With your help, we turned around thousands of lives in 2024. Here’s a look back at some of our most impactful projects.

Helping young people in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, only 64% of children finish secondary school, which means there are a lot of young people whose job prospects are bleak.

Education is key to helping children escape from the poverty cycle. That’s why we launched a new initiative in 2024, funding equipment, furniture and staff for small schools in deprived areas. We’ve now funded 32 of these schools, which means we’re now supporting a total of 15,478 primary-aged pupils!

We’ve also identified a need for career-focused training for young people. The Impact Vocational Centre will provide courses in careers like computer skills, driving, and graphic design. So far, 823 students have enrolled. The Centre will help them get their certifications and find jobs afterwards. In 2025, we hope to expand this innovative centre and run even more courses.

Continuing support for Palestine

In Palestine, 91% of people are suffering from acute food insecurity and the health system is in chaos, with 19 of 36 hospitals closed. We’ve worked hard to deliver food this year, including 57,300 hot meals and 1,928 food packs. We also supplied 12,288 mother and baby packs and 5,500 hygiene kits; in winter, we stepped up deliveries, providing thousands of winter kits, mattresses and pillows.

Refugees in Egypt

In Egypt, we met Gazan refugee Amro, aged 17. He had lost his father and sister in bombings. He’d also lost his left eye, which was getting worse because he couldn’t afford treatment. We funded a treatment plan and an artificial eye for Amro, giving him more confidence to face the challenges of building a new life in Egypt.

Our teams have travelled to Egypt to care for vulnerable refugees and families. They were able to provide more than 400 cash grants to help some of the people who are attempting to start new lives without status or income.

This regular presence in Egypt has enabled us to deliver truly personalised support – like funding small business initiatives, buying furniture for families who need it, and giving toys and stationery to children who have lost their parents.

Essential healthcare in Lebanon

We do a huge amount of work in Lebanon, which has a significant population of refugees as well as IDPs (internally displaced people). Since the economic crisis, food insecurity has worsened, and we delivered thousands of food and vegetable packs in 2024.

The Shifa Clinic in Lebanon is one of our proudest achievements and represents a large financial commitment for Salam Charity. It’s a beautiful healthcare centre filled with modern equipment and staffed by professionals. It’s seen 17,690 people through its doors in the last year – all of whom benefited from free medical advice, treatment, and medicine.

Irtaza’s Surgery

In Pakistan, 24% of people are living below the poverty line. Among them were Irtaza’s family. Irtaza is 6 years old with a heart condition that required surgery. Salam Charity stepped in and arranged Irtaza’s life-saving operation at Rehman Medical Institute. Today, he’s back in school, playing football, and living the joyful childhood he deserves.

Our work in Pakistan involves long-term projects as well as aid delivery and we built 11 wells and three community mosques in 2024! These will continue to provide better health and wellbeing for many years to come.

We also served approximately 30,000 hot meals and delivered 800 meat packs to vulnerable people in Pakistan.

Assessing how we can help in Uganda

In Uganda, as elsewhere, our delivery programme is shaped by the people we meet. For example, after meeting many disabled people, we established a wheelchair distribution project – realising how this simple piece of equipment can transform lives. In 2024 we delivered 6 new wheelchairs as well as 3 mobility tricycles, all provided on a case by case basis.

Last year, we also built two new mosques and 31 water wells in Uganda, helping to improve quality of life (including health and relationships) for thousands of people.

While they delivered more than 22,000 hot meals, our teams met people like Sofia, a 46-year-old widow running a small tailoring business. Impressed by her motivation and courage, we gave Sofia a sewing machine, materials, and a mobility scooter. This enabled her to expand her business and reach more markets, increasing her self-sufficiency and self-esteem.