Let a Widow Earn for Herself with Dignity and Respect
By Saghir Ahmed Aslam
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
(The following information is provided solely to educate the Muslim community about investing and financial planning. It is hoped that the Ummah will benefit from this effort through greater financial empowerment, enabling the community to live in security and dignity and fulfill their religious and moral obligations towards charitable activities)
Ramadan Mubarak! We are in the first ashra of Ramadan. Before we know the month will be gone. So making the best of our time should be our focus this Ramadan.
Make sure you have a goal set for this blessed month which is helpful in being focused. To change someone’s life we do not need to invest thousands and millions but a simple investment of a few hundred by way of providing a couple of goats that could bring immense financial stability to a struggling family, particularly a widow raising a family in remote and rural areas of developing countries.
This investment - donation of goats - has done wonders for thousands of families in different parts of the world who have been able to pull themselves out of the poverty cycle. In most cases, this is a lifetime investment which helps families to have proper food, provide education to their children, and have proper shelter and access to other basic needs. In most cases people in rural areas have some basic skills of goats farming which means they can easily sustain this program themselves.
The way it works is by giving four female goats and a male goat to a widow in the community who is to be responsible for properly taking care of the goats. This is often a loan to pay back: each times the goats give birth, the male offspring is given to another community member. This applies on each and every community member which provides an opportunity to others to benefit from this program.
A good quality goat normally would cost $300 in a developing country such as Pakistan, elsewhere the cost may vary. The goat will not only provide milk and other dairy products to the widow in need, but be a sustainable source of income to live with dignity and respect. There are a number of organizations locally and internationally that are running such projects at different scales in developing countries where there is extreme poverty.
It is important that we encourage people to contribute to such laudable undertakings and initiatives. To donate you can log on to www.sabatrust.org or email at info@sabatrust.org .
(Saghir A. Aslam only explains strategies and formulas that he has been using. He is merely providing information, and NO ADVICE is given. Mr Aslam does not endorse or recommend any broker, brokerage firm, or any investment at all, nor does he suggest that anyone will earn a profit when or if they purchase stocks, bonds or any other investments. All stocks or investment vehicles mentioned are for illustrative purposes only. Mr Aslam is not an attorney, accountant, real estate broker, stockbroker, investment advisor, or certified financial planner. Mr Aslam does not have anything for sale.)
