Updated 2 January 2013
On December 26th 2012, Secretary General of The World Federation of KSIMC, Shan E Abbas Hassam, addressed the KSI Jamaat in Leicester with a community update. He was greeted with a wonderful, openhearted welcome and the Jamaat had done a superb job in accommodating the Secretary General.
Shan E Abbas spoke about some of the challenges that our community may face in years to come, in particular the challenge of widespread apathy and disinterest in community activities. This may be deemed to be politics that affects and withers away the interest of our youth, the lack of opportunities available to serve or indeed because our community institutions have not done enough to gain their involvement. But we must find better ways of connecting with today's generation if we are to preserve our community and not lose our culture and heritage.
The Secretary General also spoke about the main themes of the term 2011-2014. He focused on 3 main Themes:
1. The establishment of the Madresah Centre of Excellence.
2. The eradication of poverty in the Khoja Community over the next 15 years.
3. Connecting our Community together.
The Madrasah Centre of Excellence
The Madrasah Centre of Excellence was set up over a year ago and it has four key work streams: (1) Curriculum Development (2) Teachers Training (3) Assessment & Evaluation and (4) Learning Resources. The idea behind all the work-streams is not only increase the 'Ta'alim' (knowledge) of our children but to also increase their 'Tarbiyat' (understanding and empathy too). In short the vision of the MCE is to 'nurture piety and instil Islamic values'.
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Eradication of Poverty in The Khoja Community
The World Federation of KSIMC has set up a goal of eradicating poverty in the Khoja community within 15 years. This is a lofty goal and one that is not easy one to achieve. However, it is high time we set such a target and help remove absolute poverty in our community.
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Connecting Our Community
We need to bring about greater reminders of our community heritage. That is why we have begun on a documentary of the history of our Khoja Documentary, published the excellent book 'An Endangered Species' as well as begun work on the international business and professionals directory. Furthermore, the Secretariat (through a dedicated team) has begun the audacious work of creating a Generational Plan by undertaking a comprehensive census of the community (in each and every one of our Jamaats) during 2013.
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