Monday, May 5, 2008

Toronto Muslim science

Toronto’s First Muslim Science Centre opens to the public.

Last Sunday, April 6th 2008, I took my kids to attend an intriguing workshop on purifying water in our world that is slowly depleting its bare 1% drinking water.

These were volunteers from Engineers without Borders demonstrating their skills to young children and parents sat in. These UFT students are traveling around the country ensuring children understand the issues other poorer children are faced with in acquiring technology to purify their mostly unfiltered water and many times contaminated. Fatiha partnered with these young volunteers to provide this workshop to the Muslim community free of charge.

Having a unique alternative to an indigestion of spiritually impoverished media was Fatiha's Foundation founding three directors concern in 2004. This worry became the brainchild of the now daily functioning Muslim Science Centre in the vicinity of Islamic Foundation, Toronto.
For a real minimum fee children can play with intricate science games, build new things, paint and play games after school and weekends. The challenge is the get parents on board as the community is either accustomed to leaving their kids unsupervised after school in front the 'box' or believe spending their evenings at the maktab without play is the only way out. This centre affords a rounded leisure time- education, play and Islam.

With workshops such as poetry, science and seera slated it is bound to be a success.
To open the door to traditional, inclusive and affordable education system in North America is the http://www.fatiha.ca/ccc mission statement, what about yours?

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