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Alhumdillah, the mentors advance party has landed safely in Sweden. The party consisted of all 10 mentors along with the camp Mukhi and their teacher/trainer Fazleabbas Kanji. Hasnain Panjwani also accompanied the group as part of the camp administration team, as did the two chefs. Read the Blog for past messages |
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Alhumdillah, the mentors advance party has left Stanmore for Sweden. The party consisted of all 10 mentors along with the camp Mukhi and their teacher/trainer Fazleabbas Kanji. Hasnain Panjwani also accompanied the group as part of the camp administration team, as did the two chefs. More news to follow. Read the blog for past messages |
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Ali was born in Chichester, UK. His parents Murtaza and Marziyah are both originally from Dar-es-Salaam, and the family have settled in Hemel Hempstead since 1986. Ali is from a family of two, with an older sister. He is insha'allah getting married this summer.
His primary and secondary schooling was in Hemel Hempstead, taking his GCSEs at John F. Kennedy School, and obtained top grades in the ten GCSEs that he took. He went on to study A-Levels at Watford Grammar School for Boys, and achieved straight As in Economics, Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry. In June 2006, he graduated from Cambridge University with a Masters in Engineering (MEng) and now works for a scientific software consultancy in Stevenage.
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9th August 2006 Abisali Ebrahim After the nightly meeting, I thought that waking the campers up for morning prayers would be a nightmare. However, the joy of seeing the campers waking up is one of the many reasons why Sweden is a rewarding experience. Morning prayers with the campers show the unity of the camp. After waking the campers again up at 8:20 and heading of the breakfast, campers again are eating in harmony and then the campers are off to there various lessons. Lessons are complete are 12:50 with zuhur and asr namaaz. After namaaz, testing the campers on their salaat and whudu the campers participate in sports. To see the campers conquer there fears in the low rope assault course or watching them play beach volleyball, something that some of campers have not done before, is an honour. After a half an hour wash up, jamaat namaaz (something that is emphasised in the camp) takes place. After namaaz activities with everyone in the camp (Personal Development Time) and Planet Time (with individuals planet) makes campers friendships grow. The campers go to sleep ahead of another exciting day. Writing this diary in the dead of the night (as night guard) means keeping the whole camp safe from any potential dangers that may occur in the night, and staying awake to ensure campers sleep peacefully. This also means that there is plenty of time to think. So far into this camp the sense of responsibility that I have been given has been very enjoyable. Hearing the campers respect of “Abis Bha” and to my shock, “Abis Uncle” makes mentoring in Sweden something that I will love to do again. To see them conquer there fears in the low rope assault course or watching them play beach volleyball, something that some of campers have not done before is an honour. I am extremely tired, however I know I am doing it for Allah (swt). |
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It is the end of the second day and the feeling around the camp is filled with enthusiasm and excitement. Having no previous experience with the Sweden camp I was slightly anxious at taking this role due to the ratio of two mentors to twelve campers. The administration team along with the campers have made the introduction into this role as simple as possible.
There has been a great amount of time spent by the administration team and the mentors into ensuring this camp provides the campers its mission statement: ‘Towards Excellence’.
All of the training we as mentors received had been very carefully planned to ensure that we knew how to operate in various scenarios that we may find ourselves in. Although it is only the end of the second day I feel that a lot of training gained has already been implemented which again, stresses how smoothly operated this camp is.
Even though my role is one of a mentor, it stretches to being seen as an older brother and as a friend. The relationship is continually growing and it seems that I am gaining the campers trust and respect which is will in turn assist me in working with them.
It seems the campers are kept very busy during throughout the day to ensure they maximise the time they spend at this camp. The timetable has been arranged so that the campers get a good mix of religious, educational and sporting activities.
With the continuing hard work from the administrators and mentors, and of course with Allah’s (S.W.T) grace, the camp will be trouble free with the campers learning new skills and knowledge that they are able to use in their day-to-day activities after they leave.
Husainali Alidina
Saturn
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