DDHK.ORG– Dompet Dhuafa Hong Kong (DDHK) held a Ramadan Awareness Campaign in the Land of Concrete on Sunday (11/4/2021), or 2 days before the 1st of Ramadan 1442 Hijriyah. Campaign activities were carried out in three different places, namely in Causeway Bay, Kik Yeung Road Yuen Long, and in front of the Hang Hau MTR Station Exit.
"This campaign has three objectives. First, giving awareness to employers not to worry if their domestic workers are fasting. Second, giving awareness to employers to give permission for domestic workers to perform religious rituals, such as the five daily prayers and tarawih prayers. Third, giving awareness to employers to provide halal food to domestic workers, ”said General Manager of DDHK, Muhammad Imam Baihaqi.
In this activity, DDHK mobilized volunteers and collaborated with several taklim assemblies for da'wah partners. In Causeway Bay, volunteers as well as administrators and congregations of FKMPU Taklim Council conducted a Ramadan Awareness Campaign on Russell Street.
Starting at 15.00:17.00 p.m., they took turns standing while unfurling several posters containing information about Ramadan fasting, prayer services, and halal food in English and Cantonese. Ended at 2, the campaign was carried out with due observance of the Health protocol. They wore masks, one poster held by 2 people, and the next poster about XNUMX meters away.
The activities carried out around the Time Square shopping center attracted the attention of many Hong Kong residents. Some of them immortalized it by taking a photo, some took the initiative to ask about the writing on the poster in Cantonese. Others simply passed by, reading the writing on the poster and smiling.
In Yuen Long, the Ramadan Awareness Campaign was carried out by a combination of the Taklim assembly JRQ Yuen Long Bersatu and Majelis Taklim Yuen Long starting from around Kik Yeung Road to the Hop Yick market. Before starting the campaign, the board and congregation of the assembly held Yasinan and prayer together.
In Hang Hau, DDHK collaborated with the Hanghau Muslim Mother Council (BMH) for the implementation of the Ramadan Awareness Campaign. The chairman of the BMH Council, Yannie Pradita, and his deputy, Susiani, along with three other worshipers campaigned in the area in front of the MTR station exit.
Their presence with unfurled posters sparked the attention of many people passing by and going to and out of Hang Hau MTR station. Some approached, took pictures, and chatted about the writing on the poster.
This Ramadhan Awareness Campaign is a Ramadhan Tarhib activity which is routinely carried out by DDHK every year. Usually, Tarhib Ramadhan is done by holding a grand parade.
Last year, due to limitations due to the ban on gathering due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Tarhib Ramadan was conducted online, broadcast live on Facebook page Dompet Dhuafa Hong Kong. This time, with the three objectives above, the Ramadan Awareness Campaign was chosen as Tarhib's activity to welcome the coming of the fasting month. [Nurhalimah] [DDHK News]
