Pusat Pungutan Zakat - The Best of 2018 and The Hopes for 2019

Last Monday, I attended a press conference held by Pusat Pungutan Zakat (PPZ) at the Everly Hotel, Putrajaya.
As one of the past recipients of zakat (the asnaf), I always try my best to attend the events by PPZ-MAIWP - tempat jatuh lagikan dikenang, inikan pula tempat bermain. So, yeah. I would like to think that my sharing of PPZ's initiatives as a giving back to PPZ and the masses of friends out there.
Here are some my past postings, the evolvement of PPZ-MAIWP and of them giving back to the community in their outreach programme.

• Pay The Zakat Online
• Zakat vs Sedekah
• New and Improved zakat2u Portal
• Karnival YEZ (Year End Zakat) 2018
• What is MAIWP doing with Zakat?

Alhamdulilah. In my own simple way of outreach, I managed to remind some of my friends of their duty - and they did their parts too.

After the press conference, I am so happy that the ever helpful and giving Malaysians certainly did their parts too and it reflects in the total amount of 2018 zakat collection and the total number of people paying zakat.

That's a piece of very good news, especially to the deserving ones. The distribution of the zakat will certainly brighten a family's day. 

Baitulmal-MAIWP is the department of MAIWP that is responsible for the direct distribution of the zakat to the asnaf at all the Federal Territories. As of now, there are 28 Zakat aid schemes in place to assist the asnaf from all angles which include basic needs, housing, education, business, welfare and da'wah (some of the aid schemes are as listed below). More info in my last post [Zakat Distribution]:

• Bantuan Kewangan Bulanan
• Bantuan Sewa Rumah
• Bantuan Pelajaran
• Bantuan Perubatan
• Bantuan Perniagaan

2019 Target

As to keep the momentum going, PPZ-MAIWP is targetting to collect RM710 million worth of zakat from 190,000 people in the year 2019 from Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan. Let us all assist PPZ-MAIWP in achieving this milestone.

2019 Activities

In order to achieve the targets, PPZ-MAIWP is adamant in educating and also interacting more with the masses hence the list of activities as below has been designed planned to further enhance the education effort and develop the human capital.

• Kempen Penambahan Potongan Gaji
• A special zakat for business program for GLC and GLIC as well as for the SME
• Enhancing and developing a new/ current online system to ease the zakat payment experience
• The appointment of new collection agents at the higher education institutions
• Rebranding of the Kaunter Zakat into Pusat Perkhidmatan Zakat
• Sharia studies to streamline the fatwa on zakat
• Continuous human capital development to provide the latest techniques on effective marketing
• To enhance collaboration with more partners
• Promoting the reinstatement of zakat money to be paid by the payer himself
• To promote Tabung Didik Zakat
• And many more exciting, educating and interesting activities await in 2019

To know more, just head on to Pusat Pungutan Zakat or call the Talian Zakat [1-300-88-5757].

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