Assalamualaykum. Jazaka Allah Khair for visiting our website. We are a global charity set up originally by a group of brothers in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Our core aim is to seek the pleasure of Allah and hope Allah accepts our good deeds for a day when we will all be in need of them.

My personal journey in setting up Global Helping Hands started when I turned 40 years of age and wanted to do something not related to financial gain. I initially teamed up with another charity and started an orphanage project in Uganda. This grew my interest in supporting orphans and the vulnerable and opened my eyes first hand to the suffering of people around the world.

It was later in 2019, when my whole focus changed. I saw a distressing documentary about children as young as 6 years of age wanting to commit suicide due to the living conditions in Moria Camp, Greece. Within 5 days I was out in Moria Camp supporting the work of a medical charity in delivering primary healthcare to refugees. It was here I was exposed to the desperation of people and used my skills as a doctor.

Following this journey to Moria Camp, I decided to set up Global Helping Hands. We have 3 trustees (Dr Asif Ali, Dr Hamza Alam and Mr Shahid Munir) and a team of volunteers who are all passionate about charity work. Through our interactions with various charities, we became aware that a number of charities have significant non-charitable project costs– some as much as 30%. We wanted to set up a global charity with a completely different mindset. A charity with 100% donations delivered to its intended recipients. All trustees and volunteers for the charity to have one goal in mind – to seek the pleasure of Allah. Join us in our journey.