Newsletter November-December 2009

PROGRAMS

• REFRESHER

COURSE

• AHMADIYYA BAS-

KETBALL LEAGUE

• FOOD DRIVE

• EIDUL ADHIYA

DUTIES

• BLOOD DRIVE

• `ASHRA TARBIYAT

DEPARTMENTAL

UPDATES

• TALIM

• TARBIYAT

• TABLIGH

PROGRAMS REFRESHER COURSE

Refresher courses for both Khuddam and Atfal were held across Canada in

which 5 Izl`a of Central Canada, 4 Izl`a of Western Canada and Zil`a Eastern

Canada participated.

The major topics covered were:

• Five focus areas for the year

• 5 times Namaz, with 100% of Amila members complying

• Namaz with translation

• Number of Tabligh Q/A sessions held

• Number of Bai`ts

• Sa’iqin system

• 4 Steps of reporting and planning (Collection, analysis, execution

and report back)

• Key statistics from last year and best Majalis and Izl`a

• Departmental workshops

A separate booklet of the constitution of Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Canada

was also printed and distributed.

AHMADIYYA BASKETBALL LEAGUE (ABL)

This year, the Ahmadiyya Basketball League (ABL) began on Oct 3, 2009. A

total of 17 teams and 180 Khuddam participated. All Izl`a in Central Canada

participated in these games. A Talim program focusing on teaching Namaz

with translation has also been integrated in these sport sessions which take

place during the breaks. Namaz in congregation is offered during all sport ses-

sions.

FOOD DRIVE

`Ashra Khidmat-e-Khalq was held throughout Canada from Nov 28th to Dec

8th, 2009 with a collection target of 140,000 lbs. By the grace of Allah Khud-

dam worked tirelessly across Canada and achieved a total food collection of

159,377 lbs.

Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Canada

CONTACT US:

Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Canada Al-Khidmat Office

90 Ahmadiyya Ave. Maple, Ontario L6A 3A4

Ph. 905-303-6522

Fax. 905-303-6525

www.khuddam.ca

Zil`a Target Collection

Central West 35,000 lbs 50,190 lbs

Prairies 12,500 lbs 27,270 lbs

Central North 25,000 lbs 25,881 lbs

Central South 20,000 lbs 20,300 lbs

Central East 10,000 lbs 13,525 lbs

Peel South 10,000 lbs 10,227 lbs

British Columbia 7,500 lbs 4,800 lbs

Calgary 15,000 lbs 4,400 lbs

Eastern Canada 5,000 lbs 2,784 lbs

TOTAL 140,000 lbs 159,377 lbs

All food donations went to Humanity First Canada. Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadi-

yya continues to help Humanity First with the weekly delivery of food to the

needy.

EIDUL ADHIYA DUTIES

Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya performed the following duties on Eidul Adhiya:

Security, Parking, Setup and Windup duties were also performed by Izl`a of

Eastern and Western Canada as follows:

Duty Number of Khuddam

Parking (Central West) 30

Security (Central West) 35

Setup (Peel South) 60

Windup (Central South) 60

Peace Village Security (Central North) 6

Mission House (Central North) 2

Zil`a Number of Khuddam

Eastern Canada 15

Prairies 15

Calgary 64

British Columbia 32

The best Majalis were Brampton Centre, Brampton Heartlake and Brampton

Flowertown. Majlis Hamilton South had the best variety in their collection.

The breakdown by Zil`a is as follows:

BLOOD DRIVE

By the grace of Allah, the 7th Annual Blood Drive and the first ever Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Drive (GTA) was held on December 5th, 2009 at the Ba`itul Islam Mosque. The target assigned to us by the Canadian Blood Services was 110 units, however, by the grace of Allah a total of 120 units were donated. One of the most important aspects of this clinic was the Marrow/Stem Cell Drive for the first time in which 162 donors registered. According to the Canadian Blood Services, this has instantly increased the total num-ber of South Asian Bone Marrow registrants in Canada by 3 percent, Alhamdulillah! The One Match and South Asians For Life organizers were at a loss for words at the response and selflessness shown by the members of the Ahmadiyya Community as a whole and Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya in particular. Below is a breakdown of the GTA Blood Drive: Central North: 82 registrants Central West: 36 registrants Central South: 35 registrants Central East: 20 registrants Peel South: 1 registrant Total registrants: 174 Total Blood donations: 120 (100 repeat donors, 74 brand new donors) Total Bone Marrow/Stem Cell donors: 164, all brand new donors By the grace of Allah the total collection for all of 2009 was 397 units; far exceeding the target of 300 units pledged to Canadian Blood Services.

