Official newsletter jma

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JAFFNA MUSLIM ASSOCIATION 2013:

Assalamualaikum dear brothers and sisters...

Thank you for helping JMA in the past year! Our organisation strives to better itself year after year,

in order for us to progress as a charity and a community- this year we have had a significant increase

in the amount of projects we went ahead with, some of them traditional ones such as Fitra and

Qurbani, and others new.

Some of our projects this year include:

We held our first Annual General Meeting (AGM) this year, which

consisted of a gathering of JMA members, in addition to members

of our community to share and take interest in information

regarding JMA, its history and Jaffna Muslims.

In our annual Fitra project we reached a total amount of £3000,

masha’allah, which is fantastic as this is the highest amount we

have ever received for Fitra. The amount collected together by our

members has helped provide Fitra packages for 620 families in Sri

Lanka. The areas it was distributed to include: Nachikuda,

Killinoichi, Mullathivu, Vavuniya, Puttalam, Thillayadi,

Sathamiyaprum, Umarabad (A muham), Athumuham, Nuraicholai,

Pananthurai, Palavathurai and Malwana.

We raised a total of £2100 for Qurbani which was distributed in:

Nachikuda, Killinoichi, Puttalam, Mullathivu, Mankumppan and

Nainathivu- (70 shares were distributed, one share was £30.00).

Jaffna Muslim Association has been very focused on individual

cases this year, especially regarding children and medical

assistance.

We sponsored a boy in Mullathivu to build necessary bathroom

facilities costing Rs/= 50,000, as well as donating a tricycle to him

in order to improve his medical condition. In Puttalam we gave

Rs/= 50,000 to children with special needs. A young girl who

needed a wheelchair for several months was given one costing

Rs/= 30,000. In Colombo, JMA gave Rs/= 50,000 to an elderly man

with children in need of medical help, as well as helping a brother

in Pananthurai with kidney failure by giving him one lakh for his

medical needs- there are also many other medical cases not

mentioned here due to the sheer number of individual cases we’ve

helped with and to respect their privacy.

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The growth of our Jaffna Muslim

community is something we

promote- this year, not only

have we focused on the growth

of our community but we have

tried to establish a relationship

with the entire Jaffna

community through the

donation of six wheelchairs to

Jaffna Hospital. It was also

published in the Uthayan paper.

JMA promotes sustainable living and community

events, therefore throughout 2013, our charity

engaged in acts such as donating a painting

machine for a brother in Puttalam, donating a water

pump, costing Rs/= 50,000 for a Masjid in

Nachikuda and holding a community Iftar. Thank

you to our kind donors for making this possible.

Our Annual Eid Gathering also took place this year,

in which we had many events such as the

president’s speech, the children’s programme, our

financial summary and the history of JMA.

It was wonderful to see the talents the children in

our community had to share with us all.

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Plans for 2014:

We are striving to build a better

community in the future, so please

lend us your support again in 2014,

as we will be running many

projects... Here are a select few:

Helping the Elderly

Helping children with

disabilities

Helping orphans

Helping sports clubs

Assisting with emergency

medical help

Helping with the education of

children

Please like and share our ‘Jaffna

Muslim Association UK’ Facebook

page to keep up to date with events

and news regarding our community!

Jazakallah Khair,

JMA TEAM

“The Prophet Muhammad (peace be

upon him) said: "The

believer's shade on

the Day of

Resurrection will be

his charity." - Al-

Tirmidhi, Hadith 604

Website: http://jaffnamuslimuk.org/