Assalamu alaykum =)
I feel the need to report on the awesome-ness of the Ansaar Project we did on Saturday 24th at Exodus. Perhaps the awesomeness part was because I was training to become the leader of the group...so that I can boss them around a bit. LOL joooke!!
The Ansaar Project is one of the two feeding the homeless projects that the al Ghazzali Centre runs. I usually do the day-shift because I love cooking in the big bratt pans.(dayshift's where we cook a few very nice dishes and then at night it is distributed at Hyde Park)
The dishes that we cook are bolognaise (my favorite), curry, honey chicken stir fry, rice, pasta, salad, samosas aaaand the best frittata made by our own Wajeeha Z to the A to the GHAM (Lol what a weird last name)! Seriously mashAllah she does them beautifully!
So I was saying..the awesomeness of the project. I did the night shift only once and I did enjoy it, it was really nice seeing to who all the food we make goes to, and hear how grateful they are. Then you know that you are really doing a good thing.
I was actually amazed to see that there is so many hungry on the street the first time I went to help out too. SubhanAllah!
But I enjoy doing the day shift much more, maybe because I like to be behind the scenes... and as I said I get to boss people around, like 'cut those veggies'...'now cut those' haha/it's pretty fun =P
And at the end we get to eat the products too, which is really great, because you get so tired and then you have this nice meal.
Another great thing about the project is the faces you get to meet, and especially if they are regulars you form some really nice friendships. I have to say it is really great when the volunteers come back again and again.
For more info and to register for the project please go to
http://www.alghazzali.org/events/ansaar
and you can also find us on facebook under the name The Ansaar Project
Well hope to see you there next month inshAllah
Peace out!!
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