Tuesday, October 03, 2006

 

Development of self-help agricultural projects

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Realizing that the suffering of the majority poor would be even worse during the holy month of Ramadan, the Muslim community in locations and rural areas had to change.

Sheikh Kanyamula said many mosques in the country had realized the need to work in order to provide their local communities with iftar.

"As a Muslim community, we are trying to cope with new trends. Whilst appreciating the role being played by some organizations on the ground, we would want to develop a sense of self-help," he stressed.

"Muslims in Malawi should be taught to fish and not be given fish. People need to be provided with resources, such as seed and fertilizer, that would help them acquire plenty food."

He said some mosques had to do without iftar due to lack of sponsors, motivating the development of self-help agricultural projects to guarantee sustainable availability of maize, the country's the staple food.

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Some mosques, Kanyamula added, have made tremendous development in self-reliance.

He said over the years, the Muslim Association of Malawi has been able to source seed to help empower mosques to engage in agricultural activities, allowing them to acquire the most wanted cereal.

"Giving is greatly encouraged in the Islamic faith, but we should analyze the situation properly. We should give to please Allah, and I believe the more beneficial the project is to the community, the more we would please Allah," he added.

"So we're saying let's engage the people in projects that will also enable them to be givers," Kanyamula said, adding that by providing local communities with farm in-puts, they would be able to cultivate and harvest plenty, thereby assisting the under-privileged in addition to providing iftar in Ramadan.

The Malawian Muslim leader commended the wealthy Muslim community for taking an interest in the project, that is fast being emulated by people of others faiths and institutions.

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