From August 28, 2011 17:00 until August 28, 2011 15:00
At Richmond Town Hall, 333 Bridge Road, Richmond
Posted by Super User
Categories: Event
Hits: 683
JCMA Women’s Committee Invites you to a fund raising IFTAR DINNER
Date: Sunday August 28th 2011 Time: 5.00 pm for 5.30pm start
Place: Richmond Town Hall, 333 Bridge Road, Richmond
Cost: $35 per person or Family $100 (incl. 2 children under 12 yrs.) Student concession$25.00
PROCEEDS TO: JCMA & Tents 4 Peace
BOOKINGS: JCMA: FAYE: fayehd@gmail.com / 0400 344 101 Tents 4 Peace: FAZILA: fazilatasmim@hotmail.com / 0402 841 002. You can now also book online at www.jcma.org.au
All food Hallal; Kosher food on prior request
PAYMENT TO: Helen Heath (Executive Officer, JCMA) JCMA Office PO Box 598, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 CHEQUES made payable to: JCMA OR EFT to: BSB 083 170, Account 580 969 036 Email payment details to events@jcma.org.au Please specify: “Iftar Dinner”, names and number of guests
What is an IFTAR dinner? Each day of the Muslim month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. Each evening the fast is broken with an IFTAR dinner, which guests are invited to share.
About JCMA: The Jewish Christian Muslim Association (JCMA), founded in 2003, is committed to the promotion of understanding, mutual respect and peaceful relations among the members of our faith communities. We are unswerving in our support of the democratic values that underpin such relations in Australia and in other democratic countries. These values include the defence of individual human rights, effective systems of justice, freedom of religion, freedom of expression and existence of political structures that ensure that governments rule with the consent of the governed. JCMA run two residential conferences each year, one of which is for women only, a schools program to introduce primary and secondary school students to the three faiths, and a variety of interfaith events.
About Tents 4 Peace International Inc: a non-profit registered organisation founded by Australians Anna Crotty, and Fazila Tasmim-Hajeb. Fazila, an Afghanistan native who has lived in Australia for 22 years, is very passionate about helping widows and children of Afghanistan, particularly widows who lost everything during the past 30 years of civil war especially during the government of Taliban. In 2006, the group raised $150,000 to build a tent- orphanage for Afghani refugees. The orphanage can shelter 120 children. They continue to raise money to build their own orphanage on land provided by the Afghan Government and require ongoing sponsorship for these children. They also raise funds to provider coal, shelter and heat in advance of each year’s winter.
SEE BROCHURE FOR MORE INFORMATION