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On Monday 5th of Muharram, The staff of Al-Wedad Foundation for Development received its guests in its new building in Tarim-Hadramout. The guests attended to participate in the ceremony of the official opening of the Foundation. the ceremony had a large number of statesmen in the Governorate, notably Abdullah Ramadan Ba-Juham(Director of the Office of the Ministry of Social Affairs And Labor ), Khalid Huweidi (General Director of Tarim District ). Scholars, and notables were also in the ceremony and foremost among the attendees were Habib Omar bin Mohammed bin Hafeez (Dean of Dar Al-Mustfa for Islamic Studies), Habib Abu Bakr Al-Adeni bin Ali Al-Mashhoor (Director of Islamic Education Schools and Vocational Institutes in Yemen ), and Sheikh Ali Salim Bukyyir (a member of the Consultative Council and Fatwa Council in Tarim). Directors of civil organizations and institutions in Hadramout Valley, dignitaries, and public figures were also there to participate in the ceremony.
Habib Abu Bakr Al-Adeni bin Ali Al-Mashhoor was the first one coming to the Foundation building. The Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation , Abdallah bin Ahmed Mula Al-Daweilah, was there to receive Habib Abu Bakr and take him on a tour of the Foundation departments and enlightened him on the most prominent activities of the Foundation. Then the guests came one After another.
The ceremony started with reading verses of Quran recited by Alwi bin Abdullah Al-Shatri. After that, the attendees listened to a chant performed by Alwi Abdullah Al-Shatri. Then Salih Al-Khatib, a Board member of the Foundation Trustees, made a speech. He welcomed the guests and thanked them for attending this ceremony. Al-Khatib gave the attendees a summary about the work of the Foundation through explaining its missions, goals, future vision, and the most prominent developmental activities during the past period of establishing the Foundation. This was done by a motion graphic show. Abdallah Awad Ba-Juham, the Director of the Social Affairs and Labor, made a speech on behalf of the public management of the social affairs. Ba-Juham congratulated the administration of Foundation on the official opening which is going to be a seed of hope which is going to improve the developmental and charitable work in our country. He gave all those present the regards of Isam Habreish Al- Kathiri, the sub-governor of Hadramout for the Affairs of Valley and Desert, and his congratulations on the opening of the Foundation. He appreciated the role of these developmental foundations on the ground because they participate in relieve the suffer of people and help them in their daily needs in life due to the bad situations in our country.
The speech of the local authority was delivered by Kalid Huweidi, the Director-General of Tarim District. He talked about the big efforts made by these developmental and charitable foundations in Tarim. “We experienced this during the pandemic of Corona through cooperation between the civil community organizations in Tarim.” Huweidi said. He said that during the period of its establishment, Al-Wedad Foundation did considerable work to people who are in dire need of help and this suggests that the Foundation pays real attention to promote and improve the developmental and humanitarian work in our country. “We hope that Al-Wedad Foundation to be in the leading big charitable organizations in the future.” Huweidi added. On behalf of the scholars, Sheikh Ali Salim Bukyyir, a member of the Consultative Council and Fatwa Council in Tarim, gave a speech to the attendees. He welcomed the opening of the Foundation and asked Allah to benefit the people by these deeds. He quoted Quran as saying that “Do [as you will], for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger and the believers.” He appreciated the great efforts made by those who work in the Foundation, first and foremost Abdallah bin Ahmed Mula Al-Daweilah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation. At the end of his speech, Sheikh Ali Salim Bukyyir said that we are in need at this time to be together particularly in such charitable deeds wherever people are in need to them in all aspects of life.
The closing speech was given by Habib Omar bin Mohammed bin Salim bin Hafeez, Deen of Dar Al-Mustfa for Islamic Studies. His speech focused on some major areas. He mentioned that appearances in these occasions do not have a real impact unless they were sincere for Allah. He also said that such charitable deeds must be based on sincerity for Allah and followed by perfection to which the Prophet guided us as he says
“Allah will be pleased with those who try to do thier work in a perfect way ” Accomplishment is important factor and this can be through quitting laziness in work, keeping discipline to reach the high prophetic goals, cooperation, integration, and creating fair competition between those who are responsible for such charitable and developmental deeds.
