A day with Flowers of Jannah

Allah has stated in Quran that "Be good to orphans and needy, speak nicely to people and help the poor". Paradise has been promised in more than one Hadith to those who take care of any orphan. One of the best home is that where an orphan is being brought up.

I guess an orphanage is most loved home by Allah for raising many orphans and giving them purposeful lives. JI Youth women Lahore visited one of such homes.

Jamaat e Islami Pakistan observe "Society Reform campaign (Islah e Muashra Muhim)" in February every year. 

Social Work Society of JI Youth besides other activities decided to visit an orphanage and conduct awareness program regarding Islamic values with orphan kids, as it's our duty and their right to be aware of what their Creator needs them to do in this world.

In pre-visit meeting with the director of that orphanage, she was very encouraging, and asked us to hold a session with their staff also.

On the day of visit, we contacted them in the morning to know if they were ready, and they were waiting for us already. Orphanages are visited very often by many types of organizations that's why I guess the kids were a bit use to of the situation. 

They actually had no idea what we were going to do with them. Staff - Every room of that orphanage was for 10 kids and each room had a mother - who look after those 10 kids. Mothers and the 2nd head of that orphanage  both were worried that how will we handle 70 children on our own, because we told them that mothers and other female staff will also be having a session side by side at a separate place.

We had two of the best trainers of "Shoba e Atfal" - Department of JI working for kids with us, Abida Rashid and Tayyaba Akram. They started session with recitation of Quran.

Children there were really active and confident. No one hesitated in any kind of participation. After recitation and Naat, Trainer of shoba-e-atfal taught them Asma-ul-Husna, Hadith Session was after that, children learned an Islamic value through hadith.

Mothers session was going on side by side, Asia Arshad - One of JI Youth's lead trainer delivered lecture on the topic "Love - our Need". 

All the mothers understood the value of what they were doing for children, they were so touched by knowing the value of good efforts they were putting in raising orphan kids that they asked us to visit them on regular basis, so that they would learn more.

Colors are always loved by everyone specially children, and coloring activity among a Doa increased fun for them. They learned Doa for seeing themselves in mirror while coloring.

Kids with best and fast coloring got prizes. 

One of them didn't got color in time and started sckeching the same drawing on backside of the sheet. He was so young that whole team was amazed by his alert mind and talent. And that was the only sheet that got prize without any color. 😊

After that Hazrat Adam (A.S) and Shaitan's story stalled the interest of children. They learned to apologize on their mistakes - a very important and basic Islamic value from this story.

Maha Akram - JI Youth Social Work Society member, then conducted a visual quiz session which gave them the value that they shouldn't call each other with bad names.

Hamna Azfar - JI Youth Social Work Society member, was responsible for the gifts, one of her friend Aneesa was helping her.

Kinza Waheed - JI Youth Social Work Society member, played the role of photographer in this visit. Although initially her duty was to conduct passing the parcel game with children. Anyhow, Abida and Tayyaba conducted this game. 

JI Youth distributed gifts among children, mothers and other staff members with the posters of our beloved leader Sirajul Haq, and gave them hope to be raised in Islami Pakistan - Khush'haal Pakistan 

 

Children prayed with us to Allah that May we all be the good and productive Pakistanis. Ameen

That's how a very fruitful day ended 

Director of that orphanage called us the very next day, she was really happy and stated that kids among their mothers were really happy after spending that day with us and asked if we can have regular monthly session with their children.

Our hearts were really thanking Allah for giving us our families. May Allah provide a nice guardian to all the orphans  in the world