Our achievements

Direct Aid Achievements:

• Cumulative Achievements Report from Establishment to December 2025
  Achievements of Direct Aid Society in its pursuit of fulfilling its mission to support sustainable development efforts and humanitarian work, which have been realised by the grace of Allah Almighty and your generous contributions. The Direct Aid Society has written a commendable success story in the fields of charitable and humanitarian work over the decades.
  By December 2025, society will have achieved the following results:
  • Providing care for 95,961 orphans through ongoing sponsorship programs.
  • Implementing 34,953 development projects to promote economic and social development.
  • Establishing 25,921 construction projects, including hospitals, schools, and health centres.
  • Building and operating 8 hospitals, 369 clinics, and medical centres.
  • Implementing 29,000 water and well projects to improve access to safe drinking water.
  • Constructing 6,701 mosques and 26 institutes to strengthen religious and educational infrastructure.
  In the education sector, society has:
  • Establishing and operating 3 universities and 372 formal academic schools.
  • Building 762 Quranic schools to support Quranic education.
  • Enrolling 1,975,373 students in formal schools.
  • Enrolling 120,579 students in higher education (universities and colleges).
  • Supporting 31,946 students through scholarships.
  In the health sector, the following were implemented:
  • Implementing 18,849 health programs, including medical convoys, free surgical camps, vaccination campaigns, and clinic development initiatives.
  In the area of awareness and outreach:
  • Implementing 24,368 awareness programs, including outreach caravans, Quranic programs, and educational initiatives.
  • Supporting 366,505 Quran memorisation حلقات (circles) and centres.
  • Enabling 2,113 beneficiaries to perform Hajj.
  Seasonal activities included:
  • Distributing 614,253 sacrificial animals (Qurbani/Udhiya).
  • Providing 50,257,082 Iftar meals for fasting individuals.
  We strive with you to continue empowering individuals in impoverished African communities.

Direct Aid Nationally and Globally:

Direct Aid has diplomatic status and diplomatic immunity in many countries under agreements with foreign ministries in such countries, and is a member and partner of the following organisations:

• Islamic Development Bank
• Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society
• Turkish Red Crescent Society
• Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
• Doctors around the world YERYÜZÜ DOKTORLARI
• Hayrat Humanitarian Aid Association
• World Federation of Islamic Organizations
• The Gulf Federation for Cancer Control (GFFCC)
• United Nations International Emergency Fund for Children (UNICEF)
• Islamic Relief worldwide
• Humanitarian funds INSANIA
• World Food Program (WFP)
• Eye of the World Team
• Namaa Foundation
• Awqaf Foundation
• United Mission Relief
• International Islamic Charity Organisation
• Emirates Red Crescent
• Red Cross Society
• CHS Alliance
• Economic and Social Council at the United Nations
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Patients Helping Fund Society
• Member of The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness 
• Member of the World Water Council

Awards won by DA in its personal capacity or represented by Dr Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait

• Order of Heads of GCC states, held in Muscat, for charitable work, 1986
• King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Award, may God have mercy on him, for serving Islam and Muslims, 1996
• Shield of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour in Kuwait, 1997
• Kuwait Medical Association Shield, 1997
• Kuwaiti Scout Shield, 1998
• Gulf Cooperation Council Medal for Service Scout Movement, 1999
• Order of the Two Niles, First Class, from the Republic of Sudan, 1999
• Sharjah Award for Voluntary Work, 2008
• Second place in the Forbes Middle East Award for Most Transparent Association, 2011
• First place in the Kuwait Best Website Award, 2012
• Excellence Award for Orphan Care in GCC states (Kafel) for the year 2014, presented by the regional network for social responsibility in the Kingdom of Bahrain in cooperation with the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and other organisations.