Darul Ihsan Centre’s youth wing, ‘Youth of the Ummah’ (‘YOU’) has been hosting educational, spiritual and activity programmes for boys for several years.

Alhamdulillah, in 2013 a fresh initiative for teenage girls was launched under the banner ‘Daughters of the Ummah’ (‘DOU’).

The project was initiated by many requests from community members/parents who expressed a real need for such a programme for their daughters. Consequently ‘DOU’ launched its first programme in December 2013 followed by another in April 2014.

On Thursday, 9 October 2014 ‘DOU’ hosted its third programme – ‘Activity Day,’ for girls at the NMJ Islamic Centre, Durban.

Seventy girls – between 12 and 20 years old – from Durban and surrounding areas participated in the one-day activity programme. Nine young ‘DOU’ volunteer females co-ordinated and facilitated the various activities of the programme.

Amongst the days’ activities were team building exercises and group challenges convened for the keen participants.

Feedback was very encouraging from many of the participants…….

There was positive feedback from many of the participants…….

There was positive feedback from many of the participants and parents appreciated ‘DOU’ hosting such programmes (for girls)…..

Mufti Shafiq Jakhura of the Fatwa Department of Darul Ihsan Centre, held a ‘Q & A’ session with many questions being raised by the participants.

A female who had reverted to Islam shared her life inspiring experience with the group of girls and a motivational speech was delivered by one of the volunteers.

Darul Ihsan Centre hopes to host other programmes for the ‘Daughters of the Ummah,’ Insha Allah.

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