August 16th: Ansaar inauguration

Ansaar, a Muslim youth agency located along the coastal road, will, on Saturday, August 16th, have its office complex officially inaugurated.

Since its establishment, the agency has been actively engaged in four main projects; education, social service, arts and culture and income generating.

Speaking to the Daily Observer, Abu’bakr Jeng, president (Amir) of Ansaar Agency, said his agency intends to promote peace, harmony, unity, understanding, and good practices among others.

He added that his agency also wants to improve the moral aspect of peace and create awareness in all the government departments for rapid development.

Commenting on education, Amir Jeng disclosed that his  agency wants to establish its own school, beginning from nursery to the tertiary level, through which children can learn moral lessons in Islam, to change their attitudes and improve on their living standards.

Amir Jeng added that his agency will collaborate with the Department of State for Interior, to promote community policing, peace, unity, understanding, as well as to sensitise prison officers on how to handle the juvenile.

“When the mind and the heart are set properly, then it is easy for the human being to become a human being, because with the absence of this, the human being becomes animalistic and can do anything inhuman,” Mr. Jeng remarked.

He disclosed that the Ansaar Agency wants to conduct IT classes for juvenile offenders and provide them with careers which they will embark on after serving their terms to prevent them from repeating the crimes that landed them in prison.

On arts and culture, Mr Jeng said his agency intends to revise Islamic arts and culture, which is the Prophetic way of living, adding that Allah has clearly stated in the Holy Quran that if we neglect the prophet’s way of living, we are surely going to face difficulties.

To facilitate this, he went on, the agency will set up a modern Islamic library, where the general public can have access to read, listen to audios, watch video and other facilities, which will clearly give them a view of what Islamic arts and culture is all about.

He also commented on their income generating activities, which comprised of a fast food restaurant and Ndouga services, among others.

Alieu Addo, an executive member of Ansaar agency, said: “As we are already in the summer time, most youths are engaged in camping, going to the beach sides, clubs etc”.  He said Ansaar has a lot of useful activities through which they can engage themselves freely

Mr Addo revealed that his agency is currently organising free Quranic lessons and is planning to conduct free IT course for the ghetto youths.
He called on all Muslim youths to visit the Ansaar office.