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Roshan Safar Waqf & Roshan Trust Projects
Education
Our aim is to provide better
education to all poor children, especially Muslims. Education is the
only panacea to prosperity and peace. During past two years, our
trust has helped nearly 3,000 students. We provided those students
books, uniforms, stationary, and school fees according their needs
and according to availably of budget. Recently we have started
computer literacy program. We have purchased 10 computers ands will
buy more as our financial situation permits.
 
Distribution of School Uniforms to students
 
Distribution of
school fees and books to students
Ibn Sina Library, Rizwana Women Library cum activities Center, and
Women Development Center
Above libraries are located on Godhra Road,
close to a Muslim slum area. These libraries have proved to be a
great resource for poor students, especially girls who otherwise
would not venture far places. The Government of Gujarat has approved
our both Libraries. Libraries have collection of
nearly 6,000 books. We also subscribe to 25 magazines and 20
newspapers. During S.S.C, H.S.C, and college exams, the libraries
are kept open past midnight for students, who use them as reading
rooms. The libraries have proved a boon to people of Dahod and
surrounding villages of Rabdal, Muwaliya, Chapri, Hajariya, Rampura,
Kalitalay etc.
 
Library inauguration by Dahod Municipality President. Sudhirbahi
Molana reciting prayer for success of Ibn Sina Library
 
Students offering prayers before final Exam at Ibn Sina library
Rizwana
Khorakiwal Library and Women Development center
Sports
Our trusts support young boys and girls
who are interested in Sports of Volleyball, Football, Cricket,
Badminton, Carom, Chess etc. We have formed several sports teams.
They represent our trust in various tournaments. Recently we had
organized Zakir Ganja Football Tournament and Rizwana Khorakiwala
Volleyball Tournament. Both tournaments were named after our donors.
 
Rizwana Khorakiwala Volleyball Tournament Shield offered to
winning team by Trust secretary
Small-scale industry
We have bought three paper-cup making machines.
We employ few women in this small-scale industry. We want to expand
it further.
 
 
Students learning
Mehendi art Classes are
started with prayers
Celebration of Ramadan, Eid, Qurbani, Moharram, and Eid-e-Milad
Every year at the beginning of Ramadan,
Roshan Safar Waqf organizes food program. First, we survey and
prepare a list of poor and needy families. Then,
we make packages of sugar, cooking oil, rice, flour, and sev for
distributing among needy families. Close to Ramadan Eid, we
distribute clothing, sev, sugar, and milk to more poor families to
help them celebrate Eid. This is funded though the Fitra charity
that we receive during each Ramadan. We also distribute Sharbat,
Faluda and Niyaz at different festival such as Moharram and Milad.
 
Moharram Sharbat by
curtsy of a donor Eid Fitra distribution last
Ramadan
 
Eid Fitra
distribution last
Ramadan
Moharram celebration
 
Moharram
gathering Fitra
distribution last Ramadan Eid
Loan for Employment
Roshan Trust arranges loans for those
who want to start their own business. We provide them rickshaw,
computer, handcart, sawing machines etc. We run five garment design
centers for women where we teach them art of garment making. Our
centers are Nai Subah Tailoring Centre, Shabbier Bhatia Tailoring
Centre, Nazar Saiyad Tailoring Centre, and Noorbhai Dosaji Sewing
Center. These centers are named after those donors who are providing
centers’ running expenses. We grant sewing machines and needed
finances to poor, widows, destitute, and divorced women who have no
means of support, and thus enable them earn livelihood. For
unemployed graduates, we offer counseling, give info where to apply,
provide forms/material for current job openings with Gujarat Pradesh
S.C, Railway recruitment Board Exam, among others.
We run apprentice program for uneducated youth
such as training in constriction trades of carpentry, painting,
masonry, piping, and auto repairing. We have trained several poor
unemployed.
 
Trust President handing over ownership papers. We
provide inters free loans to poor for purchasing rickshaws
Qurbani
Alhamdolillah due to your generosity and
support, last Eid al Adha, we were able to perform 79 Qurbanis.
These Qurbanis were performed in small villages surrounding Dahod.
Meat was then distributed among poor families. We hope you will help
us in the same way in future as in past.
Preparation for
Qurbani meat distribution to poor
Urdu learning and its promotion:
We have enlisted several students for learning
of Urdu, a language created by both Hindus and Muslims of India.
Urdu holds our culture and history of our ancestors. Several Molvis
and teachers have agreed to teach Urdu to these students. In past,
in several towns and cities of Gujarat, Urdu was taught until 12th
grade. Now it has become almost extinct. We want to revive Urdu
learning.
Disaster Relief
In times of disaster affecting poor families we
are in forefront providing initial funds and help. In this picture,
you can see one of the families uprooted by municipal enforcement of
encroachment removal. We provided some cash to several families in
their hour of need
 
Several
families were uprooted by Dahod municipality for encroaching public
land. We provide them adhoc cash relief
Future projects
Garment factory.
We have trained hundreds of women in art of
Garment making and embroidery. Now we want to provide them work. We
are planning a garment factory that will produce good quality
dresses, uniforms, suits etc. This will provide jobs to 50-100
unemployed women.
Music classes
A friend has provided fund for music classes.
In India, there is a great demand for Tabla and Harmonium players.
Our students can find good employment in music industry. Besides, in
Collages and universities, students who can play musical instruments
or play sports, get preference in admission.
Gymnasium
We are looking for a right place to start a
gymnasium.
Nurse Training
We are in process of starting Vocational Nurse
Training program. Government officials have promised to support this
project.
Student Loan for higher education
We are negotiating with a local Bank for
providing educational loans to needy students. We would stand
guarantee for Such Bank loans and will pay installments till the
students graduate from their universities
Marriages of poor couples
A friend’s daughter on her engagement requested
the invitees to write a check to our projects rather than giving her
gifts. She has directed us to pay marriage expenses for few poor
Muslim couples. We are in process of conducting a group
marriage-function for five such couples
Orphanage for girls
We have applied for permission from Government
of Gujarat for starting an orphanage for 10 girls. We are waiting
for government approval. A friend has promised to fund the expenses.
However, Government permission is proving difficult.
Girls Hostel
In Gujarat area there are many collages but not
many hostels; especially there are none for Muslim Girls. We want to
start a hostel for collage bound girls from neighboring towns and
villages who want to study in Dahod collages but cannot afford
expenses of lodging and boarding.
Board Members
President: Hatimbhai Bootwala; Secretary:
Prof. H. A. Hasan PhD
Vise-President: Noor Ahemed Alam
Treasurer: Firoz Jamali (Zupdawala)
Trustee In-charge of Women Affairs: Mumtazben
Sheikh
Sports Secretary: Ilyasbhai
Sheikh
Library Committee: Taslim Jujara, Naseem Samol,
Hanif Malik
Vas Salaam
Asghar Vasanwala
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