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PEI Chapter Annual Report - 2010

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CHAPTER

Annual Report 2010

It has been a struggle to engage women within the community. Most of the women have young children and are pre-occupied. Here are a few highlights of what the chapter has been doing in the last year.

Farida visited elementary schools to talk about Islam and in general about Muslims. Often questions were asked about why we pray five times a day? Why we are different than other people? In response it was pointed out that we are not different.
Farida also helps out in Madarasa activities once a week.
Once a week there is a Halaqa for women, at Farida’s house, and they discuss issues pertaining to women and Islam
Farida also volunteer’s in the community, working with the 4-H neighbourhood organization (as Treasurer) which helps seniors in their day to day life activities. She is also on the committee to organize March 21st, The Day for Elimination of Racism and Discrimination
The Chapter has donated a few copies of Muslim Marriage Contract Kit to the PEI Law Society for their Library as a resource material
We are involved in the settlement of two refugee families which came in July and August, a family of four from Somalia and a family of three from Afghanistan. This summer we will be helping to build a home for a refugee family through Habitat for Humanity.
We raised over $ 9000 for the flood victims of Pakistan by selling ethnic food and collecting personal donations. We donated ten turkeys to the CBC drive for the Food Bank over Christmas holidays and collected non-perishable items for the Upper Room.
Farida is in the process of involving Muslim girls in the Girl Guides
A few women have been asked to get involved to make a Community Quilt representing their culture. This will be auctioned to raise funds for Masjid

Pei Chapter Report (October, 2009)

We are struggling to keep women interested in the chapter. Most of the women have young children and are pre-occupied . We do our best within the limited resources.

My activities as president are multifarious. I visit elementary schools to talk about Islam, in general about Muslims, as we are constantly bombarded by media ( war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and insurgent suicide attacks ). I and few other women pick children from their homes to attend Madrassa activities every Sunday, organized by Muslim Society of PEI. There are over 30 kids of various ages who learn Islamic teachings . I help out by arranging bake sales as part of the fundraising activities of MSPEI towards establishing an Islamic centre.

I hold Halaqa for women at my house once a week and discuss the issues pertaining to women and Islam. I also volunteer in the community, working with the 4-H neighbourhood organization ( as Treasurer) which helps seniors in their day to day life activities. I am involved in the sport of Table Tennis and am manager of 2011Canada winter games team. I officiated as an umpire at the North American Table Tennis Championship in Laval, Quebec and also at the Canadian National Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

We are involved in the settlement of two refugee families which came in July and August, one from Somalia, a family of four, second one from Afghanistan, a family of three. This takes a lot of time, visiting doctor, dentist, school class teachers.

We raised over $ 6000 for destitute people of Gaza by selling ethnic food at the university for four days.

We hosted the Sharia workshop last June and the report was filed with CCMW.

Our goal next year is to host a youth camp during the summer and invite a guest speaker.

We are though very small but try to keep up with the bigger chapters.

Farida Chishti

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