Underprivileged children motivated, honoured at Okhla event
Orphan students asked to develop self-confidence, setting big targets and consistently working hard along with strengthening relationship with Allah in an event held at Dawat Nagar in Abul Fazal Enclave on Saturday.
Addressing orphan students and their mothers at a function, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) president Syed Sadatullah Husaini gave motivational tips to them to achieve higher goals in life.
Pointing out that every child born in the world is gifted with one or the other qualities, the JIH president said one of the essential pre-requisites is development of self-confidence in oneself to succeed in life.
He clarified that no matter how much a person is qualified, one cannot succeed without self-confidence.
Another essential condition for success, he said, is setting higher goals and dreaming big for oneself. The Jamaat chief said the world is full of opportunities in every field and if one selected a high target, there was no reason why one would not succeed and achieve a high goal in life.
Another essential requirement for success, Husaini said, is consistent hard work. He advised students to learn new things every day that would be a guarantee for their success in every field.
While these qualities would help one achieve greater heights and success in personal life, the Jamaat chief said strengthening relationship with Allah through offering five-time regular prayer namaz, studying Quran, books on the life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), other Islamic literature, including biographies of the successful people in the world, is essential to make oneself become obedient to Allah and a useful member of the society, said a statement issued by the religious NGO.
Speaking about the aims and objectives of the Orphan Care Project going on for the last 12 years, HWF general secretary Moazzam Naik said his organisation has provisions to finance education of poor students…
At the orphans’ scholarship distribution cum get-together, the students, who performed well in their examinations, were handed over gifts by the JIH president, JIH Vice-President Syed Mohammed Jafar, JIH secretary-general T Arif Ali and Naik.
Briefing about the orphan project, its head Zahoor Ahmad said HWF and NGOs associated with it were currently offering scholarships to a total 4,424 orphan students in 19 States. Besides this, he said HWF built orphanages and ran empowerment programmes for orphans’ mothers that included skill development, livelihood support, financial assistance, socio-legal awareness, parenting sessions and counselling programmes.
The HWF has so far set up 10 orphanages in seven states, including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Goa. Three orphanages are currently under construction: one in Rajasthan and two in Haryana.
The Women Education and Empowerment Trust’s (TWEET) General Secretary Shaista Rafat also addressed the programme.
(This is a press release issued by the NGO )
