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ACTNews, SURABAYA - The collaboration between Global Wakaf - ACT and Yayasan
Penguatan Peran Pesantren (YP3I) continues. Through the Productive Food Waqf program,
Global Wakaf - ACT distributed a staple food packages to a number of Islamic
boarding schools in East Java and Central Java.
Among them was Miftachus
Sunnah Islamic Boarding School in Pacar Kembang, Tambaksari, Surabaya on
Tuesday (12/29/2020). Half a ton of Waqf Rice and dozens of boxes of Waqf
Drinking Water were distributed to meet the needs of the students.
"Waqf Rice
and Waqf Drinking Water was distributed to support the students’ activities to
deepen their worldly and spiritual knowledge. This is Global Wakaf - ACT's
initiative in general to continue to work with pesantrens as one of the nation’s
pillars to build an Islamic civilization," said Dipo Hadi of ACT Surabaya
Program Team.
Rice and
drinking water distribution also reached pesantrens
in Central Java on Monday (1/11/2021). Langitan Islamic Boarding School in
Tuban, Kauman Islamic Boarding School in Lasem, Yanbu'ul Quran Islamic Boarding
School in Kudus, and Futuhiyah Islamic Boarding School in Demak. About 1,000 santris from these schools benefitted
from the rice and drinking water distribution.
“Alhamdulillah, these
visits to the Islamic boarding schools in the north coast of Java were
facilitated by Abuya K.H. Mahfud Syaubari of YP31 who actively take part in
conveying the food security strengthening agenda between YP3I and Global Wakaf –
ACT, inviting Islamic boarding schools in the Javanese north coast region to
synergize. As a gift and a sign of sympathy for these pesantrens, we delivered 4 tons of Waqf Rice and 250 boxes of Waqf
Drinking Water,” said the Head of ACT Regional II Ponco Sri Ariyanto.
This assistance was
welcomed by various parties, one of them was KH Abdul Adhim Alwi, Head of the
Nahdatul Ulama Branch of Mojokerto Regency. He said, this program was a
breakthrough in difficult times like now, and he hoped this assistance will continue.
"Because we
are an extension of the Muslim scholars, and Muslims scholars are the ones who
look upon the Muslim community with the gaze of compassion. If this kind of compassionate
action is what we do in these difficult times, we hope that this assistance
will be accepted as a form of worship for the sake of Allah,” said K.H. Abdul Adhim. []
