Assalammualaikum wr wb,

Alhamdulillah. All praises to Allah swt, the magnificent and merciful. We hope you and your family are in the best of health and iman and always being protected by Allah swt. May Allah ease the burdens of our brothers and sisters around the world. 

Our team manage to travel to Hyderabad, India last week to find out more about the partner ( AWWA) we are working with. To see if they are really a genuine organisation and to check out the beneficiaries which are the Rohingya community. Read on to find out more about the Rohingyas in Hyderabad.  

The Beneficiaries of Qurban in India @ Hyderabad

1) The children. 


Imagine walking down a narrow path, seeing children coming out of their houses looking at you with eyes wide open. Some with slippers to cover their little feet from the heated ground wondering why is this man carrying a camera taking shots of them. While some of them ran back into the little rooms, others watch eagerly to know what will happen next. Perhaps a feeling of luck they might get a chocolate from us. 

For many of these children, they are too young to understand what was going on. Their parents would have carried them on a journey on foot or a boat ride from Rakhine State, Myanmar to Bangladesh and travelled on trains or buses to India. Perhaps for these children they may think that it is an adventure for them not knowing the fact that they were running from danger which would have jeopardise their future. These children are the survivors and the future of Rohingya community. 

2) The Elderly

Perhaps when you are in your 20s or 30s, we would spend our whole life raising a family, saving money to buy a house and a car. Suddenly when you reached 50 years old, a civil war started and all your properties were seized or burned to the ground. Maybe even a family member might have been killed with all the fighting going on. 


Meet Mr Abdul Jameel. He had to flee Myanmar 3 years ago. Now he is 63 years. At this age, most of us are probably going to retire but Mr Abdul lost almost everything he had. He used to have a big house, a farm and much more. Now he lives in this small room with his children.  

He was among the victims whom have been slashed during one of the attacks. He escaped with his family to Bangladesh by foot, stayed there for 2 years before moving to Hyderabad, India. At his age, his health is failing, he finds difficulty to get a job and has difficulty moving around.

Asked if he would go back to Myanmar if the situation changes. He said "yes". Despite his age he would want his home back. 


Just after solat Subuh, this muazzin was attacked at their mosque back in Myanmar. Traumatised after that incident, he said he would never return to that place again. He was sharing with us the white card given by UNICEF as a status of refugee to be allowed to stay in India. 


The kind of jobs they do..


Above a man was separating pieces of metals to recycle it back. 

Most of the Rohingya refugees shown above work as scrap workers which means they collect scrap materials, separate the materials that can be recycled and to sell it back to recycle centers. Some would earn as little as $2 per day up to $50 per day depending on the amount of recycled materials they can bring back. Others are in construction, road works and other forms of laborious work. A few of them who are more well off was able to open small shops.

The women in the house


As we walk from camp to camp, it is common to see these women in the houses. Most of them are housewives taking care of the children. 

Integration with society

Moving to another country is never an easy task. Where jobs are concern, the locals feel that jobs are taken away by the Rohingya. It's the similar sentiment felt when China workers took over some of our jobs here in Singapore.

Language is also a challenge. The Indians don't speak the Burmese language neither does the Rohingya speaks Urdu. It was quite a challenge for them to work and trade. The educated ones are more fortunate. 

Time will tell whether the Rohingya can integrate with the local community and can be an asset to the country.

The partnering organisation

Affus Woman Welfare Association (AWWA) is a Non-Governmental Organization established in 1999 registered under Societies Registration Act in India. Led by the current president and founder Sister Farida Khan, AWWA was set up initially to help out women that have lost their husbands due to accidental death or natural death. They helped these women to be trained again to be able to provide for their children.

For the Qurban program, AWWA have done it for over 12 years and they worked with various external agencies like Muslim Aid. This year will be the 4th year they have chosen the Rohingya as their beneficiary of the Qurban meat.

Slaughtering of Cow Banned in India.

At this location, we decided to offer Qurban Cow packages for them as we already have a partner in Tamilnadu. In Tamilnadu, we are only able to get Sheep or Goat. Since last year, the government of India have place the Cow slaughtering ban to please the Hindu community. It is difficult to qurban a Cow in Tamilnadu as it is a majority Hindu state. 

However Hyderabad has a majority Muslim community which makes up of 70% of the community. Yes. You will find a lot of halal food there. The leaders here were able to stand up regards the Cow slaughtering ban but they have to do off location where the Hindu communities are not around, and they are required to be sensitive about posting photos of cow slaughtered in social media or offline media. 

That is why in this package you will be not shown any photos of the animal. Before and After photos will not be shown to you. We were able to convince them to agree to take photos of the cut meat and distribution to the Rohingya. This same situation happened for us in Sri Lanka last year although there was no ban there but the authorities don't allow photos or videos taken of slaughtered animals.   

 

Hope.

As they live day by day, we saw hope in their eyes. Hope for a better future especially for their children. In this Qurban campaign the little meat that we offer them will bring joy to their hearts and let's doa for all of them to have a peace and prosperous life. Insyallah. 

Qurban Cow in Hyderabad.

1 x Cow ( 7 Names ) - $570
1 x Cow Part ( 1 Name ) - $85 ( Cheapest Qurban package )

Get more details >> https://mimbar.qurban.sg/khidmah/1006

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