– to help combat social problems
THE Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) through its charitable organisations the Mercy International, the Islamic Circle of North America and Muslim Aid in collaboration with the Government of Guyana will embark on the building of two $50M multipurpose facilities to help combat social problems. The projects are scheduled to begin next month as the government has already allotted lands in Sophia and Albouystown which are areas vastly affected by social problems.
Leader of GIT, Mr. Haseeb Yusuf, said the facilities will focus mainly on disintegration of families, drug addiction, delinquency, alcoholism and really pertinent challenges to their welfare resulting from the economic crisis.
The multipurpose facility will also be used to render care for battered women, destitute children, teach literacy and offer counselling and recreation to those in need.
Yusuf said the Guyana Islamic Trust in its recent fund raising dinner held at the National Islamic Convention received 25M in pledges, while others pledged to provide building materials, furniture, and other necessities of the Facilities.
He said in the mean time his organizations are focusing on other programmes that offers such as hot meals, he said they provide hot meals for 20 kids in Sophia; provide transportation money for students and a small stipend to offset school expenses.
Yusuf told this newspaper, his organization is not only rendering assistance to these two villages but is doing so countrywide, adding that they would normally support families in need with a back to school package, whereby school clothes, foot wear, bags and books are provided. They would also benefit from hampers, medical outreach programmes and scholarship funds.
Mr. Yusuf said the facilities should be completed by September, 2011 and is asking local donors to assist his organization in raising money to help those in need.