Around the world, almost 61 million children are deprived access to basic education. In 2008, an estimate stated that 60% of these children are girls. And within developing nations, the completion rate of primary school between the two genders is greater than 10%. Almost 100 million girls worldwide who start primary school don’t finish and the numbers rise for secondary education where it is not possible for more than 200 million children. The gender gap between boys and girls rises even more within the enrollment and completion of secondary school.
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07 May 2024 / 28. Shawal 1445
ZCSS: Your Help, Your Support….Your Community
“It is the men of knowledge who can truly realise God.” (35:28)
Let’s set the scene…. imagine it’s 1996 in a rural village in India…the sun is hot and the skies are clear and blue.
A child, called Salim awoke to the sounds of his father telling him mum “….there’s no point in him going to school! He should be out working and helping out around the house….we need the money!” This was a common morning welcome for Salim, the youngest of 7 siblings, whose father was a tailor on extremely low income. His father worked day and night to provide little food and rent…there are some days that his father would bring home a hand full of banana’s and they would all have to share and eat only half, there were other days where they had have nothing to eat.
Salim had dreams and ambitions. Seeing his elder brothers start work from a young age and lead a hard life, only worked to strengthen Salim’s dreams of educating himself and becoming a doctor and to serve his small village in India.
He prayed every day …”O Allah (SWT) please help me achieve my dreams and work towards helping people…I’m tired of this life of poverty and I know you are testing me…my family….please give us the strength to pass this test and please create a way for me to study”
There were many such incidents and real life stories that were seen first-hand by Marhum Mulla Asgar M M Jaffer (the then president of The World Federation) throughout developing countries, where students with talent and ambition don’t get the opportunity to make a difference in their life and the lives of others, due to poverty. It doesn’t have to be this way and for over 30 years, through ZCSS, you have successfully educated over 11,000 students who have gone on to lead thriving lives. You have helped this community go from strength to strength. You have given these Shia students the tools to become self-sufficient.
Now more than ever we need your support. This Muharram we are looking for 2,000 sponsors for needing and deserving students. Will you honour the sacrifice of Imam Husayn (AS) and his family by supporting a needy Shia? A deserving believer of the Ahlul Bayt (AS)? Will you be a part of earning sawab-e-jaria? Will you sponsor a student today and help them overcome poverty through education?
From only £10/ USD $20 a month for a Primary School student or £55 / USD $90 for a Further Education student, you can change the life of a Shia child, you can give them the support and help to realise their dreams and the dreams of our community.
“In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us” - Flora Edwards
To Sponsor a child email us at [email protected]
Or sponsor one of these children online today:
http://www.justgiving.com/NedaFathima
http://www.justgiving.com/NaazFathima
http://www.justgiving.com/RahberAli
http://www.justgiving.com/SaklainAli
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Marhum Mulla Asghar avait créé le Système de Sponsorship des Enfants Zainabiya (The Child Sponsorship Scheme Zainabia (ZCSS)) en 1981. Il était extrêmement passionné par l'éducation des enfants de notre communauté.
We have often heard, give up a cup of coffee to help a child, but do we do it? Perhaps we think that such a small contribution won’t make a difference, or maybe we tell ourselves we will get to it but don’t or we tell ourselves someone else will do it so we don’t have to.
But what if you did?
