Speech Competition 2013 Students of Al Manarat Academy participated in the annual speech competition organized by Al Manarat. Students progressed through different levels in order to reach the final. The aim of this event was to enhance the leadership qualities and communication skills of the students in order to prepare them to be an active part of the Canadian society.
In 2015, Al Manarat hosted its 2 nd Annual Project at Turner Fenton Secondary School, Brampton. Al Manarat was proud to showcase the talent of its students through group presentations, plays and spoken words on “The Golden Age of Islam”. Al Manarat is proud of its future leaders!
Since 2012, Al Manarat organized summer programs for the children and youth that encouraged community bonding and stimulated their creativity through Arts and Crafts and different extracurricular activities. Under our mentors, the students enhanced their leadership and public speaking qualities while nourishing spiritually through the study of the Qur’an and Arabic language.
From 2011-2013, Al Manarat formed a community “Musalla” Chaplain House in Apartment 103 of Brampton Towers in Brampton, ON. This created a small platform which actively brought the community together where various workshops and sessions were held like counselling, prayers in congregation, daily iftars meals during the month of Ramadan.
Eid is an Islamic festival of celebration, joy, community bonding and gifts. Since 2009, Al Manarat has held annual Eid Galas where the Muslim community of Brampton, Mississauga and Milton came together in the spirit of sharing gifts, food and joy. Every year, Al Manarat brought together 200-300 members of the community spreading joy and spiritual enlightenment.
In the Summer of 2015, during the Holy month of Ramadan, Al Manarat organized daily congregational prayers where community members gathered for the purpose of worshipping together while spending quality time with each other. Gifts were also shared among each other and donations were collected for those members in need.
Al Manarat’s believes that education should be accessible to all and therefore, makes every effort to support other educational programs. On this journey of the pursuit of knowledge, In 2016, Al Manarat Academy successfully hosted the graduation for Bayyinah Access Program for the onsite Canadian students and hundreds of students worldwide online.
Al Manarat’s team of young, dedicated volunteers collaborated with the Muslim Student Association of University of Toronto, Mississauga in the Clothing drive for the Syrian Refugees. Our team collected and assisted in the packaging of the clothes and winter accessories at the Student Centre of UTM. These warm clothes and accessories were successfully delivered to the Syrian Refugees in Germany during the winter of 2015.
Students of Al Manarat Academy organized and raised $2000 in Bake Sale for Sponsoring Syrian Refugees The collected donations were handed over to York University MSA.
In addition to the Bake Sale, the students from different levels in the academy also raised $5000 to contribute in the sponsorship of a Syrian Family.
In the spirit of giving, Al Manarat Academy presented the recently settled Syrian Families in the Malton area of Mississauga with Eid Gifts during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
At Al Manarat, we love to give back. Al Manarat’s enthusiastic and dedicated team of youth volunteers organized a field trip to the streets of downtown Toronto to distribute warm meals to the homeless community.