Most charities run projects. We run a loop.
The world does not only need more temporary charity. It needs systems that respond to urgent need, restore dignity, build sustainability and develop the next generation — and pay for the next round of work themselves. Every project below funds, supplies or staffs another. That is the whole design.
Seven programs. One mission, looping back on itself.
The farm grows what the restaurant serves. The restaurant funds the relief. The youth run the studio that tells the story. The app puts it all in your pocket. Each program feeds the next.
UMMA App
The connective tissue. Every program in one place.
- →Donors see exactly where aid lands.
- →Track harvest cycles in real time.
- →Sign up to volunteer in two taps.
NexGen
Where the next generation is built.
- →Youth volunteer on the bus.
- →Kitchen training, real wages.
- →Production studio inside NexGen.
Studio
Stories that make impact visible.
- →Production studio inside NexGen.
- →Field documentation drives the work.
- →Stories delivered to your phone.
Yala
A restaurant that funds the mission.
- →Farm produce supplies the restaurant.
- →Restaurant profits flow back to relief.
- →Meals on wheels — every Sunday.
Hope Bus
Weekly meals and dignity in NYC.
- →Meals on wheels — every Sunday.
- →Youth volunteer on the bus.
- →Sign up to volunteer in two taps.
Relief
Emergency aid across 23+ countries.
- →Farm revenue funds emergency aid.
- →Restaurant profits flow back to relief.
- →Field documentation drives the work.
Farm
8,000 acres feeding the mission.
- →Farm revenue funds emergency aid.
- →Farm produce supplies the restaurant.
- →Track harvest cycles in real time.
Every project, and the site that runs it
This page explains what each project is and how it fits. Each one has its own home where you can actually take part — enrol, order, volunteer, download. The button takes you there.
NEXGEN
A program of UMMA FoundationThe third space where young people belong — after school, before adulthood.
- Youth volunteer on the Hope Bus.
- Kitchen training at Yala turns into real wages.
- The production studio inside NEXGEN feeds UMMA Studio.
Hope Bus
A program of UMMA FoundationHot meals and real dignity, delivered across the five boroughs every week.
- Local outreach makes the work visible at home.
- Yala cooks the meals that go out on the bus.
- NEXGEN youth crew the route.
Yala
A mission-aligned social enterprise supporting UMMA FoundationA halal restaurant whose whole reason for existing is to fund the mission.
- Restaurant proceeds flow back into relief.
- The kitchen cooks for the Hope Bus.
- UMMA Farm supplies produce.
UMMA Farm
A program of UMMA FoundationAgriculture that turns one-off giving into a supply line that keeps producing.
- Farm revenue funds emergency aid.
- Farm produce supplies Yala.
- The UMMA App tracks harvest cycles in real time.
UMMA Studio
The media arm of UMMA FoundationThe team that documents the work so the proof exists before anyone asks for it.
- Field documentation is what makes relief verifiable.
- The production studio sits inside NEXGEN.
- The UMMA App delivers the stories to your phone.
UMMA App
Built by UMMA FoundationThe connective tissue — every program, and the people in them, in one place.
- Donors see exactly where aid lands.
- Volunteers sign up for the bus in two taps.
- Programs, RSVPs and paid roles for youth.
UMMA Relief
A project of UMMA FoundationEmergency response — food, water, medical aid and shelter for families in crisis. Relief has no separate consumer site, because this is its home. The campaigns, the countries and the giving all live here.