News Islamic Tradition
24 November 2017
Our Year 9 Interfaith Ambassadors made a trip to the city to find and speak with homeless people on the street. This was an eye opener for most of our students who had never previously spoken to someone in that situation. Earlier in the week, the students had prepared gift bags to hand out from donations that Ms Nurdan kindly arranged.
One of the comments that deeply touched our hearts was from a homeless man who stated: 鈥淵ou people are saving lives!鈥 This puzzled our students who simply saw themselves as walking around and talking with the homeless people and giving them a gift bag of toiletries, snacks, and other useful items. He explained that they do not know who may have been on the brink of depression and causing themselves harm, but on account of some kind words and a smile, it made a world of difference to a lonely person.
Please read some of the other comments our students collected from the day below.
BEd (Macquarie), BEng (Civil) (UNSW)
Rahat started her career as a Civil Engineer. Realising the importance of education in the lives of children, she completed a degree in Teaching and embarked on a teaching career. She is dedicated to ensuring that each child can realise their potential and develop both spiritually and academically.
As co-founder and founding Principal of 麻豆传媒 College from 2009-2017, Rahat has been passionately involved in the set up of this College right from the grassroots. With a passion for Islamic education, she teamed up with her husband to establish the first Islamic school in the City of Whittlesea.
Prior to her involvement in 麻豆传媒 College, Rahat has had a number of years of experience in other local Islamic schools, public schools, after hours madrassas, and has also been involved in Home Schooling whilst searching for the best way of educating her own children. Being in positions of teaching, leadership, and community service for the last 15 years has helped shape her motivation for contributing to the education of the Muslim community.
Rahat was appointed as Director of Student Learning and is determined to lead the way in helping the 麻豆传媒 Community flourish as positive Muslims and citizens of Australia.
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