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Community Development Sector Waqfs Awqaf SA takes a holistic view of community development and realises that there are several needs within a community. These needs fall within certain sectors, and which, if taken together, will help empower communities. Awqaf SA has established the following Sector Waqfs to fund projects within the respective sectors:
Project Waqfs A Project Waqf is a designated endowment fund established for the purpose of developing or strengthening a particular project within a community development sector. Hence the project may be health related or education related etc. For example, a health related project may be a clinic or the provision of medicines or the provision of eg HIV-AIDS education. Projects within a sector may vary but may include the following: Education: school buildings; school and university fees; awards to outstanding achievers and contributors to community; tertiary education scholarships; youth leadership and development programmes; water and sanitation for schools; provision bf books to libraries; subsidies for teachers salaries Social Care & Welfare: care centres for the disabled, indigent, aged, and orphans; Dawah, Masjid & Madressah: salaries of imams and asatidha in poor communities; publication of literature indigenous languages; Health: provision of health centres & services; fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic; provision of water and sanitation; Trade & Commerce: job creation, micro finance - small loans to start up a micro businessi, and skills training; establishment of trading zones; Art, Culture & Heritage: promotion of arts, culture, and heritage; promotion of Qur’ăn recitations; Governance: inter/intra community and community-government relations; participation and involvement in mainstream community life. Environment: tree nurseries & planting; establishment of food gardens; caring for animals
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