Our Policies and Reports

In pursuit of the advancement of our vision, mission, and aims and objectives, we are committed to the following operational policies and guidelines:

• Advocacy: to play an advocacy role in relation to issues affecting the empowerment of communities.
• Affirmative action and equity:  to pursue employment, appointment, and other practices that would affirmatively and equitably represent members from diverse backgrounds, as far as is practicable.
• Conduct:  to strive to our utmost to conduct our affairs in accordance with Islamic  principles, values, and  ethos
• Confidentiality:  to respect the confidentiality of waqifoon as well as beneficiaries and not to divulge confidential information without the express consent of waqifoon or beneficiary.
• Constructive engagement: to constructively engage with Muslim organisations, groups, or individuals, who have serious differences.
• Controls, checks & balances: to institute such internal control measures, checks, and balances within the administration of the organisation, so as to enable the minimisation and/or elimination of risk of failure, misstatement, mismanagement, or error.
• Co-operation and collaboration: to co-operate and collaborate with all sectors of society including existing organisations, interest groups, parastatals and state organs at national, provincial, and local level
• Corporate governance:  to govern the organisation, as far as is appropriate, in compliance with principles and global best practices on Corporate Governance.
• Excellence/Ihsan:  to pursue excellence/ihsan in all that we do.
• Existing resources: to utilise existing resources and facilities rather than re-invent or re-invest in new resources and facilities
• Historical shortcomings:  to be cognisant of errors of the past and to avoid any activity, action, or operation of the organisation that may cause such errors.
• Human Resources: to recruit volunteers and, where applicable, employ,  competent and proficient candidates with the necessary skills to carry out designated functions and responsibilities and to reward them commensurately
• Inclusive:  to be inclusive and to create a unifying brotherly/sisterly spirit among stakeholders
• Learning Organisation:  to develop a learning organisation where everyone linked to the organisation  is encouraged to learn and grow, and to contribute innovatively towards constant personal improvement
• Mutual consultation/Shura: to take decisions on the basis of and with due   consultation/ shura at appropriate levels of the organisation and with relevant persons internally and externally.
• Non-duplication:  not to compete with existing organisations nor to duplicate services already being provided by existing organisations
• Non-obligation:  to receive donor or WAQF funds and/or revenues  from any quarter on a non-obligation / no-strings-attached basis, and to make disbursements on the same basis
• Partnerships and Joint Ventures: to initiate and/or execute projects in partnership or joint venture with existing organisations and institutions
• Positive Neutrality: to maintain a neutral but positive stance in its relations with other groups and organisations.
• Projects:  to initiate and establish new community development projects and/or to strengthen and support existing ones 
• Quality service: to provide a high quality service to clients and stakeholders
• Rotation: Wherever possible, members of committees, across the board, shall rotate responsibilities to avoid ‘one-man’ shows and ‘life members’.
• Strategic relations: to  establish and maintain relationships with Government, organisations, agencies, and communities, both nationally and internationally
• Transparency and accountability: to underscore all activities and transactions by principles of transparency and accountability to our stakeholders