Our Story

Our journey began back in 2019 a madrasah building in a Gambian village called Kuloro was brought to our attention. It was in disrepair. Urgent help was needed to improve standards.

We fundraised in Summer 2020, collecting £5000 of donations from a dedicated JustGiving page. The funds helped build 4 new classrooms, an office with a storage for staff and new toilet facilities. 

Success of this initial phase led to an expansion of the school with an additional 4 classrooms funded by £4000, as high demand for Islamic Education emerged from the community.

We discovered that there were around 20 orphans studying at the madrasah that needed financial assistance with their fees. We therefore created a regular dedicated support programme for the orphans providing all of their essential needs.

With your amazing generosity, we've been able to make the school a better place by adding new classrooms and developing the old classrooms. This effort grew into the Ummah Wahidah Foundation (UWF), a charity that now doesn't just help the school but also works on projects like building wells and giving Iftar food to families who need it.

A recent visit to the school, along with Imam Shakeel, showed us how important our work is. Seeing the students' happy faces and their eagerness to learn made us even more committed to helping.

At UWF, we believe education is key, following Allah's first command to "Read!". We invite you to join us in making a real difference in these young lives.

As our work has progressed we have also been able to contribute to the surrounding school community through projects such as digging wells to provide clean drinking water.

We have big ambitions to continue to positively impact the lives of the people in the Gambia with your continuous support and generosity!

Ummah Wahidah Foundation (UWF) is a registered charity in England no. 1200343.

Our objectives are to advance the faith and religious practices of Islam around the world and particularly in Kuloro (the Gambia), through the provision of an educational institution, nurturing the public, providing recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare, relieving those in need and promoting racial and religious harmony.