Jagrik name –   Sumaiya Parvin

Cohort number – 1 (Bhagowanpur High School)

Task – (FD3SS1) – Find out one ritual from your community that promote humanism, such as donations in cash and kind, feeding the poor, looking after animals, asking for forgiveness etc. and perform one of those rituals.

Experience-

The peer mentioned about Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha where the community make donations in cash and kind, feeding the poor, asking for forgiveness etc.

Several different categories of charity are defined in Islam, the two most important being zakat (obligatory charity) and sadaqa (voluntary charity). Zakat is a specific, standardized percentage of one’s extra wealth (over and above the necessities of life) that must be given to the poor and those in need. Sadaqa can be given to anyone in many forms including a smile, wise advice, or helping to build a home or mosque.

The peer collected a small savings of her and also took the help of her parents to perform such a ritual. With this amount, she helped the kids with food and also looked after the animals.

Learning-

The peer learnt about the needs of a person who belongs from a weaker section and also to be kind towards others.

Challenges –

The peer faced no such challenges.