In answer to the parched plea of help arising from the drought-stricken villages of Ukumbani, Kenya, SIM Cares launched a charity initiative in February to raise awareness and funds. Rising to Imam Husayn's call for justice and humanity, SIM Cares conducted a sponsored Walk of Compassion to Karbala 2010 to help the Bilal Muslim Mission in Kenya provide emergency food rations to prevent starvation in Ukambani.
Given the practical impossibility of Madressa students actually walking to Imam Husayn's shrine in Karbala, the walk was symbolically achieved in 8, 406 steps, each step representing a kilometre in the journey from London to Karbala and back.
With participants provided with pedometers to help with step-counting, students spent the following weeks flagging sponsors, collecting funds and carrying out their sponsored ziyarah in their personal time. Alhamdulillah, Madressa students and teachers have so far raised in excess of £5,500 and the funds continue to roll in!
While the cost of £4,387 to feed the people of Ukumbani for 1 month has been met, further assistance from the community to help the desperate villagers in the difficult months ahead, would be appreciated.
Walk of Compassion to Karbala 2010
Bismihi Ta’ala
Dear Parents / Students
Salamun Alaykum
Alhamdulillah, we are happy to inform you that we are launching a Madressa charity project entitled Walk of Compassion to Karbala 2010.
Attached below, is a copy of the Walk of Compassion to Karbala 2010 sponsor form and a letter to sponsors informing them about the project.
Like previous projects in 2009, such as M’Egg a Difference and the Ali Asgher Water Appeal, the aim is to raise student awareness of the plight of Muslim suffering around the world and help them to actively make a difference.
Our current project will provide food for drought victims in Kenya. In the region of Ukambani, Kenya, harvests have failed, leaving people so desperately hungry that they crush the fruit of baobab trees and mix it with water to survive.
The sponsored ziyarah to Karbala will raise funds for emergency food rations distributed by the Bilal Muslim Mission, for the starving people of Ukambani. The cost of feeding the people of Ukambani for one month is £4387; we hope to raise enough funds to provide food for a few months in this difficult time.
This Safar, as we remember the hunger and thirst of Imam Husayn and his family in Karbala, let us feed others by motivating our children to participate in a sponsored Walk of Compassion to Karbala 2010.
Parents are also highly encouraged to participate in the walk themselves and obtain sponsors. Let us make helping others a family activity.
The journey from London to Karbala and back is approximately 8,406 kilometres. While they will not physically make this journey, each Madressa student will walk 8,406 steps, each step representing one kilometre travelled towards the Holy shrine of Imam Hussayn in Karbala.
Each participant will be provided with a pedometer (step counter) to facilitate counting the number of steps taken. There is a registration fee of £2.00 to cover the cost of the pedometers.
As the nights of Ashra Zaynabiyya are upon us, we urge you, in the spirit of Lady Zaynab’s remembrance, to help our desperate brothers and sisters in Ukambani.
Funds raised by each student will be collected in Madressa on Sunday, March 07, 2010. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure funds are collected from all sponsors before this date.
If you have any queries, please contact us on 07866523496.
May Allah bless your efforts.
SIM Admin
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Letter To Sponsors
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