Isatu Bangura, Sierra Leone
Isatu at her weekly tailoring training at the Dawah Centre
Before the Rainbow Family Programme, Isatu and her father lived a life of begging on the streets. Isatu’s mother was abducted by rebels and then released after being forced to take hard drugs and becoming ill.
Every Friday after Jummah, Isatu and her Father would go begging around the mosque for food and basic needs. This meant Isatu could not go to School. Poor and impoverished, many days went by where Isatu and her family would go to bed hungry.
Isatu’s fate changed however when she joined the Rainbow Family in December 2007. She is fully supported by Muslim Aid through the Islamic Dawah Training Centre in Sierra Leone. Her parents moved to her foster parent’s house and she is no longer begging. Isatu is in 8th grade now and is studying for her Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE). Her sponsorship covers books, shoes, food, school fees, clothes and medicals.
Isatu is also a member of the Rainbow Family Charity Club in Islamic Dawah Training Centre. She spends three hours every weekend to learn tailoring at the Dawah Centre. Isatu can now look forward to a future of possibilities and leave the past behind her.
I AM A SIERRA LEONEAN PRESENTLY IN SENEGAL STUDYING AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ISLAMIC INSTITUTE IN SENEGAL AND I FEEL VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION WHEN ICOME ACCROSS IT IN THE INTERNET.I PRAY THAT YOU SUCCEED IN THIS PROJECT AND PROTECT YOU FROM ANY PROBLEM THAT WILL UNDERMINE IT SUCESS.THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK TO TAKE SUCH A VENTURE.IT IS ONLY THOSE WHO ARE BEEN CHOSEN BY ALLAH LIKE YOU. I AM ALSO ASKING YOU TO PRAY FOR ME SOTHAT I SUCCEED AND GO HOME TO HELP OUR PEOPLE AS I AM HAVING THE SAME INTENTION.
WASSALAM.
YOURS BROTHER IN ISLAM
MUSA