# Ansar Aid

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1213258 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1213258)
- Website: https://www.ansaraid.org
- What it funds: Prevention or relief of poverty, Religious activities
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Malawi, India
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/ansar-aid

Ansar Aid carries out humanitarian and development work in Malawi and India, focusing on feeding vulnerable families, supporting education, and providing emergency relief. Our activities include Ramadhan food hamper distribution, medical and welfare assistance, and community empowerment projects that uplift those most in need with dignity and care.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> (1) The prevention or relief of poverty primarily in Malawi and India, by means of, but not exclusively, making grants for items, equipment, services and facilities, including the provision of food, clothing, other basic necessities for the benefit of the said persons; (2) To advance the religion of Islam by means of, but not exclusively, the provision of facilities for Islamic education, in accordance with the teachings of the quran and the teachings of prophet muhammad (pbuh) as interpreted and accepted by the ahle sunnah wal-jamaa-ah school of thought.

## What it funds

Ansar Aid is registered under the Charity Commission purposes prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Malawi and India.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Ansar Aid in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (ansaraid.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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