Foundation tackles humanitarian crisis in Syria and Türkiye
The foundation has seized the opportunity to rebuild lives and offer relief to millions affected.

Salaam Foundation discusses Search and Rescue operations

Salaam Foundation Search & Rescue (SFSR) team assists with rescue efforts in Lenasia

Salaam Foundation’s #LemonAid campaign raises funds for #GazaKitchen across SA

October 28 2024

It was not about what was on sale but what it represented: a symbol of hope and resistance against despair and desensitisation. The fourth edition of the Salaam Foundation’s #LemonAid campaign (a twist on the lemonade stall idea) recently took place at various locations around SA, including Johannesburg south areas, Robertsham and Ormonde.

The devastation is intense’: SA volunteers in earthquake-stricken Turkey say scores still missing
February 10 2023
Salaam Foundation founder Azhar Vadi has described the search and rescue missions in Turkey as emotional. Vadi spoke to News24 from Hatay, one of the areas affected by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake on Monday.

Salaam Foundation makes a difference
April 14, 2021
In 2019, a group of hikers headed by Bokkie Coovadia summitted Mt Elbrus in Russia, the highest mountain in Europe. The fundraising project was supported logistically by Salaam Foundation. The hike was spurred on by Sr Mooniba Bhyat to raise funds to buy two reusable sanitary pad cutting machines. One of the directors of the foundation, Fatima Sookharia, said these machines have since been imported and installed and have created opportunities for local NGOs to produce the sanitary pads that are now finally reaching deserving recipients.

Farm in the City in Robertsham
December 9, 2020
The Salaam Foundation has decided that growing food as a means of survival as a sustainable project is the best option to help the most vulnerable. One of the directors of the foundation, Fatima Sookharia, said the idea of a Farm in the City was thus born.
Very soon thereafter a farming project followed where a piece of barren land was rented out with the idea of turning it into a flourishing farm in the heart of Robertsham. The intent is to provide wholesome and healthy produce for those most in need. This farm has already fed families in need with harvests of fresh, healthy produce.

Palestinian doctor is visiting South Africa. This is where you can see him
February 16 2024
Palestinian medic, Dr Basel Abuwarda is on his #PalestineLeads tour in South Africa, where he aims to showcase the dignity and courage of the Palestinian people in the face of an apartheid occupation that has reached to a point of genocide. Johannesburg-based humanitarian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) Salaam Foundation and Colours of Hope are hosting the Gaza medical doctor in South Africa from February 14 to 22, for the tour.

Salaam Foundation takes their humanitarian aid to Madagascar
August 3, 2022

One will often see the Salaam Foundation van driving through the streets of Robertsham and neighbouring communities doing its usual meat and vegetable deliveries to vulnerable families in the area. The NGO has now extended its global footprint of assistance to the neighbouring African island of Madagascar, which has been suffering from a serious drought for the last six years.