BOGOR, WEST JAVA — In order to celebrate the 79th Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia, Zona Madina together with collaboration partners, stakeholders, MSMEs and the community, organised Merdeka Fun Charity 2024 which was attended by 1,700 participants from Jabodetabek on Sunday (25/08/24) in the Zona Madina Dompet Dhuafa Family Friendly Area.
Merdeka Fun Charity Zona Madina is an event that represents the five pillar elements of Dompet Dhuafa’s programmes which are packaged in every event activity including health, education, economy, social, and da’wah and culture programmes. The event was opened directly by the Chairman of the Dompet Dhuafa Republika Foundation (YDDR), Ahmad Juwani, with the hope that it can be a bridge that introduces the Dompet Dhuafa programme and creates interaction and collaboration with all levels of society, especially around the Madina Zone area.
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The event was held with a series of activities and activities, namely fun bike and healthy walk, distribution of alms 50 gifts for freedom fighters, 10 free glasses for Quran teachers and community fighters, alms Al-Qur’an for 10 remote TPQs, alms for hemodialysis patients, door prizes, and activities that move the wheels of the community’s economy and promote local micro businesses, namely a bazaar attended by 30 MSME partners around the Dompet Dhuafa Madina Zone Area.
‘Thank you especially for the Dompet Dhuafa Madina Zone which this morning has organised this event, it was very surprising for me who happened to be from the Jakarta area. I am very enthusiastic about participating in activities, in addition to health, I also have the opportunity to get door prizes and donate here,’ said Yana, a participant in Merdeka Fun Charity.
‘Alhamdulillah, this bazaar is a blessing for everyone, I am very grateful that Zona Madina provides opportunities at every event for us MSMEs to sell here. The event is crowded, there are also many people who buy, and I hope that in the next event I can participate again,’ said Mrs Hera as an MSME seller of banana sponge cake.
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The event was successfully organised thanks to collaborating partners including Yayasan Dompet Dhuafa Republika and its network, Yayasan Wirausaha Indonesia Berdaya, SPS Food sponsorship, Tri Indonesia, ACS Parking, Kalbe, Optik I&U, OMG Beauty, stakeholders, and the kindness community. Thanks to the collaboration of various parties, the event was held in an orderly, festive, crowded, safe, comfortable and happy manner for the entire community at the moment of the 79th Republic of Indonesia’s independence day.
‘We would like to welcome all communities and participants of Merdeka Fun Charity at the Dompet Dhuafa Madina Zone Family Friendly Area. Alhamdulillah, this event is intended to open opportunities for collaboration and friendship, especially for the Madina Zone and generally for the entire community at the momentum of the independence celebration. We hope that through this event, the community can get to know more about the area which is representative of Dompet Dhuafa’s programme and can create more intensive collaboration with various groups and stakeholders,’ said Armie Robi as Director of Zona Madina Dompet Dhuafa. (Dompet Dhuafa)
Text and photo: Zona Madina, Riza Muthohar
Editor: Dhika Prabowo