Saudi national charity campaign receives $202m in Ramadan

Donations totalling more than SR757 million ($202 million) have been received by the National Campaign for Charitable Work in its third edition during Ramadan, according to the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence, which supervises the work of the platform.

The campaign kicked off with two donations totalling SR70 million from King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, chairman of SDAIA.

Over 67 million donations have so far been made, benefitting more than 4.8 million beneficiaries in around 23 charitable fields, including educational, social, housing, religious, health and nutritional fields.

Over 1.1 million Zakat Al-Fitr have been collected over the past two days, bringing the total donations of the Ehsan platform so far to more than SR3.9 billion.

The campaign’s success can be attributed to the crown prince’s empowerment of Ehsan, as well as his commitment to the growth of the nonprofit sector, raising its efficiency and reliability standards under the umbrella of a solid digital structure that contributes to realizing the Saudi Vision 2030.

Ehsan has received continuous support from the leadership to enable its work in accordance with solid governance supervised by 12 government agencies. It also has a Shariah committee that ensures that the platform’s work is in compliance with the provisions of Islamic law.

The platform continues to receive donations from individuals, companies, banks, donors, and affluent people through the platform’s application and website https://ehsan.sa, in addition to the benefactors’ call center via the number 8001247000 and the designated bank accounts.