ANNUAL REPORTS
CHARITY WEEK 2023 - ANNUAL REPORT
Note: These Annual Reports are specifically for Charity Week. Please click here to view Islamic Relief Worldwide’s Annual Reports.
At Charity Week, we believe that self accountability is vital so that we can learn from our mistakes and our successes. As one of the few Muslim youth projects to publish an Annual Report in detail, we hope that it will give you a small taste of what it is like to organise one of the largest Muslim youth projects in the world. Last year, during Charity Week 2023, we saw:
Charity Week started 20 years ago with a shoebox at St George’s University London, and alhamdulillah we are still fundraising for a week every year to inspire unity across the ummah. However, from the very start CW2023, it was clear that we needed to unite more than ever.
February brought one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in a century: devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. You responded; you came together in 9 countries, and a record 668 institutions participated.
The calls for unity grew even stronger as disaster struck Morocco, and then Libya within days. Within weeks, an earthquake claimed thousands of lives in Afghanistan. Soon after, an unbearable injustice began unfolding in Palestine, one that sadly continues to this day. Worst of all, nature takes no blame here.
Our teams in Canada, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar, South Africa, the UK, and the US took action. We pledged £1,000,000 of our fundraising to Palestine and surpassed it because you all answered the call. You also raised significant amounts for wider emergency relief and long-term projects. You all broke records with your efforts. You showed the world that Unity is Natural.
CW2023 International Director
