Help that isn’t limitedto whoever is in the room.
A need announced after salah reaches only the people who happened to be there. MyUmmah puts it where the rest of the Ummah can find it.
Mobile money or bank transfer. No account needed.
How a shilling travels
The money leaves in stages, and only against receipts
You are not in the room where the need was announced, so MyUmmah does the checking for you. Every campaign is verified before it can collect, and every release has to be accounted for before the next one moves.
- One named need, with a real figure
- Registration, committee and payout account checked first
- Money released in stages, never one lump sum
- Receipts filed and checked before the next stage moves
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How verification, releases and proof of use actually work, in plain language, including what we do not do yet.
What is MyUmmah?
MyUmmah is a giving platform for Ugandan mosques, madrasas and orphanages. An institution raises money against a specific, named need: feeding students for a term, clearing an electricity bill, sinking a well. It has to account for what it spends before any more is released. You give as a guest, in a minute, without creating an account.
How do you know an institution is real?
Before a campaign can collect anything, we take a phone number and ring it, photographs of the premises and the people behind it, and the payout account. The account has to be in the name we verified, so an organisation is paid into its own account and never an officer's. Registration papers, a constitution and a committee list can all be filed too, and an institution that has them is a stronger case, but they are not what the check turns on: most of the small masjids this exists for do not have them, and requiring one proved very little about the ones that did.
What is proof of use?
Money is released to an institution in stages, not as one lump sum. Before the next stage moves, the institution submits receipts and photographs covering what it has already spent, and our team checks them. If that does not happen inside the window, the campaign is publicly marked 'awaiting proof of use' on its own page, visible to anyone, including people who have already given.
How do I pay?
MTN Mobile Money, Airtel Money, or a bank transfer. For mobile money you enter your number and approve the prompt on your phone. For a bank transfer we show you the account details and a reference to quote. There is no card payment and no account to create.
What happens if a campaign does not reach its goal?
You decide at checkout, before you pay. Your gift either moves to a similar campaign, or into the general pool, whichever you chose. That choice is recorded against your donation, not applied retroactively, and it is why the question is on the payment form rather than buried in terms you never read.
Do you take a cut?
A small platform fee is taken from Sadaqah donations to cover payment charges and running the verification work. The rate is fixed against a campaign when it is verified, so a later change to our fees can never be applied backwards to money already raised.
Can I give Zakat through MyUmmah?
Not yet through this site. Zakat needs nisab and asnaf eligibility handling that we are still building, and we would rather say so than take Zakat we cannot yet route correctly. Sadaqah campaigns are open now.
Do I need an account?
No. Donors give as guests. You can leave your name and email if you want a record of the gift, tick the box to give anonymously, or leave both blank.
Give today
Give in a minute. Follow it to the receipt.
Mobile money or bank transfer, no account to create and no app to install. You choose up front where your gift goes if the campaign falls short.
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