A Journey in Bissau - February 2022
A Journey in Bissau - February 2022

February 4, 2022

On day one of entering Guinea-Bissau, we made our first stop in Pelundu Village.

When we arrived, many greeted us warmly along with the local Imam who also helps to manage the orphanage of the village. After a throng of people who greeted us came and went, a wandering elder walked evenly towards us with a vibratory signal that beckoned one to sit with him.

Quickly, by instinct, I grabbed him a chair and sat it nearest to myself and Lamin Mendi. Sidi Lamen is a Bissua native and one of the most important volunteers of the Bissau Project.

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How the Bissau Project Handles Zakat
How the Bissau Project Handles Zakat

The purpose of this article is to share a bit about how the Bissau Project distributes zakat.

Specifically, we want to look at 4 areas:

  1. Legal validity of zakat distribution

  2. Priority for the most needy

  3. Distributing zakat in the form of cash

  4. Distributing zakat with ihsan

Legal validity of zakat

The important point here is that 100% of your zakat contributions are distributed directly to zakat-eligible individuals. Every dollar of zakat that is entrusted to the Bissau Project is distributed directly to zakat-eligible individuals in West Africa. About 97 percent of the total goes to people in the rural villages of Guinea Bissau, with the remainder going to zakat-eligible individuals in the Gambia.

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