Dear members and friends,

Bismillah hir rahman nir rahim.

All praise be to Allah and Rasulallah SAW

Since February 2009,

ASECS has successfully organized

various events for the members and public at large.

In 2009, events like

meelath celebrations, mother’s day, visits to children’s home ,

trip to Pulau Besar and Malacca, Iftar and opening madrasah classes

has shown that through

ASECS

We can also make a contribution to the society

in our own way.

Aflaaq Stars main emphasis:

Education and Culture

There are many ways one can contribute to this.

We will identify and help

the lower income and disadvantage families.

This is a difficult task as

this group of people are not easy to identify,

and if identified they are reluctant to come

forward and participate.

They are somehow shy

and they have

their own reasons.

We need more dedicated volunteers for this task.

We want to help the children from this group

to have same start as the other citizens of Singapore.

Our society, Aflaaq Stars,

will play a bigger role

to identify & provide

help directly,

or will connect

them to CDCs

and

other

national agencies.

Once this is done

we can get them to participate

in the mainstream community activities

like RCs, community centre and IRCC activities.

With regards to this,

This year, 2010,

We have given educational bursaries

to about 23 students to from deserving families.

These students came from

Indian Muslim, Malay, and Hindu families.

This was possible due to generous contributions

from our advisor and donors.

We also participated in activities organized

by Queenstown IRCC and Queenstown CC.

Next Step:

Also in the next couple of months

We are going to identify

another twenty families

and assist them in purchasing computers,

and the funds will be coming from

our Society through our sponsors,

if they do not qualify from

other national agencies.

We will get more of our members and volunteers

to participate in activities organized

at grass root level and national level

so that they get involve in

the community at large.

As the government

is focusing more

on family cohesion,

we will work with

the national agencies

on the programs

organized by MCYS.

As stated by MCYS,

there is need

for more infant and child care,

and elderly care centres

in Singapore.

We will be exploring ways to set up

an infant, childcare and/or elderly care centre.

As our focus will be on family and children

we will have some niche programs

and we will capitalize on this.

We will tap the resources from the CLF

(Community’s Leaders Forum)

and run programs.

We will run fruitful programs

for the community at large

and

will be a VWO

that can be relied upon.

We hope

more

dedicated members

&

volunteers

will come forward

to assist us

in running

the programs

&

events.

Thank you!

Shaik Alaudeen
President
ASECS