Check out these beautiful greeting cards, featuring photos by Benedict Herrman, which are available for purchase – with all profits going to Susila Dharma USA.
For the infinitesimally small cost of $5.00 each – or a box of 10 cards for just $40 – we will send the card(s) of your choice, including an envelope, direct to your door. You get beautiful cards and the pleasure of knowing you supported wonderful humanitarian projects!
All the cards are blank inside except card #10 which has the greeting, “May the love and joy of the holidays be with you throughout the year!”
You can find the number of each card by hovering on the image in the Photo Gallery below. To view a full-size image of the card just left-click or tap. To return from a full-size image to the Photo Gallery, click or tap the X in the upper right corner.
Anisah Center – Rohingya Refugee Education, is a school to uplift the plight of Rohingya refugees from genocide. It is run by Subud member Nadya Holland, daughter of the late Muhtar and his widow, Nuraisjah Holland. Nadya is a Subud member living near a Rohingya refugee community in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia where she serves some sixty refugee families. The primary mission of the Anisah Center is to teach Malay, English and Arabic languages – the most necessary tools for success in Malaysia. Additionally, the Center assists the community with basic needs including transportation to/from classes, clinics, and prenatal checkups, etc.
Students in their new school uniforms
As of 2019, Anisah Center held classes in a leased space which Ms Holland remodeled and equipped with her own hands and the assistance of her students’ parents. Twenty-five students attended daily classes taught by Ms Holland and a volunteer teacher. Government covid policies then prevented classes from being held at school temporarily but as a work-around, Ms Holland set up tutoring services in individual homes and outdoor spaces.
Nadya Holland in white
From December 2021 classes resumed at the Anisah Center with new school uniforms for the students which really made them proud and happy. A new teacher, also a Rohingya refugee, a nice man with a “disability” (what Nadya prefers to call “otherwise enabled”) has begun to teach the refugee students.
Rohingya fathers working on the new school house
In 2022, Anisah Center became a newly funded project of Susila Dharma USA. Anisah Center is also supported by Hasnah Endowment Fund, a charitable project of Subud Winston-Salem, USA, as well as by contributions from individual Subud members. Currently all students receive a full-tuition scholarship.
school house building after the mortar has been spread over the brick
“Anisah” means “friend”. Ms Holland began this project in 2017 with limited funds but great faith that she could make a difference. She wishes to thank the many friends who have supported her befriending these refugees over the years. Already there are more than a hundred children wishing to learn at Anisah Center. In an effort to provide more space to accommodate this interest Rohingya fathers are currently in the process of building more classrooms. It is hoped that with continued and increased funding there will be the ability to meet the demand.
The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions by the Myanmar military of the Muslim Rohingya people. The first was a military crackdown that occurred from October 2016 to January 2017, and the second has been occurring since August 2017. The crisis forced over a million Rohingya to flee to other countries. Most fled to Bangladesh resulting in the creation of the world’s largest refugee camp, “Cox’s Bazar”, while others escaped to India, Thailand and Malaysia and other parts of South and Southeast Asia. Malaysia has over 150,000 Rohingya refugees.
Last week, the Susila Dharma Board members met via Zoom to finalize grants for 2022. We began the day with latihan and a few test questions to guide us in our work.
By the end of the day we had approved $76,465 to be distributed to 21 humanitarian projects!
We thank you for your generous support and are thrilled to pass along your gifts to the projects.
We thank you for your generous support and are thrilled to pass along your gifts to the projects.
Introducing Cows for Kids
Cows for Kids is located in Zimbabwe, Africa and is part of the Sahwira Fund, which is dedicated to improvement in health, education and quality of life for orphaned and at risk children. This fund supports the Maulana School for Orphans. Cows For Kids is a new sustainable funding project, which your donations will support.
The goal is to purchase at least 50 free-range cows on a ranch owned by one of the Sahwira Fund board members. The annual birthing of offspring will eventually allow for the sale of cows, providing revenue for the orphanage and students.
“Cows For Kids” will also be an internship program at the cattle ranch for select students from the Maulana School for Orphans. This will provide the students an opportunity to learn the profession of farming and ranching, which is a crucial and thriving business in Zimbabwe with many avenues for further employment.
Cows for Kids
Subud CA member Rohana LoSchiavo initiated the project and serves on the Sahwira Fund’s Board of Directors.
Anisah Center provides free education for Rohingya refugees in Northern Malaysia who are not permitted to attend public school. These are children who have fled from genocide and have lost everything.
Our Subud sister, Nadya Holland, began this project with limited funds but great faith that she could make a difference. The Subud Winston-Salem group heard of this plight and decided to help. At this time Nadya and her assistant teach 25 students in leased space that Nadya has remodeled with the help of the children’s parents.
Already there are more children wishing to attend. Our hope is that with increased funding the school will grow and provide a future for these children.
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Cows for Kids is a new project launched in 2022. It is designed as a sustainable, renewable source of funding for the Maulana School For Orphans in Epworth, Zimbabwe. The goal is to manage 50+ free ranging cows at a ranch near the school. Annual birthing of offspring will eventually allow for the sale of cows, providing funds to support the orphanage and sustain the project.
Boran Cattle
Additionally, an educational component of Cows for Kids will be created as an internship at the cattle ranch for select students at the Maulana School for Orphans. This will provide an opportunity to learn the profession of farming and ranching, which is a crucial and thriving business in Zimbabwe with many avenues for further employment.
Cows for Kids is partnering with an existing ranch with infrastructure already in place and land vast enough to accommodate growth beyond their target. A breed of cattle called Boran has been selected as the best investment, as it is bigger, stronger and more disease-resistant than other breeds.
Kids
Cows for Kids is linked to Sahwira Fund, a charity organization created and managed entirely by volunteers. Sahwira Fund has been working with community leaders on-site in Zimbabwe since 2007, slowly and methodically developing a fully-functioning, fully permitted school serving nearly 1000 students. The growth target for the school is to complete 14 school blocks (28 classrooms), with the goal of reaching 1400 students from the adjacent community. Currently the 9th and 10th classrooms on site are being built. The Cows for Kids program is designed to help facilitate this growth target, as well as to provide continued sustainability going forward.
Subud California member Rohana LoSchiavo initiated the Cows for Kids project. Rohana has been closely connected with the Sahwira Fund for many years, she serves on the Sahwira Fund Board of Directors and is head of Sustainable Projects. Click here to learn more about Sahwira Fund.
The goal is to purchase at least 50 free-range cows on a ranch owned by one of the Sahwira Fund board members. The annual birthing of offspring will eventually allow for the sale of cows, providing revenue for the orphanage and students.
