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As a maritime country, Indonesia has huge potential in sea resources which economically has very high value. With the ratification of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030, where one of the goals is SDG No. 14 related to the marine ecosystem, the utilization of marine resources could be maximized to enhance the economic benefit.

There are more than 3,900 units of baitul mal wa tamwil (BMT) in Indonesia, a type of Islamic microfinance institutions (IMFIs) and these institutions have been playing an important role in the poverty alleviation process in the country.

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO (2021) projected that the number of hunger increased in 2020 due to COVID-19 Pandemic and reached up to 811 million people throughout the world. In the same report, it is stated that Asia (418 million) and Africa (282 million). represent two regions with the largest undernourished populations. In addition, one out of three people in the world (2.37 billion) face food insecurity in the same year.

As an endowment instrument in Islam, waqf has been acknowledged as one of the greatest Muslim charitable traditions to provide finance for sustainable humanitarian initiatives. However, researchers have historically given little consideration to that potency. This study documents various case studies on how Islamic humanitarian NGOs across the globe optimise waqf funds to support their activities in conducting sustainable humanitarian programmes.

Indonesia begins 2021 with floods and landslides in a row. The natural disasters remind us of the beginning of the previous year, which also started with a disaster.