Orphans
Poverty, war and other circumstances often leave children without parental support. You can make a difference.
Orphan Support
Orphans hold a special place in the hearts of humanitarians. By their nature, children are vulnerable. The loss of a guardian leads to loss in opportunities, resources and much-needed support. Children who lose one or more parent often miss school, struggle with food insecurity and lack proper clothing.
The need for orphan support is tremendous. The number of orphans in the world outnumber the entire population of Russia. The number of children living in orphanages or on the street is larger than the population of Guatemala. Roughly 3.5 times more children become orphaned each year than there are football players in all NFL teams combined — nearly 500,000 more per year than the population of Bahrain.
At Baitulmaal, we believe being losing a parent should not deprive a child of food, clothing and shelter or sentence a child to a life of endless poverty. This belief drives us to provide support for institutions helping orphans sustain their lives and support their development.
If you also believe that orphans have as much as right to life-sustaining resources as children with both parents, then donate generously to our orphan support fund.
Without the generous financial contributions from donors like you, we would not be able to provide the food, clothing, shelter and other support to orphans in need around the world.
Below are orphan support projects you can support.
Facts about Orphans
- 153 million children have been orphaned worldwide
- 18 million orphans live in orphanages or on the streets
- 14.5 million orphans age out unadopted every year
- 2.1 million children become orphans each year (5,760 every day)
- 1 million children have been separated from families due to armed conflict in the past 10 years
News & Updates
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Critical Aid Reaches Yemen: 60,300 Meals; 100 Hygiene, Winter Kits for 600 Displaced Yemenis
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Food, Winter Kits Delivered to 500 Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
???? More photos below... ???? COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH, December 28, 2020 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian relief agency, recently completed an emergency winter aid delivery for 500 Rohingya refugees who fled the genocide in Myanmar. Field...

500 Recently Displaced Syrian Children Receive Winter Warmth
???? More photos below... ????IDLIB, SYRIA, December 23, 2020 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian relief agency, recently delivered 500 winter relief kits to children of internally displaced families in northern Syria. The winter relief kits were...

Beirut Hospital Receives Hard-to-Find Medications for 200 Patients in Second Round of Aid
⬅️ Click on the left or right edge of the photo to see more ➡️????⏯ Watch video below ⏯????BEIRUT, LEBANON, December 17, 2020 -- Dallas-based charity Baitulmaal, along with Chicago-based healthcare access organization MedGlobal, delivered the second round of...

Bread for 94,677 Meals Distributed in Northern Syria
???? More photos below... ???? IDLIB, SYRIA, December 8, 2020 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian aid organization, distributed bread for 94,677 meals to displaced families in northern Syria. Baitulmaal field workers distributed 6,275 bags...

724,680 Meals Delivered to Families in Yemen
IBB, YEMEN, December 3, 2020 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian aid organization, with funding support from global activism nonprofit Avaaz, distributed 1,342 food packages providing an estimated 724,680 meals to families suffering from acute...

2020 Winter Social Post (Yemen)
FacebookWinter kills 20 times more people than any other season. The cold can be deadly, even when it's not freezing, for people living in harsh conditions due to poverty of displacement. I'm posting this because I want you to help by donating to the trusted 4-star...

2020 Winter Social Post (All)
FacebookWinter kills 20 times more people than any other season. The cold can be deadly, even when it's not freezing, for people living in harsh conditions due to poverty of displacement. I'm posting this because I want you to help by donating to the trusted 4-star...

Beirut Hospital Receives Medications, Emergency Aid in Response to Explosion
BEIRUT, LEBANON, October 29, 2020 -- Dallas-based charity Baitulmaal, along with Chicago-based healthcare access organization MedGlobal, delivered medications to Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut last week to support 200 patients that were impacted by the...

$4M Emergency Medical Aid Shipment Sent to Yemen
YEMEN, October 22, 2020 - Earlier this month, Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian relief agency, sent a $4 million shipment of 10 medical supply containers to Yemen to bolster its strained health sector ahead of the winter season. This round of...