Al Ihsan Charity Center in the United Arab Emirates
-- GOOD PEOPLE GOOD WORKS Al Ihsan Charity Center: Elevating the Vulnerable in the United Arab Emirates (In Arabic). Episode: 1669, Air Date: 10 April 2011. Script
(In Arabic) Ms. Samia Attia Dawoud(f): I work here in Al Ihsan (Charity Center) because I love charitable work.
HOST (IN ARABIC): Caring viewers, welcome to Good People, Good Works on Supreme Master Television. The world is like a giant family, so when some members face challenges in life, others who are able lend a helping hand. Grounded in the timeless values of Islam, Al Ihsan Charity Center in Ajman, United Arab Emirates serves as a compassionate source of help, spreading Allah's grace and love to the region's disadvantaged and vulnerable.
Ms. Khan(f): I get everything. Through this charity, God gives us rent for the house and everything through their charity work; (they have a) ２０ year (history) of charitable work. This organization provides everything for everyone.
HOST: The work of the Center began in １９９０ through the efforts of Sheikh Mohammed bin Ali bin Rashid Al-Nuaimi. In １９９８ the Center was officially registered in the Emirate of Ajman through the kind gesture of His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al-Nuaimi, a member of the United Arab Emirates' Supreme Council and the Ruler of Ajman and has been helped by his continuous, generous support.
Mr. Abdulla Jedi(m): While we at Al Ihsan Charity Center help all groups, the bulk of the assistance goes to women, widows, deserted ones and those whose spouses are medical patients, unable to work, banished or imprisoned.
The orphans are the ones who have lost their breadwinner or lost their parents. They are also of the category that we can or should help them in this institution so they may help themselves in the future. We work under the slogan, Women without supporters and children without sponsors.
HOST: The goal of the charity is to enable those it assists to eventually become self-sufficient so that they can in turn help others in need.
Mr. Abdulla Jedi(m): We offer medical, financial, social and food assistance for families so they feel that through comprehensive care we'll be a substitute for the loss of a breadwinner. This comprehensive care includes education; that is, providing care for students in both education and health.
HOST: The Center makes no distinctions based on faith or ethnic background when providing aid to those in need. Thus far the Center has helped ６,０００ families and ３２５ orphans of different nationalities in Ajman. Families may be given a wide variety of things to help make home life more comfortable including kitchen appliances, furniture, clothes, shoes, personal items and so on.
Ms. Susen Yonz (f): I am a Filipina but I was married to a local from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and I have one daughter. I get a lot of help, especially for my daughter's school supplies, and for the house rent and if there is a chance also, they are giving us help with our electric bill and support for the rice; everything for the goods and stuff. I get a lot of help in the name of Sheikh Humaid. Thank you very much in the name of Allah. Mr. Abdulla Jedi(m): This aid is between US$２７２ and US$６８０ ( to) for sponsored cases where they may take a monthly sum of money or food of more than US$１６３. They may receive all the financial and food help, depending on the situation of the family.
Mr. Abdulla Jedi(m): Of course, for assistance related to food, within our monthly budget, we buy food and then distribute it, or through daily donations coming to us from public benefactors. Such daily assistance increases or decreases through the regular collection of a variety of foods, which includes daily necessities. During the holy month of Ramadan, we offer breakfasts, up to ８０,０００ meals per month, which are distributed in various locations in the Emirate of Ajman.
HOST: Ramadan is observed by millions of Muslims around the world and is marked by daily fasting. It is the special month when the Holy Qur'an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. In the Qu'ran, Chapter ２, verse １８５, it says: 『Ramadan is the month during which the Qu'ran was revealed, providing guidance for the people, clear teachings, and the statute book.
Those of you who witness this month shall fast therein.』 The end of the Ramadan is marked by Id-al-Fitr or the Feast of Fast-ending, a three-day holiday. The Center has a number of Ramadan-related programs that bring happiness to orphans.
Abdullah: The other project for Ramadan is an orphan feast's gift. An orphan on this day, because there is no father or sponsor, needs to feel joy in his heart, so we have a project called orphan feast's gift. It is a sum of money handed over to the orphans so that they can buy things that they love and feel joy in their hearts on this day.
The third project for Ramadan is feast's clothes. A