather than waits.
₹1,04,500raised of ₹1,10,00095% funded
Finished and accounted for
What your support has already done
Closed projects stay published permanently, with what they cost and what they changed. A charity that only shows you its appeals is showing you half the picture.
Food security
Ramadan ration kits
A month of staples delivered to widow-headed households before the first fast.
Completed April 2025₹1,86,000
Shelter
Winter kits for orphaned children
Quilts, sweaters and shoes before the cold set in.
Completed December 2025₹96,000
Why this work exists
The instruction is old, and it is specific
Care for the orphan and the widow is not a footnote in our tradition. It is named directly, and set beside the highest acts of worship. These are the narrations this organisation is built on.
أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا
I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him will be in Paradise like this.
And he put his index and middle fingers together.
السَّاعِي عَلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، أَوِ الْقَائِمِ اللَّيْلَ الصَّائِمِ النَّهَارَ
The one who looks after a widow or a poor person is like a warrior who fights for God’s cause, or like one who prays all night and fasts all day.
خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ
The best among you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.
السَّاعِي عَلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَكَالَّذِي يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ
The person who strives on behalf of the widows and poor is like those who strive in the way of God, and like those who fast in the day and pray at night.
Each narration links to its entry on sunnah.com so you can read the full chain and context.
From the field
The work, as it actually looks
Photographs and short films from the projects on this page.
Children are photographed only with the consent of their guardian, and we remove any image on request.
Give
Every rupee is assigned to a named project
Choose an amount or give what you can. You will be taken to our payment provider — your card or UPI details are entered there, never on this site.
Online giving is being set up
Our payment provider is being finalised. Until it is live, please message us directly and we will arrange your contribution the same day — by bank transfer, UPI, or books delivered to the madrassa.
Contact us to giveYou can give books instead of money
Quran Shareef, Noorani Qaida, or any Islamic book sitting unread at home. Used copies are as welcome as new ones — a book that is no longer being read here can be read by a child there.
Arrange a book donationZakat
Zakat is kept separate and given only to those who qualify under the eight categories, with no administrative deduction whatsoever. One hundred per cent of zakat reaches a recipient.
Before you give
The questions we are actually asked
Is my donation zakat-eligible?
Yes, and zakat is kept separate. It is given only to those who qualify under the eight categories and carries no administrative deduction at all. Tell us when you give, or message us, and it will be allocated accordingly.
Can I donate books instead of money?
Yes, and it is genuinely useful. Quran Shareef, Noorani Qaida, or any Islamic book that is no longer being read at home. Used copies are as welcome as new ones. Message us and we will arrange collection or an address to send them to.
Can I choose which project my money goes to?
Yes. Every open project has its own giving link. If you give without specifying, we assign it to whichever project is furthest from its target, which is usually where it does the most good.
How do I know the work happened?
Completed projects stay on this site permanently, with what they cost, how many households they reached, and what changed. Photographs and video from distributions are published in the gallery.
Is a monthly gift better than a one-off?
For us, yes — predictable income lets us commit to a school year rather than funding in nervous batches. But a one-off gift at the right moment is worth more than a monthly one you cancel. Give what you can sustain.
What do you do with my data?
This website collects nothing. There are no analytics, no cookies, no trackers and no forms. If you donate, our payment provider handles your details under their own privacy policy; we only ever see your name, the amount, and an email address if you choose to give one.
Contact
Talk to a person
There is no contact form on this site, deliberately — a form needs a server, and a server is one more thing that can leak. These reach us directly.
Office hours
Saturday to Thursday, 10am – 6pm IST