Sponsorship Programmes
Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d: The Prophet said, “I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this,” putting his index and middle fingers together.
Orphan Sponsorship
- The society currently sponsors 200 orphans in primary school and Junior high school, 24 students in high school and 10 in universities, for their educational and health care needs
- Organizes the annual Orphan Day celebration where all sponsors share the day with the orphans
- Organizes the collection and distribution of Zakat Al-Fitir which benefits more than 500 Muslim families
- Organizes the yearly sacrifce (Adahi) on Eid El-Adha, which benefits more than 1,000 needy Muslims
- Sponsors lectures in The Muslim Teacher Training Institute (MTTI)
- Assists graduate students to do their Post Graduate studies abroad
- Provides meals for 5000 Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan
- Dental examinations and planning eye examinations
Health and Education
As part of its effort to give wider access to education for many Muslim youth in the communities, GISER has instituted scholarship and aid programmes to cater for the health and educational needs of the less privileged. The Health & Education Programme sponsorship started in 2004, with a sponsorship of 30 GLISS students.
The Orphans’ Project started in 1996 in Medina and became the responsibility of the Sisters in the Society. The project began as an effort to take care of Ghanaian Muslim orphans, preserving their identities and giving them an education; academic and religious. Currently each orphan is given $300 a year to cover school, medical and other needs.
| Classes | School | Sponsor | 2010-11 | 2011-13 | 2013-14 | 2015-16 |
| KG1, KG2, Nursery | MIS | Orphans Proj. | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Primary | MIS | Orphans Proj. | 142 | 143 | 145 | 110 |
| JHS | MIS | Orphans Proj. | 50 | 50 | 40 | 38 |
| SHS | GLISS | GISER | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| University | – | GISER | – | – | – | 5 |
| Total | 205 | 206 | 198 | 165 | ||
Achievements
- Teaching the orphans the Holy Quran
- Organizing competitions for its memorization
- Covering their medical expenses
- Dental examinations and planning eye examinations
- Sponsoring the tuition fees and other expenses of thirteen orphansstudying at GLISS
- 80% of the orphans are successful in the school while 20% are excellent
- Yearly Orphans Day celebration
