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Ongoing UWT projects
PAKISTAN
The
Ummah Children Academy
(UCA) - an orphanage in Nowshera, Pakistan - will
cater for 1000 orphans from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir once
it is fully complete, providing them with free education and
accommodation.
The
Junior Academic & Dar ul Hifz block and Student Hostel II
blocks have been handed over to educational staff for the classes.
Three blocks - Teacher Hostel, Teacher Residence,
Bath & kitchen) are currently under construction. The Student
Hostel I block is in its initial stage of construction.
187
orphans have already been admitted to the UCA where they are
receiving primary school education as well as Islamic knowledge.
Accommodation is provided for as well as all other necessary
facilities, including a children’s park for recreational purposes.
The
total project cost is just under £1.4M, with about £600,000
still remaining to be collected. The last payment towards the cost
of UCA was in the region of £50,000 towards the end of May.
UWT set
up sewing machine classes last year in Kamari, a poor suburb
of Karachi. There, young women are taught how to sew over a four
month period upon completion of which they receive a free sewing
machine each. UWT provides the cost of the premises as well as all
the equipment and the wages of the teachers. The course has been
extremely successful with over 200 students having graduated
already. One young woman has gone on to open her own dress-making
business. The cost to cater for each student (over a period of four
months) is £100.
Ummah
Welfare Trust has also been managing an orphanage in
Gigit,
Pakistan, for a number of years now. Both boys and girls, 90 in
total, are catered for in this orphanage where they receive standard
education to primary level.
UWT is currently sponsoring a total of 629 orphans
in Pakistan and Kashmir. In June, nearly £25,000 was spent on
sponsoring orphans in Pakistan.
INDIA
UWT is running a Hifz/Scholarship programme in
India to allow for poor students who are not able to fund their
education to receive the necessary knowledge making them a means of
promoting the cause of Islam. Currently, a total of 30 poor students
– 6 ‘ilmiyyah and 24 hifz – are being sponsored by UWT.
INDONESIA
UWT has purchased a Water Tanker in Indonesia
to allow for water to be transported to areas where it is
desperately needed and it continues to fund the costs of running
this project. An amount just over £5,600 was paid towards
this earlier this year.
BURMA
An orphanage has been set-up in Burma
catering for around 150 children comprising mainly orphans and
children from very poor families. The children are taught Islamic
education and food, clothing and bedding is provided. Monthly cost:
£1,000.
Summary of orphan sponsorships around the world:
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COUNTRY |
NUMBER OF ORPHANS SPONSORED |
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PALESTINE |
67 |
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BANGLADESH |
35 |
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PAKISTAN/KASHMIR |
719 |
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AZERBAIJAN/CHECHNYA |
150 |
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AFGHANISTAN |
256 |
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IRAQ |
50 |
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ALBANIA |
50 |
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BURMA |
50 |
New projects initiated within the month
June
UWT began the digging of 10 wells in poor
areas of
Pakistan
to help provide one of the most essential of needs, water, to the
needy residents. Cost: £10,000.
UWT carried out 8 Aqeeqah sacrifices in
Pakistan
on behalf of donors. Cost:
£1,825.
UWT provided for the renovation and repair of a
Mosque in
Albania
situated in Kotodec Village. As well as this, they also gave a
substantial amount to provide free medical check-ups and medicines
to females and children who were not in a position to afford any
medical care. Cost: £5,461.99.
UWT paid towards the digging of a well in a
poor district in
Sierra Leone
to cater for a 1000 families. Cost: £2,750.
July
Pakistan
Cyclone relief
- UWT set about providing food and water, makeshift tents, clothing
and medicine to the countless needy people in the Turbat, Gawadar (Baluchistan)
and Shah Dad Kot (Sindh) districts which were affected quite badly
by Cyclone Yemyin. UWT, recognising the dire need for substantial
aid, gave donations amounting to £138,000. Some 4200
families, including 600 children, were provided with tents, kitchen
ware, necessary food stock, water and cooked food.
India
Relief projects
(cyclone) – UWT provided the funds for the construction of 20 houses
in Botad, an area severely affected by the floods, providing relief
for many homeless people. The total cost was £11,000.
Completed projects
16 Masaajid
have been constructed in some of the most affected post-earthquake
areas – Muzaffarabad and Balakot in the Mansehra District – in
Pakistan
this year. Due to the earthquake in 2005, many Masaajid were made
shaheed (destroyed) and these were, and continue to be, re-built
from scratch in areas where they are most needed. Cost of each
Masjid: £3,000.
Since the beginning of this year, 26 wells
have been completed. Seven of these have been constructed in
Afghanistan
and the rest in
Pakistan.
Prior to the wells being dug, in many areas, children and women were
carrying water from far desert areas on their heads and/or by using
mules. Each well can benefit a whole village, sometimes comprising
over a thousand people. Cost of each well: £1,000.
Total expenditure – projects within this period plus
ongoing ones
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June costs: |
£45,396.99 |
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July costs: |
£151,125 |
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Total costs: |
£196,521.99 |
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