Day 3

As well as their ongoing physical labours, our volunteers on the Mission Possible deployment to Tanzania also had to make choices as to which beneficiaries would receive livelihood packages. Amana Rehman and Faizal Karbani explained some of the decision-making process.

“We spent the morning split into groups of twos, visiting more possible beneficiaries. We then returned to the school where I carried out various tasks. This included working on cementing and placing bricks to build the foundation for the rainwater harvesting system, before moving on to skimming and hammering holes into the walls of one of the classroom walls, ready for re-plastering.  

In the evening reflection session, we worked as a team to discuss beneficiary allocation. We were able to come to a fair and mutually agreed decision.

It settled our hearts for the coming day, knowing we were also able to give some money to the people we weren’t able to give the programmes to, as well as other families who were identified along the way that could benefit from some support.

For example, we assessed one couple who were elderly and not in the best of health who felt they wouldn’t be able to manage goats but would be able to manage chickens. We gave some money for her to be able to possibly buy the chickens or use as she feels is best!

Amana Rehman

“Today, we visited 2 families to assess their situation and needs. Both turned out to be deserving - in both cases there was no male breadwinner and there was a strain and worry on the families regarding their income.

In each case, there was one relatively young woman (24 years-old in one family and 19 years-old in the other) who had learned to sew. So, a sewing machine was an excellent way to help them, which is what they wanted. In our overall assessment as a group, we concluded that we would donate a sewing machine to these two households

In the afternoon, we carried on with the construction works, this time helping with the toilet construction and getting the walls ready for plastering in one of the school buildings.

It was, Masha’Allah, an excellent day but physically quite demanding. May Allah Almighty accept everyone's efforts and improve the quality of life for the people of the village and beyond. Ameen.”

Faizal Karbani