Category: Education
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Read more: Seamstressly StudyingRitwika is a 20 year old second year BCom student studying at a local Thane based University. She found out about the Zahra Hasanaat sewing classes through a friend who knew the teacher, Shemunshi. Although she wants a career in commerce she wanted to pick up sewing to potentially pursue it as a side job…
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Read more: A Seamstress in the MakingChaitanya is a 24 year old nursing student who is currently living with her husband and in-laws in Yeoor. She heard about the Mazaar sewing classes through her mother in law and has been participating in them for the past 3 months. After receiving her sewing certificate after one year of training she hopes to…
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Read more: Webinar: What do you want to be when you’re all grown up?In this live interactive session we introduced some of our community’s youngsters as they compare and contrast their educational and career pathways. Tahera ben from Tokyo, Khuzaima bhai from San Francisco, and Aliasger bhai from Canada all mapped our their education pathways, sharing their wisdom with young attendees looking to map out their future careers.
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Read more: Community Conversations: Livelihood SeriesA series of live interactive sessions about small businesses were held where speakers and panelists shared their stories, journey, and choices they made to establish their businesses. The webinars were dynamic and engaging conversations between our speakers, panelists and the audience. We hope the webinars will inspire others to start their own entrepreneurial journey.
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Read more: Marathi News: Welfare Center ActivitiesNews Hind India has published a Marathi article on the Zahra Hasanaat Center, outlining the various activities including interfaith taqreeb, medical, financial, and health initiatives. Read more on the News Hind India website: महाराष्ट्रात ठाण्यातील रामबाग, लोकमान्यनगर, गणेशनगर आदी भागातील कुटुंबांसाठी ज़ाहरा हसनात मज़ार-ए-कुतबी कल्याण केंद्र
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Read more: Ensuring Health, Well-being, and EducationZafar is a glassworker whose hands were injured in an accident. Zahra Hasanaat has provided him with funds for his children’s education, and medical and relief aid during the pandemic.
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Read more: Entrepreneurship Through Capitalizing on Financial LoansHassan is a businessman who has been taking loans from Zahra Hasanaat for close to ten years. Always turning a profit no matter his trade, he had saved enough to sustain himself for the first, difficult year of Covid-19, after which he accepted relief aid offered by the organization.
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Read more: Commitment in the Field of ChildcareJameela was a remarkably bright student majoring in Early Childcare and Education. She completed her studies after four years in Australia, earning her bachelor’s degree along with a minor in accounting.
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Read more: Aspiring to Travel the WorldZainab is a career-oriented student whose dream is to travel the world as an air hostess. QJSP has granted her a full scholarship for two years to pursue this goal through a commerce degree.
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Read more: First-Generation Students in a Single-Mother FamilyMustafa is a first-generation student with a bright younger sister, Fatema, in a single-mother family from a low socioeconomic status. With grades that suffer in part due to financial difficulties, QJSP has found them financially deserving of academic scholarships.
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Read more: Dawoodi Bohra Center Helping Women Stitch Up a New LifeOn 14th November 2021, the Free Press Journal Mumbai edition carried a story on the Mazaar-e-Qutbi Welfare Centre, highlighting the work being done to empower women from low-income families to become financially independent.
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Read more: Giving Back with What’s been LearnedTahera and Aziz’s father is a university professor and the head of the department of Arabic and Persian at the University of Calcutta. When the Taqreeb program was held at the University, he had shown cooperation and admirable support with the organization, and had taken a stance with us in the face of a few…
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Read more: Promoting Potential through Financing EducationArwa is around 13 years old, in the 8th standard. She lives with her mother and grandmother in Indore; her father had deserted them when she was younger and her uncle does not help in supporting them. Her mother, who is illiterate, manages to make a 7-8k monthly income through cooking, with a 2.5k rent…
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Read more: Excellency in Fashion DesignFatema had initially met her husband, Abdullah, in college. Originally, he had made an application to QJSP, and after they had been married, Fatema did as well. She had attended a university in Tamil Nadu for a post in fashion design.
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Read more: Taqreeb Conference – Propagation of Harmonious RelationsThe conference itself was a manifestation of the spirit of taqreeb – it brought together many different narratives from the Muslim community across the Shia Sunni spectrum as well as discussions from the Hindu and Christian perspectives.
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Read more: Syedna Qutbuddin Emphasises Community ServiceSyedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA believed that goodness of character and education are two factors that’s are fundamental to the development and prosperity of the community and the nation. One of the major criteria for selection of candidates is their involvement in community services and activities.
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Read more: Desire to Learn Despite Domestic ViolenceRuqaiya is a ten-year-old student with a sister and brother, Batul and Abbas, in a low-income family affected by domestic violence. They live with their mother, who struggles to make ends meet for her three children.
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Read more: Helping a Star to ShineMurtaza is 16, with a younger sister named Ruqaiiya, who is 7. Some of their family suffer from addiction, resulting in an inability to contribute to the income. Their mother brings their primary income by selling things online to make ends meet.
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Read more: Endurance through Earth-shattering LossHussaina is a hardworking 17-year-old student in a family afflicted by the devastating effects of an earthquake, achieving good grades despite financial struggles and school changes.
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Read more: Eager to Learn, Eager to SucceedLatika was forced to marry right after she completed Junior College despite wanting to attend University. She wants to eventually open up her own seamster business and name it after her youngest daughter, “Aakarshin”. Her dream dress to design is a modern take on classic Saris by making them easier and quicker to wear.