Maulana Absarul Haque Qasmi

Al-Faran Educational & Welfare Society

Al-Faran Educational & Welfare Society (AEWS) is a Mau, Uttar Pradesh-based nonprofit founded in 2001 that runs schools and madrasas, including the Ayesha Girls School and Madrasa Al-Maahadul Islami, offering both modern and religious education to underprivileged children. It also operates an orphanage and hostel, provides scholarships to talented students who cannot otherwise afford schooling, runs the Azmi Charitable Hospital, and is developing a low-cost housing project for poor and homeless families.

Al-Faran Educational & Welfare Society reports the following, on its own site:

• 800+ students currently enrolled across all our institutions