`ASHRA TARBIYAT

By the grace of Allah, `Ashra Tarbiyat was held from 22 Dec to 31 Dec, 2009. For this `Ashra, members of the National Majlis-e-Amila along with Sadr Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Canada attended 55 Sa’iqin level Khuddam meetings in the Central Izl`a with a total of 615 Khuddam attending in Central Canada alone. These meetings were an informal forum in which Khuddam introduced themselves to each other sharing their family, educational and professional background as well as their involvement in Jama’at work. The ses-sions started and ended with silent prayers. By the grace of Allah, Majalis across the country used various methods of improving participation in 5 daily prayers including: Namaz Wake-up call implemented by Majlis Brampton Flowertown Tarbiyati Class (sleep over) carried by Majlis Brampton Springdale Congregational Tahajud Prayer carried out by Majlis Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace The top Majalis for this `Ashra were, Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace, Scarborough, Brampton Flower Town, Brampton Heartlake, Toronto East, Peace Village East, Surrey West. The best Zil`a was Central West. By the grace of Allah, in the month of December alone, there has been an overall increase of 3% in the number of Khuddam offering daily prayers. Khuddam also took the initiative of sending the Friday Sermon of Hazoor-e-Anwar (aa) via E-mail from Alislam.org. Majalis also reported progress on a constant basis back to Markaz. An interesting feature of this `Ashra was the Q/A sessions conducted by Amir Sahib, Jama’at Ahmadiyya Canada across all Izl`a of Canada for high school students. By the grace of Allah, the total participation of students was 283 in the Central Izl`a and 171 in the Western Izl`a. The theme for these sessions was “Who we are and why we believe in Islamic teachings?”.

Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya has established four core areas of focus for the current year; 5 times

daily prayers, Namaz with translation, Q/A sessions and number of Bai`ts achieved.

Alhamdullilah, members of Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Canada have responded with great zeal with

the aim of improving themselves spiritually. Below is the update of activities identified for the FOCUS

belonging to the respective departments.

TALIM

Focus: Namaz with translation

Majalis that excelled in the above mentioned focus area are Jamia Ahmadiyya and Ahmadiyya Abode of

Peace with the top Zil`a being Prairie.

The above achievements were based on the number of Khuddam who know and are learning Namaz,

Namaz translation, Qur’an Nazra and learning Qur’an translation as well as percentage of Khuddam

reading books of Jama’at.

Following were initiated to support Talim department:

Learning the correct recitation of the Holy Qur’an using Skype service

Namaz with translation lessons for ABL players during the Namaz break time.

TARBIYAT

Focus: Perform 5 daily Prayers

Majalis that excelled in the above mentioned focus area are Jamia Ahmadiyya, Hamilton North, Bramp-

ton Heartlake with the top Zil`a being Central South.

TABLIGH

Focus: Q/A sessions held

A total of 24 Q/A sessions were conducted across Canada. Majalis that excelled in the above mentioned

focus area are Weston North West, Brampton Flowertown and Brampton Springdale with the best Izl`a

in this category being Central South and Central West.

Focus: Bai`t Targets

The yearly Bai`t target is 56. Alhamdullilah, Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya has achieved a total of 4

Bai`ts with the Prairie Zil`a achieving 3 of these Bai`ts. Mubashir Ahmad sahib of Majlis Edmonton

achieved a total of 3 Bai`ts while on Waqf-e-Arzi in Ecuador.

The department of Tabligh across Canada organized a total of 4 out-of-city exhibitions.

Across Canada, 25 bookstall duties were carried out with Central North, Eastern Canada, Central South,

Central West Izl`a carrying out the most duties.

The best Zil`a in all major activities including Q/A Sessions, Bookstall and Remote City exhibitions was

Central West.

DEPARTMENTAL UPDATES