[islam-info] Mission of Hope Community e-Update

Fri Sep 25 14:27:54 EST 2009

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Acct Name: Mission of Hope
BSB: 062191
Account No: 10300318
Commonwealth Bank
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Mission of Hope Community e-Updates   

Ramadan Food Drive Campaign   

This is the first year for our Ramadan Food Program. Subhan Allah, we have had an overwhelming need for individual and family hampers. Alhamdulillah, with food donations from Muslim warehouses, Islamic schools, both the Muslim and non-Muslim community, we were able to provide food hampers for a total of 640 families. The total cost of one hamper is equivalent to $45.00. That project alone in order to make the 640 food hampers needed was around $27,520.00 worth of non-perishable foods. We are asking for further support from the community to donate much needed funds as we had not expected such demand, but we wanted to respond to those in desperate need.
Family hampers went to the families of the terminally ill, refugees and asylum seekers from Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and other various linguistic and ethnic backgrounds. It is sad that the reality is we have a great number of brothers and sisters here in Sydney, who have escaped the war and are homeless and living in mosques and musallas with no source of income, and have gone unnoticed.
Subhan Allah, without the help of Muslim businesses and individuals who have generously donated their money and time, this project would not have been possible. Unfortunately though, there are still struggling families who require hampers, which we still have not provided for.The amount of hampers needed was beyond our expectations, and as a result, we have completely exhausted our funds to continue this project, and are struggling to continue our annual Eid Gift Drive. Please donate generously to:
Account Name: Mission of Hope
BSB: 062191
Account No: 10300318
Commonwealth Bank

Community-Based Ramadan Iftars in 2010
In 2010, we hope to extend this program to offering a free Iftar to the needy individuals and families in the Auburn areas. We will be working closely with Auburn local organisations including Auburn Community Development Centre, African Muslim Societies, and other community groups, to host weekly Iftars so that families and individuals can enjoy breaking fast in the spirit of community service. For more information contact info at amal.org. au

Eid Gift Drive   
Prophet Muhammad was most generous in giving gifts. At times, he associated giving gifts as an act of Ibadah. The Eid Gift Drive in its fourth consecutive year, aims to bring joy to less privileged and sick children in hospitals (Muslim and non-Muslim), the aged in care facilities, Muslims in detention centres, etc. Our volunteers wrap gifts in colorful gift wrapping, and attach a greeting card with wishes of a Happy Eid on behalf of the Muslim community, then sorted the gifts by age and gender, and finally distributed these gifts to a variety of centres. 

Eid Gifts will be distributed to Sydney, Adelaide (with the assistance of Ayn Academy www.aynacademy. com ), and Perth (with the assistance of Muslim Women Support Centre in WA (http://www.muslimte nts.com/mwscwa  )
Donations can be made to:
Acct Name: Mission of Hope
BSB: 062191
Account No: 10300318
Commonwealth Bank
All donations are tax deductible
For your interest in participating with donations, or to help us distribute eid gifts, please feel free to contact us:
E: info at amal.org. au 
www.missionofhope. org.au or call Asma on 0405190687

Muslim Community Co-operative Australia (www.mcca.com. au ) is an event supporter of this initiative.

Australian Muslim Achievement Awards 2009   
Mission of Hope has been hosting the Annual Australian Muslim Achievement Awards successfully from 2002-2008. Online nominations are now available for 2009.
Online nomination must be made here: http://www.missiono fhope.org. au/nominations
This year, winners will be awarded trophies/plaques as in previous years and the winners will be announced in early December 2009 via the Mission of Hope website and Crescent Times Newspaper. http://www.crescent times.com. au 

This event is also supported by MCCA

Research Participation (Australian Muslims needed)  
1. Research Topic: “High Risk Behaviours Amongst Muslim Adults Living in Australia”.
Part of Graduate Program in Sexual Health at The University of Sydney. The study aims are to understand high risk behaviours and attitudes towards these behaviours among Muslim adults living in Australia.
Researcher: Ridwan Nazir (Masters Student, University of Sydney).

You can participate in this survey only if you meet all of the following criteria:
• If you are fluent in English language
• If you have attained minimum 18 years of age
• If you are a Muslim living in Australia
If you wish to participate in Internet base survey, please use: http://www.zoomeran g.com/Survey/ ?p=WEB229C5QUP2F X web page address. You will then be taken to the web page survey form.

2. "Australian Muslims, Attachment to Allah and Happiness Study"
Would you like to contribute to research involving Muslim religiosity and happiness? If you are an English-speaking Australian Muslim, willing to participate and aged 18 or over I would welcome your participation in this research. This research as part of a School of Psychology funded study at the University of Western Sydney. 
Researcher: Hanan Dover (Research Assistant, School of Psychology)
Please email: h.dover at uws. edu.au for an emailed copy of the questionnaire, or for questionnaire( s) to be be posted out for individual or group participation.

AMAL e-Counselling forum  
Mission of Hope will be launching its AMAL e-counselling forum later this year for Australian and New Zealand Muslims. Qualified counsellors, psychologists, social workers, youth workers, and community welfare workers are being sought to work behind the scenes in delivering a quality, public web-based counselling forum to accomodate the growing mental health needs of the Muslim community. Please contact info at amal.org. au for more information on how you can become involved.

Mission of Hope Bottled Water  
Mission of Hope have their own labelled bottled water. We would like to invite communities and businesses to purchase Mission of Hope Bottled Water as part of our fundraising campaign. All profits go directly to our community projects to help with our resources and implementation of our community-based programs. The bottled water is 600mls and they come in a pack of 24. They will be sold at $12.00 per pack, with a minimum purchase of 10 packs. For more information, please email: info at missionofhope. org.au

Cadbury Fundraising Drive for Community Projects   
As part of our plan to increase our Eid Gift Drive in 2009 to accomodate the increasing requests we are running a fantastic Cadbury® Fundraiser Drive .
MoH have a variety of Cadbury products for sale. Selling for both $1.20 & $2.50 a block or 5 for $5 and 5 for $10 respectively. This represents excellent value to the buyer and all profits will go towards the Ramadan Food Project, Eid Gift drive, and other MoH projects. For more information, please contact the AMAL Project Officer, Alan Obaidi on 0410 695 253 or a.obaidi at missionofh ope..org.au
You, or your representative, will be able to collect your special Cadbury® Fundraiser carry boxes from our Punchbowl office (via appointment) , or we can potentially have them delivered. 

Workshop on Faith-Based Counselling with Muslim Communities (Melb, Syd, Bris)  
Mission of Hope is supporting a training program for Imams, Muslim community leaders and relevant stakeholders to gain basic counselling skills to respond to the growing needs of the diverse Muslim community. The program will provide an introduction of the Islamic framework for counselling and communication skills in a 2-day workshop that is funded by the National Centre of Excellence of Islamic Studies Community Grants scheme. Anyone who is interested in registering for the program will be required to fill in the application form and it will need to be faxed once completed. Maximum of 30 participants per workshop. Attendance is FREE.
Dates:
Melbourne Saturday 7th of November – Sunday 8th of November
Brisbane Saturday 14th of November – Sunday 15th of November
Sydney Saturday 5th of December – Sunday 6th of December
Please email info at happiness4well ness,com for more information

www.missionofhope. org.au| info at missionofhope. org.au | PO BOX 675 , Lakemba, 2195 

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