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In conjunction with 67th Session of UN General Assembly

Linking Muslim Giving to MDGs

November 2, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. UN Headquarters, NY

A convening of leading Muslim grantmakers and nonprofit organizations to critically examine the status of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Muslim countries as well as to discuss the potentials for developing strategic approaches in faith based giving to meet the financial resource gaps required to meet the MDGs in these countries. The event will also serve as a forum for initial dialogue among participants on how Muslim philanthropic organizations can engage in the formulation of the post 2015 framework; contributing both to the formulation process as well as in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Participation by invitation only - Contact: info@thewcmp.org

The key outcomes of the event will be to provide increased focus to the importance of faith-based giving, which is crucial to accelerate the MDGs in OIC member countries.

The activity is expected to:

The World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists (WCMP) and Pakistan’s Islamic microfinance institution Farz Foundation have singed a Memorandum of Understanding to further empower their partnership.
The two will work together in developing Shariah compliant, need based and market driven innovative products. They will also design the strategies to carry out the products' operations to kick start the Halal income generating cycle.
WCMP will copy Farz Methodology in Pakistan and outside, especially in the less developed Muslim countries.