The Zanfha Initiative

Tickets for ‘The musical journey through the night’ an elegant Sham-e-Ghazal and Music night performed by Simon & Friends

Rifat — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:44:45 +0000

Join us at this exclusive charity dinner and music event on Saturday 3rd March, at The Sheridan Suite, 371 Oldham road, Manchester M40 8EA

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Look forward to welcoming you on the evening

A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE NIGHT

Rifat — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:31:09 +0000

Sensory Room Plaque

Rifat — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:36:29 +0000

I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who donated so generously to make this happen.

As i mentioned previously, the sensory room is already used by the children at the Seashell Trust since it opened, and the feedback from the school and the carers is that the children absolutely love it.

If anyone wishes to go to the school and see for themselves, they are more than welcome to do so, just let me know, so I can arrange a visit.

New Project

Rifat — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:55:45 +0000

‘The Disability You Don’t See’

Children and young adults are our future, and if we can be the change for them, to have a full life, to have the dreams and aspirations as we all have, to fulfill them, then it is our duty to help them achieve that.

Do take a few minutes to go to our projects link and see for yourself why we have chosen this project.

Sensory Room Photos

Rifat — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:45:30 +0000

Here you are folks, photos of the Sensory Room at the Seashell Trust which you helped to fund with generous donations.

Catch-Up

Rifat — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:28:37 +0000

It’s been a while since I posted any news about Zanfhas’ activities.

All members have been really busy with their work commitments and this year we decided not to take up a particular project, but having said that, we’ve still managed to raise awareness of our organisation and raise monies for worthwhile causes.

I was personally asked by the British Muslim Heritage Centre in Manchester, to speak as a keynote speaker at the launch of the “Friends’ of the British Muslim Heritage Centre.” This was well received and raised awareness of not only the BMCH, but also our organisation.

During the month of Ramadan, I collected over £2300, at our local mosque, Altrincham Muslim Association, for the Islamic Reliefs’ ‘East Africa Appeal’. This donation was achieved through the dedicated efforts of all the ladies of Hale, Hale Barns and Altrincham, who attended the Quranic readings/lectures everyday throughout the month of Ramadan and kindly donated their zakat and sadaqa funds.

A kind donor has raised over £230 for the Zanfhas’ funds, to use in a project which we deemed to be worthwhile, of which £100 was donated to UWT / Team Casablanca for a sponsored 215km bike trek in the atlas mountains in Morrocco, to raise money for various projects in Africa and East Asia. I will keep you posted as to where the other £130 is used.

And finally, the £10.000 we raised for a sensory room at the Seashell Trust, doing various fundraisers, the highlight of which was our teams’ 84mile walk along Hadrians’ Wall, has just been finished and opened and used by the children at the Seashell Trust. We all went along to see it, and let me tell you, we were thrilled with the outcome. It’s a really nice room, well equipped, and to see the children using it and enjoying it makes all the hard work worthwhile. Well done to everyone! Zanfhas’ teams’ heartfelt thank you to each and everyone who donated to make this possible, THANK YOU.

Photos of the room will be uploaded as soon as we have permission from parents of children who are in the photos.

‘Woman of The Year’

Rifat — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:39:08 +0000

Well what can i say, as mentioned in my last post that i had been selected as a finalist for this year’s Asian Image and Fusion Awards and last night i was selected as the winner of the Woman of the Year Award. I was deeply touched to receive this recognition and would like to take this opportunity to thank ALL my team members, my volunteers and most of all my supporters who have made all my fundraising a success, without you i wouldn’t be where i am now, so THANK YOU.

I would like to thank Shuaib and his team for organising such a prestigious event and bringing together people from all walks of life to celebrate their achievements. It was attended by well over 300 people.

I’ll post the link to their site once the photos are up, which should be quite soon, but in the meantime here’s just a few which were taken last night by my husband.

Finalist for the ‘Woman of The Year”

Rifat — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:22:47 +0000

Just heard some fantastic news that i’ve been selected as a finalist for the ‘Woman of The Year Award’ at this year’s Fusion Events. This will be taking place on Saturday 21st May at Blackburn Rovers Football Club.

The event aims to celebrate the achievements of the community in the North-West of England.

The event aims to reward community groups and individuals of ALL backgrounds and cultures as well as business and sporting talent within the North-West.

The nominations are made via the Asian Image and Fusion Awards websites.

Looking forward to attending the event, meeting everyone, highlighting the work of Zanfha and let’s see if I come back with an award, watch this space……………

Welcome to the new website

Rifat — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:32:11 +0000

Thank you for visiting and welcome to the newly designed website. These changes will allow a more fluid approach to updating you with the fundraising efforts and charity events being run by The Zanfha Initiative. It will also be easier to find out about upcoming events and you can even subscribe by email to keep abreast of all the exciting and life-changing things happening here at Zanfha.

Final reports from UNRWA

Rifat — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:40:19 +0000

Here are the final reports direct from UNRWA regarding our fundraising efforts for the Childcare Centre in Gaza. Please click the links for detailed reports and letters which show you where your money went.

Thank you again for your support!

Financial Report

Final Report

Letter from UNRWA