Image: A woman sweeps the historic Kherur Mosque in West Bengal, India

A network for distributing daily vegetables in rural India

April 2023, 3 minute read

Charity Fatimah have set up a network for distributing a daily subsistence of vegetables in poor areas of West Bengal, to facilitate daily sadaqah on behalf of donors.

The trust based in Forest Gate (London) distributes vegetables across 60 villages in eight districts of West Bengal. A network of local maktabs (elementary schools for learning to read the Quran) sort the vegetables and help facilitate distribution to recipient homes.

Many villagers, in the areas where the trust works, live below the poverty line (25p a day) and stay in makeshift huts made of wood and plastic sheeting.

As of December 2022, 550 families received vegetables daily. About 20% of that is through donations from Little Giving users.

Image: Vegetables being sorted at a maktab for distribution

Image: Students carry sorted bags of vegetables for distribution

Image: Volunteers leave bags of vegetables at the entrance of homes

You can contribute to this project by selecting Charity Fatimah as one of the charities you give to daily on Little Giving.

Charity Fatimah also work in rural areas of Rajasthan, Bihar and Assam, distributing cooked food (including aqiqah), clothes, blankets (during the winter) and tarpaulin (during the rainy season). They can be contacted on 07939 029769.

Little Giving is a free service that helps you give a few pence in sadaqah every day. We hand-pick causes that we would donate to ourselves and then work with those charities to facilitate small daily donations from our users. See our FAQs for more details.

Note: Faces have been blurred to preserve the dignity of recipients.