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Zafar Foundation
Rows of Zafar Foundation ration sacks laid out in a village courtyard, ready for distribution

Current appeal

Essential support for families in Pakistan

Our current appeal funds practical help for vulnerable families in Pakistan: food parcels, hand pumps for clean water, and support with medical and other essential needs.

Farmers loading harvested wheat onto horse-drawn carts in a sunlit field

Food distribution

Food parcels for families facing hunger

Each food parcel holds the staples a household cooks with every day: flour, rice, sugar, cooking oil, dates and pulses.

Who we are

Zafar Foundation is a UK-registered charity supporting people and communities facing poverty and hardship, in Pakistan and in the UK. We give practical help with essential needs: food, clean water, medical care, education and emergency relief.

  • Registered charity

    1215863, England and Wales

  • Registered

    20 November 2025

  • Working in

    Pakistan and the United Kingdom

About the foundation

Two children working a hand pump in a hazy field
Working in Pakistan: Kandiaro, Sindh
The Sheffield city skyline under a cloudy sky
Registered in Sheffield, England

What we are here to do

Supporting people. Strengthening communities. Creating opportunities.

  • Supporting people

    Direct, practical help with essential needs: food, clean water, medical care and education.

  • Strengthening communities

    Work that benefits whole households and neighbourhoods, not only individuals.

  • Creating opportunities

    Longer-term support that helps people move beyond immediate hardship.

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Where we work

Pakistan and the United Kingdom

Our causes

Five areas of practical work in Pakistan and the UK, from immediate needs to lasting foundations.

  • Men seated on the grass beside Zafar Foundation Ramadan food packages, sacks and boxes, at a village distribution

    Food distribution

    Food parcels with staple items for families who cannot afford them.

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  • A girl drinks from a new Zafar Foundation hand pump with a blue basin while a volunteer works the handle

    Clean water

    Hand pumps that give households a safe and reliable water supply close to home.

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  • A doctor taking a patient's blood pressure in a small clinic

    Medical assistance

    Help with treatment costs, medicines and access to care for people who cannot pay for them.

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  • Students at wooden desks listening to a teacher writing on the board

    Education

    Support that keeps children and young people learning, from fees and materials to practical school needs.

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  • People wading through floodwater carrying belongings past submerged trees

    Emergency relief

    Practical help when floods, extreme weather or sudden hardship put families at risk.

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How each cause works

How your support becomes practical help

From the moment you give to the moment you see what happened.

  1. Step 1: You choose where your gift goes

    The current appeal, a specific cause, or a general donation. Zakat and Sadaqah are kept separate.

  2. Step 2: Support becomes practical items and services

    Food parcels, hand pumps, medicines, school costs or emergency supplies, bought for the people who need them.

  3. Step 3: Help reaches people directly

    Delivered to families and communities in Pakistan and the UK, with dignity and without conditions.

  4. Step 4: You see what happened

    Updates on completed work are published on the Impact page as they are verified.

Impact, documented as it happens

We publish what has been done, not what we hope to do. Photos and videos from completed water, food and masjid projects in Sindh are on our Impact page, with new updates added as each piece of work is verified.

What we publish

  • Project updates with dates and locations
  • Verified figures with their source
  • Stories shared with consent
  • Where we work
  • Before and after documentation
  • Annual reports and accounts

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A registered UK charity

Zafar Foundation is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and run from Sheffield. Every detail below is public and can be checked on the register.

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Registered charityCharity Commission for England and Wales

Charity number

1215863

Registered

20 November 2025

Organisation type
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation)
Areas of operation
England and Wales and Pakistan
Registered office
94 Glen Road, Sheffield, S7 1RB, United Kingdom

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  • Gift Aid on eligible donations

    UK taxpayers can add Gift Aid at the point of giving. It adds 25p to every £1 at no cost to the donor.

  • Updates on completed work

    Verified project updates, figures and reports are published on the impact page as work is completed.

  • A person to talk to

    Questions about a donation, a cause or our work are answered by email or phone.

Children with school bags walking along a tree-lined path in early morning light

Support the current appeal

Your donation goes to practical help for people facing hardship in Pakistan and the UK.

  • Give once or set up a monthly gift
  • Zakat and Sadaqah are kept separate
  • Gift Aid adds 25p to every £1 for UK taxpayers
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