Ismaili 4 Ismailis

Ismailies coming together from different traditions to share and help

New Girls School Baglan
Village - 95% Ismailies 22 April 2013

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Agenda
Khatam e Quran and Khairat (Baglan Ismaili Tradition) West London Jamat Khanna Social Hall
2.30 3.30 3.45 4.15 4.30 4.45 5.00 6.30 Quran Reading Baglan Tadition and Practice Pir Nasir Khusraw Tradition Dua by (Fakiri) of Shukhr, and for blessings and Sweets Ceremony (Equiv Juro) Different Piratan Traditions Diversity and Brotherhood by F Hunza (English-Farsi) The Project - by M Chatur Translation by Alwaez G Abbas Dua by Mukhi Saheb Slide Presentation Q and A and Sharing Food and discussions Attend Jamat Khanna for Dua and ceremonies

Note: Time overrun of about an hour. President Saheb came and stayed for an Hour

Mukhi & Kamadia Sahebs with Fazli

They & all elders giving full support and blessings
Unique and inclusive - by the Jamat and for the Jamat

Practicing Khatam Quran

Reading Siparas of Quran
For Shukhr , blessings and Dua for Girls School

Girls School Opening with Elders

Registration & Handing Books and materials

The Program - Girls School Baglan

Working together and Sharing - One Jamat Inspiration - Farmans and ethics of our faith.
Particularly Ismailies who are very poor and vulnerable today and who cannot afford or access Education

Research Extensive Research .

There are Ismailies today who are ultra poor Many do not have basic food or warm clothing. Ismaili childrencannot afford, and or access and are not getting basic education.

The team
London (UK) Village Kabul Darwaz (Dushanbe) Other countries

The Committees for School -Local committee in Village with the

national committee in Kabul (volunteers)

The objectives Share and work together

Support Ismailies where Institutions cant or dont. Complimentary and in collaboration

What you take for granted , is a luxury

Gorno Badakshan - Darwaz

D NA B Kabul

Key Facts
Limited access to primary education High Unemployment over 80% Very Low economic activities, and high economic migration to cities. Extreme winter weather and very limited access in winter Limited access to Water for drinking & Irrigation. Energy non renewable and in winter mostly wood (higher health risks) Over 95% do not speak any English or other western languages. Limited transport to the Towns and cities (incl. Medical facilities)

Sweets
After Khatam & JK Traditional Like Juro

Needs of Community
Education for all Children and especially Girls including English Language Higher Education - entrance examination training (concor) Vocational and adult training (including English & computers) agro based communal economic activities Employment

Janghir Khan -Govt School Head Juro after Khatam Quran - Khairat

Farman Excerpts
.I am concerned about unevenness in the quality of life of our Jamat worldwide & where the quality of life is not what it should be , I believe we all have a serious responsibility to mobilise the resources , human & material, to take the time, so that we are able to put in place new initiatives which will help the Jamat in these countries, and to find a new economic and social standing in the world community,. ... What we need to do is start the programs, and listen to the beneficiaries, we can learn from them how they perceive the work that is being done, so that we can adjust that work on an ongoing basis in these various communities." 2008 ".. Councils as a whole will need to focus collectively on all aspects of the quality of life (din & dunya) in an integrated way rather than ... leaving individual aspects to separate boards.........poor people will never be able to draw successfully on these support programs if they have to go from one institution to another. the organisational implication will be reflected in the constitution and articulated at the next cycle of institutional appointment. no doubt the constitution of the jamat will need to be adjusted so that these new initiatives can be entered into the constitution..." 2008 "A vast decentralisation of decision-making is already occurring in many countries; it has the advantage of placing new responsibilities in the hands of local communities.... For the key to future progress will lie less in traditional top-down systems of command and control and more in a broad, bottom-up spirit of coordination and co-operation.... Social progress, in the long run, will not be found by delegating an all-dominant role to any one player but rather through multi-sector partnerships." tion and central institutions I would like my Mukhis and Kamadias to do everything possible to see that our country institutions coordinate and work properly with the central institutions..

Meeting - Committee and Elders

Fazli with Committee & Elders

FarmanExcerpts
"Our world is changing, our Jamat is changing, its needs are changing. What can we do so that the service we provide in the years ahead will be more effective than what we have done in the past? This is a question every generation of Jamati leaders, every generation of Jamati institutions must ask itself, because, society does not stand still, it is in a state of continuous change. In order to serve that change and to direct that change so that it is beneficial to the Jamat rather than damaging to the Jamat, you must ask yourself: How can I improve my service? What is the thing that my institution can do better if it is not doing? "..there is a premium on intelligent service, on competent service, not just service for the sake of service, but service for the betterment of the people and for the betterment of the institutions "What I am saying to you is that you should have confidence in your own judgment, confidence in your ability to analyze problems, confidence in your ability to develop solutions to those problems. Bring forward your ideas. It is only the stupid person who doesn't listen to ideas. It means he is like a horse who lives with blinkers and all he sees ahead of him is a little tiny dimension of light No, that's not for our Jamat. Listen to ideas, develop ideas, create ideas and bring them forward for the service of the Jamat. "So be happy, don't be worried, be creative and confident...." "Now I have spoken to you about the plans a little bit for the future but I want all of you here tonight, and this is a point which is particularly important, to know, that there are not openings for four or five hundred spiritual children in our institutions. We just do not have these number of places. But in the long run, you can do a lot more, if you really set your minds to it, outside the institutions than inside, simply by reacting intelligently to changes But not only intelligently, I should say even from a conservative point of view, but an intelligent conservative point of view In other words, use your past, use your education to move forward ...

Some children with their new Satchels

Fazli Satchel and a Student

Interviews

Roads to Village

Road to Baglan

JK Night
Generators for Electricity not 24/7 - which we take for Granted

THANK YOU Ismaili 4 Ismailis EK Jamat

One big family
New Girls School Baglan
Village - 95% Ismailies 22 April 2013
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