The Saleh Abdullah Kamel Humanitarian Foundation

The Saleh Abdullah Kamel Humanitarian Foundation focusses on promoting social, economic and cultural development in the Arab Region by investing in employment and job creation, education and health, promoting the revival of the Arabic language, and providing basic services to communities in need. The foundation also offers food, shelter, psychosocial and medical support services for disadvantaged communties including orphans, people with visual disabilities as well as the elderly. The foundation was established in 2019 and has benefitted 139,295 individuals to date.

  • Organisation type Foundation
  • Year founded 2019
  • Headquartered Jeddah
  • Registration Saudi Arabia
  • Website https://sakhf.org/en/

Related sustainable development goals

  • No Poverty
  • Zero Hunger
  • Good Health and Well-Being
  • Quality Education
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Focus areas

Focus sectors

  • Development
    • Economic development
      • Employment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Humanitarian
    • Free goods distribution
    • Food aid

Focus populations

  • Orphans
  • People with vision impairments
  • Seniors

Focus geographies

  • Middle East
    • Saudi Arabia
  • North Africa
    • Egypt

Programmes

  • Employment and job creation
    The foundation focusses on promoting and strengthening knowledge around Islamic economy and developing the competency of religious tourism workers.
  • Reviving the Arabic language
    One of the main strategic goals of the foundation is to promote the revival of Arabic language. The organisation hopes to accomplish this by contributing to the endowment for the language of Qu'ran at King Abdul Aziz University and support interventions that modernise education curricullums for teachers and students.
  • Social solidarity
    The foundation invests in education and health, and provides basic services to communities in need. The foundation also offers food, shelter, psychosocial and medical support services for disadvantaged communties including orphans, people with visual disabilities as well as the elderly.

Financials

Funding model

  • Foundation-administered programme awards
  • Grants to organisations
  • In-kind gifts
  • Pro bono services
  • Volunteering

Primary funders

  • Saleh Abdullah Kamel family

Operations

Key staff

  • chief executive officer, Hamam Zare

Board members

  • Abdullah Saleh Kamel, Chairman

Contact details