Students from the Habitat Group of Schools are drawing a new chapter in charity drive by donating part of the income generated through cultivation in the school farms and also visiting the poor and downtrodden sections of society to offer them a helping hand.
The charity initiative ‘Habitat for Hope’ is meant to help poor people who are facing lack of food, medicines and education in different parts of the world
The Habitat Group of Schools consists of International Indian School Ajman and Habitat School (Ajman and Umm al Quwain).
The schools are not only promoting farming and cultivation in their vast campuses to inculcate a work culture among the students, but also to donate Dh60,000 per year to various charity initiatives.
The first such charity drive was recently conducted in the tribal and backward areas of Kerala, India.
The plan is to involve the collective social work of the school community as well as to donate Rs1 million Indian for charity in collaboration with recognised charity organisations.
The project is funded by the governing board of the school and part of the funds comes from the sale of fruits and vegetables cultivated in the school farms.
Habitat School in Ajman has set a new trend in education by setting up a vast area for farming jointly by students and teachers. Sheikh Sultan Saqer Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the school, and Shamsu Zaman CT, Managing Director, are overseeing Habitat for Hope project.
“Schools in the Middle East can do a lot to improve lives of many unfortunate persons. We think involvement in social work will help students from the Gulf countries get to know a different aspect of the world,” said Adil CT, Academic Director of Habitat School.
The students of Habitat School Ajman cultivate medicinal plants, trees, fruits and vegetables on a 50,000 square feet farm and profits from the sale of the same is used for charity supporting poor school students in other countries.
Organic fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes are grown in the school campus and sold to parents.