Orphan 7 was born from a devastating reality.
Across the world, millions of children are growing up without parents and in under-resourced communities, often unseen and forgotten. Many are surviving, but missing out on the opportunities they deserve simply because they lack access to resources and support.
Partners, supporters & collaborators
We saw the gap, and we chose to respond.
In December 2022, we launched with 17 orphans. Since its inception, Orphan 7 has partnered with trusted spiritual leaders, who know and understand the children within their communities to ensure that we reach the most vulnerable.
Over the years, we have built a strong network of spiritual leaders, caregivers, social workers, and partners committed to walking alongside every child from the beginning of their Orphan 7 journey.
Through our growing network, we continue to identify, support, and empower children to not just survive, but thrive within their own communities.
What guides us
Our Vision:To be the world’s foremost champion for orphan empowerment, fostering a global community where every orphan thrives and realizes their boundless potential.
Our Mission:To effect transformational change for orphans within households by providing personalized and holistic intervention.
Our leadership management
To be the world’s foremost champion for orphan empowerment, fostering a global community
where every orphan thrives and realizes their boundless potential.
Ahmed Mulla
CEO
Ahmed Mulla is a professional civil engineer and project manager with over 20 years of corporate experience who chose to direct that expertise toward a cause close to his heart. Having worked across several NGOs, he saw firsthand how orphan care lacked the structured, data-driven approach that drives results in the corporate world. Orphan7 bridged that gap by bringing technology, professional rigour, and systematic programme design into a space traditionally driven by compassion alone. His vision: an organisation where every orphan receives care that is as impactful as it is heartfelt, because every child deserves to be cared for as we would care for our own
Nabeelah Hassan
Programme Manager
Nabeelah Hassan is a qualified speech therapist and audiologist who spent over a decade in public healthcare before bringing her expertise in child development to Orphan7. Her involvement in da'wah programmes and Islamic centres of learning gives her a unique perspective on care: one that places Islamic values at the centre of every interaction. As Programme Manager, Nabeelah leads programme delivery with a people-centred approach, ensuring that the organisation's work is shaped not just by data and systems, but by genuine connection with the children, caregivers, and communities it serves.
Sheikh Bilal Ismail
Strategic Advisor
Sheikh Bilal is the founder and director of the Imam Development Program, which has trained and supported more than 800 Imams across 14 African countries since 2014. As a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah and a long-standing instructor at AlKauthar Institute, he brings deep experience in building faith-based institutions across the continent. At Orphan7, he advises on community engagement, spiritual programming, and organisational growth within the faith-based development sector.
Azim Kidwai
Strategic Advisor
Azim Kidwai is the Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Mission UK, one of Britain's leading Muslim community development organisations. Under his leadership, Mercy Mission has launched several landmark initiatives, including the National Zakat Foundation, Charity Right UK, and the Muslim Fostering Network. With a background spanning the UK civil service and the third sector, he advises Orphan7 on strategy, data systems, and scalable infrastructure to support expansion into new markets.
Ayesha Javaid
Board Member
Ayesha Javaid is a financial management professional whose career has been devoted entirely to the third sector, a deliberate choice rooted in her belief that financial expertise can and should be a force for good. She has built a reputation for elevating the finance function from a back-office necessity into a strategic driver of organisational decision-making. At Mercy Mission UK, she has led the finance function across a portfolio of companies and non-profits, overseeing compliance, board reporting, and external audit processes with a focus on transparency and accountability. Ayesha joins the Orphan7 board with the conviction that sustainable impact begins with sound stewardship and that every dollar directed toward an orphan's future must be managed with the same care and intentionality with which it was given.
Interested in joining our cause?
We invite you to be part of the journey. Join us in uplifting the lives of children and their caregivers. Together, we can empower every orphan to reach their full potential.