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Gambian Government Closes Penny Appeal’s Orphanage After Child Sexual Abuse Allegations

Penny Appeal is a well known Muslim charity that works in over 30 countries around the world. Penny Appeal was operating illegally in Gambia. The Gambian government conducted an investigation, and found cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of orphan children in their care. On August 12, 2020, the Gambian government closed down the Penny…

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How I Became the First Child CEO of a Charity

By Shakira Rahman

…and if I can do this, you can too! I wasn’t nervous when I first met Adeem Younis, the Chairman of Penny Appeal—I’d heard of the charity and everything because I was actually at one of their events with my family when we first met. What I didn’t know was that Penny Appeal is an…