JAKARTA — Students of Madrasah Istiqlal Jakarta, especially the Raudhatul Athfal Playgroup (KB-RA) Istiqlal, participated in the Al-Qur’an Waqf program, especially the Braille Qur’an for the visually impaired people.
In collaboration with Dompet Dhuafa, on Tuesday (11/4/2023) KB-RA Istiqlal organized an activity entitled “The Beautiful Motivation Story of the Qur’an”. Inviting students, this event was held with the aim of building a sense of care and empathy, especially for people with disabilities. The activity was also included in a series of Pesantren Ramadan organized by KB-RA Istiqlal.
Director of Madrasah Istiqlal, Mochamad Taufiqurrahman expressed his gratitude and pride for the implementation of this noble program. According to him, this program can build character of sharing through habituation to care for others.
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“This occasion also builds a character for the children. There are character building activities for children, one of which is character of sharing. First, inheriting good things, secondly, inheriting mushaf Al-Quran to people in need. These two things, in my opinion, will become pious deeds and it will make our children become pious and righteous children,” Taufiq said.
The Qur’an Waqf handed over by KB-RA Istiqlal is the result of some pocket money the students saved for the purpose of donating. In building the spirit of sharing, the teachers of KB-RA Istiqlal took the initiative to make money cakes and money trees. This is money saved by the students, which is then formed in the shape of cakes and trees.
“Alhamdulillah, today we have organized a braille Quran waqf, specifically for our visually impaired friends. Alhamdulillah, the event went smoothly and we also thank the donors, especially the parents of KB-RA Istiqlal students, with their support of learning to give charity every day,” said Ema Mardiah, the Principal of Istiqlal Playgroup.
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“And uniquely, the children’s charity money is the motivation for KB-RA to use money cake, it is formed as a cake. Then the ones in RA are money trees,” she added.
This Qur’an waqf was handed over directly by Mochamad Taufiqurrahman, Director of Istiqlal Madrasah to Yudha Andilla, Retail Fundraising Manager of Dompet Dhuafa. This Braille Qur’an Waqf Program is also an education to students that there is a special type of Qur’an for people with disabilities.
“This is also education for the students, it turns out that there is a special type of Qur’an that is different with what we usually read. It’s there for visually impaired people who can’t see,” she added.
In line with this, Yudha Andilla as Manager Retail Fundraising of Dompet Dhuafa expressed his hope. Hopefully, by the existence of this activity, it can be one of the ways to build the values of the Qur’an inside the students of KB-RA Istiqlal. Thus, this educational institution is able to produce generations who are not only intelligent in knowledge, but also good in faith and piety.
“Yesterday, we taught children how to share in this Ramadan moment. We will make this program in the form of Braille Qur’an. Of course, this also becomes an assistance to worship, for our visually impaired brothers and sisters, so that it is easier for them to read the Qur’an donations collected by our children,” explained Yudha.
The activity continued by watching motivational fairy tale of the beauty of Qur’an delivered by Kak Cahyo. The students looked enthusiastic and were carried away by the fairy tale told by Kak Cahyo.
The event was also attended by the benefit recipients, Puja and Fadila, visually impaired students of Pesantren Raudhatul Mahfudin under the auspices of Corps Dai Dompet Dhuafa (Cordofa). Although they have limitations in seeing, Puja and Fadila prove that limitations do not prevent any one from worshiping. Even with all the existing limitations, they can still memorize the Qur’an. (Dompet Dhuafa/Anndini)