Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem
First of all I would like to thank Almighty Allah for giving us an opportunity to help and support people in need.
“BE EVER GRATEFUL TO ALLAH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU POSSES INCLUDING YOUR WEALTH, HEALTH, STATUS, INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES AND LIFE. ALLAH SAYS:
“IS THEN, HE WHO CREATES COMPARABLE TO ANY THAT CANNOT CREATE? WILL YOU NOT THEN TAKE HEED? FOR SHOULD YOU TRY TO COUNT ALLAH’S BLESSINGS, YOU COULD NEVER COMPUTE THEM” (AN-NAHL 16:17-19)
It has been hard, challenging and stressful last couple of weeks in sorting out the scholarship awards to the deserving students from within our community.
This is the first project since the formation of MWS that we have donated such a big amount and Alhamdulillah supported 60 students altogether with scholarship awards. The way Ad Hoc committee worked together was outstanding and phenomenal, without their help and support it wouldn’t not have been that easy.
Totally we received 148 applications from Martinet, Modern and Farah schools as these were the schools MWS had decided to support the students from. Out of these 148 applications there were many applications that were not filled completely and also some applications had missing supporting documents. So, those applications were rejected as we thought these students are not that interested in receiving the scholarship, if they were then they would have taken it seriously and filled the applications according to the guidelines mentioned on the form.
There were few application forms which were filled brilliantly without missing any column and these students were among those with high grades/marks.
Out of the remaining forms we categorised in to 4, Cat A, B, C, and D.
Category A:
Students who were Orphan and also the students with outstanding grades (90% and above) were short listed in this category. There were few students in this category whom we supported in previous years.
Category B:
Students with Grades more than 85% and also from low Socio-Economic background were short listed in this category.
Category C:
Students with Grades between 70% and 85% and with low household income were short listed in this category.
Category D:
This category had few students whom MWS supported previous years but their grades were between 65% and 70%.
Our aim was to support as many students as possible from all these categories. Category A was a definite yes because MWS had allocated £2500 towards scholarships for 2019-20. So, CAT A students would have fitted in that amount. For remaining categories we were depended on donations from team members and general members.
Alhamdulillah as days passed people donated/contributed generously and before the final date we had a total amount of £7800 in MWS account which is good enough to support all the students that were short listed.
I would like to thank Br Asad, Br Ahsan and Br Zubair for their support and help throughout. Br Nisar who cooperated with us in sending the funds to India which was turning out to be a nightmare but in the end we got there and did it.
My sincere thanks to Br Qasim (Zubair bhais younger brother), Br Umair (Asad bhais nephew) and Br Ameen. These people were given responsibility to pay the fees in respected schools and Alhamdulillah they cooperated with us very well, without any mistake or error they have completed the given task with flying colours. Really appreciate their hard work and effort.
Last but not the least we would like to thank to all those who have contributed towards this cause either financially or morally.
“ONE OF THE REASONS MORE PEOPLE DON’T REACH FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE IS THEY ARE AFRAID – NOT OF BEING FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT, BUT OF THE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES THEY WILL
HAVE TO MAKE TO GET THERE”
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Jazakallahu Khair
Ad-Hoc Committee
MWSSS
