Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh everybody
My name is Mariam
My name is Umalkhayr
and I'm Asma
Okay so we're here to talk about an organization
called the Somali Education Fund
Before we get into more depth of the logistics and how we work
we are just going to show a quick video InshaAllah
The Somali Education Fund is an organization of students
who have come together to make education more accessible for youth in Somalia
Our goal as an organization is to provide schooling for those less fortunate
We believe that an individual circumstance should not be an obstacle towards their pursuit of knowledge
Which is why we students have come together to facilitate the education funds of 10 underprivileged children
whose families have lack the financial means to send their kids to school
We are aiming towards financing tuition fees for 10 children with Al Kowther Model School in Mogadishu, Somalia
Basically the way our organization works is that we raise awareness for the obstacles that students
in Somalia face with regards to accessibility for education, transportation, supplies, even food
So far we started fundraising in local communities
We just had our first bake sale at Carleton University this past Thursday
Alhamdullilah we were able to raise $568
So 8 hours of our time amounted to a child going to school for 11 months
So like, it's just, it's wild
It's amazing to think that so little of our time can mean so much to someone else
and right now the way it works is that we're connected with a school called Al Kowther
and we asked them for a breakdown of their costs
and then we asked you guys have kids living in these areas that can't afford to go to school
and unfortunately they're like yeah of course we have kids like that
and we asked them to go find us some
and they found us 10 of these children
Unfortunately all of these kids have lost either one or both of their parents
So our goal is to fund them so that they can go to school
The fact here that we made, we send that directly to the school
We send that directly to the school, the school clears their accounts
and these kids get to go school without their families paying a single cent
Okay so this is
This is just the beginning for us
Alhamdullilah with a whole lot of dua that we were able to accomplish a lot so far
and we plan to expand
So we started in Ottawa and we have made a pledge to these ten children
to support them until they graduate
but the goal is to connect with organizations across the world like SSA's and major cities
and try to get them to connect with another school in a different city and help ten other kids
So this is kind of like education, it's a gift that keeps on giving you know
Alright so we don't have time to go into all the students
so we're just gonna go into a couple of them
The first student, the one with the purple jilbaab, her name is Khadija
and she is six years old
Her father was murdered unjustly and shortly after her mother did tahrib (immigration)
So InshaAllah she wants to be a teacher when she grows up and also study the Quran
so we just want to facilitate that for her
The really sad thing is that when her mother did tahrib she was never found again
and that was four years ago
The second child right next to her, his name is Abdishakur
Abdishakur is 6 years old
This little man wants to be a doctor when he grows up
He currently lives with his 70 year old grandmother because his mother passed away
and she's working to provide for him when at 70 years old you shouldn't be working at all you know
and he wants to eventually be able to support her
And he's thinking about supporting his grandmother and he's just 6 years old you know
so it's just someone we should be really looking up to
So the fourth child, his name is Abdulwahid, he is 6 years old
His mother passed away Allahu naxariisto while she was giving birth to him
so then he ended up living with his grandmother and then shortly after that his grandmother also passed away Allahu naxariisto
So now Abdulwahid lives with aunt and she has about 10 children
So you can imagine why she doesn't have the finances and the costs to send Abdulwahid to school
We also found out that Abdulwahid loves science and aspires to be a teacher when he grows up
All of these children you guys see on the screen, they're our family, they are brothers and they are sisters
They have hopes and they have dreams just like all of us
And the fact is all 10 of these kids have been through so much
that no child at this age should ever have to go through
And us here in the west, Alhamdullilah we have been blessed with so much opportunity
we have been blessed with stability and so many privileges
and wallahi , wallahi we have done absolutely nothing to deserve it
so the fact of the matter is, that's exactly why we have to step up and it's case closed
we have to step up and start doing something for these kids that don't have much you know
we need to do, like, maybe at the end of everyday collect loose change or something
For children that are in need that want to learn and that have so much potential but their circumstances
can't allow them to reach that full potential
So we have to do something you know and try together to facilitate the dreams of these kids
that they think is so unrealistic to them, let's try together as a community and make it a reality InshaAllah
How much is it for each kid to go?
Yeah so I have a breakdown of the costs
Sorry one second
Okay so this is all in US dollars
The way they split it up is they split it up between preschool and elementary school
So for preschool, just the tuition fee is 25 USD
bus fare is 10 US, lunch is 15 US, uniform is 20 US, supplies are 11 US
Elementary school, school is 12 US, bus fare is 10 US, lunch is 15 US, uniform is 20 US, and supplies at 11 US
So we are trying to, so we said that that $568 that's enough for one kid for about 11 months
Our goal is about $12,000 that we want to make in July
And the way it works is that it's their school fees but on top of that it's renovations for the school
So the amount we're raising for them is about $7000 that sends these kids to school
but the renovations towards the school they benefit all the kids that go there
So if you want to know more we're gonna put our contact information up
Yeah just based off of what Mariam said, I guess the reason why we're doing this is because, like
the Prophet (SAW) he said, the person who takes care of an orphan, you and me are gonna be like this in Jannah
So inshaAllah if nothing gets us to Jannah hopefully this will be it
and yeah
So our organization we're actually having our first event this February
it's called History of the Horn and it's basically a Somali history night cause like I'll speak for myself
I went to like school here, I know a lot about Canadian history not so much about Somali history
and we have some really cool people that came before us that fought for us and I feel like we should
We should know about them, we should know where we came from
So we have excellent speakers coming
The tickets are $10, all proceeds will go towards these kids
So you guys, at the end of the day inshaAllah tell everybody about this event, you know
Tell your grandma's, you father's, tell every single person to come through, because as Asma said
All proceeds go to these children
And you know I understand this whole lecture is about how to make money so we might be broke
and we don't have money to, you know, fund these children
So just send some dua our ways
That will be blessed, so you know share us on Facebook and like our page
and tell everybody about this, JazakAllah khair
That's true
Just to close off, we just want to thank everyone
who helped us speak, this is just the beginning for us
Right now the school is in Mogadishu, but hopefully we're gonna expand this to all students
for everywhere
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