Child Protection Pakistan Project #46470

Save the future of Orphans by Zakat / Donation

by Al-Mustafa Welfare Society

Project Report | Sep 27, 2021
It's a Mango Party at MyHome Al-Mustafa

By Ahmed Raza | Project Leader

Pakistan is blessed with the best mangoes present in the whole world, therefore, mangoes are not considered merely a fruit, rather they are a Festival and a Celebration. The scorching sun of summers is cherished in Pakistan just because it brings those mouth-watering mangoes to us.

It has become the tradition of MyHome Al-Mustafa that every year we celebrate a grand Mango Party, in which all the children, administration and the trustees together with our Chief Patron Dr Haji Muhammad Hanif Tayyab, gather for lunch/dinner and then enjoy the Mangoes together. Eating and celebrating together ties the children and our elders into a bond not lesser than that of a family. This season, though the party was a little low-scale, but was not skipped. The children were also engaged in many more fun learning activities.

A few of the celebrations were:

Children were engaged in several learning activities and a fun gala on 05th May.
My Home Al-Mustafa children celebrated the Eid gala show on 07th May.
My Home Al-Mustafa children engaged in playing Boards games on 29th May.
My Home Al-Mustafa organized a Mehfil-e-Zikar Mustafa program on29th May.
My Home Al-Mustafa arranged an outdoor picnic for children to Mangho Pir and Hub Dam on 7^Th AUGUST.
My Home Al-Mustafa children celebrated 14th August the Independence Day of Pakistan Children performed different activities and showed patriotism toward beloved their country.

The orphans residing at My Home Al-Mustafa are divided/grouped according to their ages into the following four groups:

4 to 8 years
8 to 12 years
12 to 14 years
14 to 16 years

Initiatives to Prevent Covid Spread:

The management of MyHome keenly evaluates the ongoing settings to make changes for the betterment of our children. It is indeed not an easy job to keep a group of hundred children safe and healthy during this ongoing pandemic, which has kept on hitting the city of Karachi real hard. By the grace of Almighty God and the efforts of our team at MyHome Al-Mustafa, there has not been a single case of Covid-19 detected yet. We have taken strict measures to improve their living by ensuring and implementing safety measures at MyHome.

Schooling

As all the children are enrolled at our school Al-Mustafa Academy, therefore its is easy for us to keep an eye on the safety of children even when they are at school. The school administration ensures to maintain distance in school settings. During the peak period of the fourth wave of Covid-19, which was the deadliest of all as the virus has turned into a Delta strain, we kept the school closed and continued the education process from the home.

Food

It is said that you are what you eat, so it is the policy of Al-Mustafa to provide wholesome food to all the residents of our shelter homes, especially the children, as healthy food is essential for their growth. At MyHome Al-Mustafa, we always try to set a balanced diet plan including all the essential proteins, carbs, fats and vitamins. The menu is also revised according to the seasonal needs of children. Apart from other safety measures, we have also revised the menu with the addition of more fruits and veggies to improve the immunity of children, though it hardly needed any alterations.

Physician's Visits

To keep an eye on the overall health conditions of the children, we ensure a weekly visit of a Consultant Pediatrician who also remains in touch online with us in case of any emergency.

We will keep on sending you more field reports in the coming days. Till then, please receive warm wishes from our children and ourselves.

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Apr 19, 2021
Camp of MyHome Al-Mustafa Children with Pakistan Boy Scouts Association

By Ahmed Raza | Project Leader

Assalam-o-Alaikum,

Hope you are doing well, so are the children at MyHome Al-Mustafa. This pandemic has affected all of us gravely, but in some instances, it has also served as a blessing in disguise, for instance, we get to spend more time with our family etc. Children at MyHome Al-Mustafa have not been the exception, due to fewer academic activities, they get to do more of some extracurricular activities.

At MyHome Al-Mustafa, though the activities of children have been limited in various other ways, schooling has never been stopped except during the lockdown, as all the children are enrolled in Al-Mustafa Academy, so even when other students were taking online classes as per the regulations of the Government, the children of MyHome just come downstairs and carry on their schooling as there are only 100 out of 750 children present at the school.

With all the routine activities and events, the most interesting event that occurred during the past quarter is the Camp of MyHome Al-Mustafa Children with Pakistan Boy Scouts Association. Following are the brief details of the three most interesting events at Myhome Al-Mustafa.

1. Camp at Pakistan Boy Scouts Association

The purpose of engaging our children in Scouting is to encourage the physical, intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual development of our teenagers so that they take a constructive place in society as responsible citizens, and as members of their local, national and international communities.

The children went camping at Pakistan Boy Scouts Association “Clean and Green Pakistan Scouts Camporee, at Gulshan-e- Iqbal Scouts Training Center Karachi for a week.

During this time not only the children got to learn about the environment, how to keep it green and performing different physical activities but, also got the opportunity to refresh their minds and bodies by inhaling fresh air and experiencing the serenity of the campsite. This camp surely left a positive impact on the physical and mental health of our children and their happiness can be easily spotted from their smiling faces.

2. Birthday Celebration of the founder of the worldwide Scout Movement

Due to the association of our children with the Scouts Movement and many of them being the members of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association, we celebrated the birthday of the founder and the first Chief Scout of the worldwide Scout Movement Lieutenant General Robert Baden Powel on 22^nd February 2021.

3. Pakistan Day Celebration at MyHome.

To promote the sense of nationalism and patriotism in our children and to maintain a sense of connectivity with the community, we actively celebrate all the national days and many international days at MyHome Al-Mustafa. 23rd March is celebrated every year as Pakistan Day across the country and like every year, it was also celebrated at MyHome on the 23rd of March.

This was it, for now, we will get in touch soon again with some new interesting updates.

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Dec 17, 2020
Sending smiles all the way from MyHome Al-Mustafa

By Ahmed Raza | Project Leader

Do you see the smile on this child's face? Trust me, the reason behind is your kindness.

The children were happy to be back to school but now once again, the schools are closed and the kids are up for online schooling. The routine at MyHome Al-Mustafa has adjusted according to the New Normals i-e Breakfast, Online Schooling, lunch, nap, home tuition (for children who need assistance in their studies), playtime, Quranic Education (we provide all the children with some basic education of their parents' faith upon the request of their families), dinner and sleep. And all of these activities together with frequent hand-washing and cleanliness practices.

Online schooling is fine for the children but the children do miss their buddies and teachers at school. Hope this pandemic ends soon and the children are reunited with their friends and teachers at their school Al-Mustafa Academy.

Children are innocent beings, who adopt to all the changes easily, except for one and that is outings. All the kids were yearning for their outings, which used to happen quite often, so we decided to arrange an outing for the children ( of course after talking to the officials and taking all the necessary precautions beforehand) and took the children to the PAF Museum. A museum may sound boring to you all but trust me it was such a refreshing and entertaining day out. This museum displays the very thing of a child's interest, that is, planes of all different kinds, to mesmerize these little curious beings. The PAF Museum also has a large amusement park, which offers various fun rides and since there were very few people allowed other than MyHome children, so, the children had all the opportunity to be on their favourite rides again and again.

With following all the SOPs to keep the kids healthy and safe, we have also performed Covid-screening of all the children and the staff twice during these last four months. Also, if any of the children found to have developed any symptoms similar to those of Covid, we immediately have him screened for the virus and keep the child isolated until the report is negative. The safety and well-being of children is our highest priority and we are happy to state that none of our children or our staff has gotten infected with the Coronavirus yet.

We sincerely hope that you will continue to spread smiles on the faces of these innocent beings with love wrapped in your zakat and other alms. Stay safe and healthy.

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