Local NGO Advocating the Rights of Children (ARC) is set to launch its latest annual Ramazan Collection for Children’s Shelters later this month, requesting donations of food, sports equipment, toiletries and clothing from the public.
Starting from June 16, the organisation is requesting gift donations for 90 children aged between 0 and 18 years of age, who presently live in the shelters of Kudakudhinge Hiya, Amaan Hiya (Villimale’) and the Education and Training Centre for Children (Maafushi).
ARC has said it will be accepting donations at its Male’ office on Alikilegefaanu Magu from Sunday up to July 4, 2013 . Donations will be accepted during this period from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Sunday to Thursdays, and 2:00pm to 6:00pm on Saturdays.
The NGO has said that it would gratefully accept food and toiletries as well as new or gently used arts supplies and stationery, toys and sports equipment, as well as clothing and prayer items.
“Thanks to the community’s generosity, ARC’s previous collections were a great success and the children look forward to it every year,” the NGO said in a statement. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted, and your gifts given in the spirit of Ramazan will bring much joy to the children.”
Further information on the Ramazan collection is available online through ARC’s website, or by calling the NGO on 784 0360 during collection hours.
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Good idea. At last someone cares!
Why don't you call it mosque fund or prayer fund? Or fund-to-chuck-homosexuals-off-a-cliff? The donations will hit you like a tsunami.
MINIVAN: edited version: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted, and your gifts given in the spirit of Ramazan will bring much joy to the children…” I think this is a beautiful sentiment.
Of course, I hope and I pray that this charity is genuine. I am greatful if it is, it sounds it.
But, I understand Homosexuals cynicism. I also had been robbed and emotionally used by “charities” which turned out to be collections to further the tyranny of despots. Maybe it serves me right for allowing my heart to rule over my head. Like my favourite critic tsk tsk said, I allow my mind to be drowned out by emotional codswallop.
When your heart is played with like that enough, it dies – enter the land of the LIVING DEAD.
Actually, it is tragic. BROKENESS ABIDES. Once you have been in the land of the living dead – something inside keeps pulling you back there. Fatalism. You exhaust yourself climbing the mountain of hope and love, climbing to the top of a bridge of emotional safety. Then, you get scared, terrified, begin to weep and tremble – and you leap off the bridge. – You leap to your doom – because something inside you pulls you off it – fear. Loved ones hold out there hands to try and rescue you, but you still leap.
Why? Why on Earth does it have to be like that? It is just so sad.