Welfare work...(part 3)

Went to Darul Isra' just now, and attended the meeting to form the Fund Collection Committee.

Currently, Darul Isra' has the width of 25 x 10 metres squared, which could cater about 400 people (brothers & sisters) at one time. The number of people coming to the mosque, as well as the activities carried out are increasing throughout the year, which is a good thing. Hence, the 'top guns' of the mosque has laid out a plan to make the mosque bigger, which has the capacity of catering about 1000 people at a time, with several rooms for activities - transforming an ordinary mosque to a professional islamic institute for learning & relaxing

3 storeys - ground, 1st floor, and a basement.

Many issues were raised during the meeting, & loads of brilliant ideas given by the people who attended, mostly businessmen. Some of the things that i learnt this day about raising funds are:
-establish a committed team, elect an effective leader to lead
-have a clear target of 'when to start & end', 'target amount of donation collected', 'target area' etc.
-schemes of donation (which makes the contributor easier to donate). eg. breaking down the total cost into (1)smaller portion of shares, (2)the cost for each material needed to buy (3)special package (excellent, gold, silver award) (4)auction (5)charity dinner with the presence of prominent speakers or nasheed groups.....and many more
-preparations of the legalities (paperwork,letters & letterheads, cheque book, stamp)
-promotion (media & communication, presentation, attractive brochures etc)
-dedicated collection team to go here & there.

Pheww....honestly, it's a big task to manage!

Total cost needed for the refurbishment of the mosque = GBP 200,000.

To those who would like to donate, feel free to contact Abu Bara' or Sheikh Ya'qoob.

C'mon, let's start working! InshaAllah, working for Allah is worth living!