Kouse-Jingiri mosque appeal
We’ve pledged to give Kouse-Jingiri’s thriving Muslim community a place for worship this Ramadan. Can you help?
GENERAL
Faith is an integral part of village communities like Kouse-Jingiri.
It brings people together. It gives strength and hope. It inspires social justice. Faith, and the community spirit it breeds, motivates people to improve themselves and their lives. But the thriving Muslim community of this village doesn’t have a substantial place for worship.
Located in upper eastern Ghana, Kouse-Jingiri is home to a multi-faith community of 1,907 people. MGR has been working with the villagers here for over a year. With your support we’ve supplied families with food packs last Ramadan; We’ve distributed Qurbani meat during Eid ul-Adha; We’ve recently kick-started development by installing a safe water source and public sanitation facilities.
Now Kouse-Jingiri’s population isn’t just thriving, it’s growing. What’s more, a recent rise in conversions to Islam in this region, has meant that its population of Muslims is growing too. There are currently 1,907 Muslims in Kouse-Jingiri. For prayers, they gather at a 20 year-old mud brick structure with a corrugated iron roof. By all accounts, it’s a safety hazard. Severe damage has left two of its walls close to collapsing. While the Imam’s prayer niche is being propped up with a wooden post.
As it is, the mosque is only able to accommodate 30 men and 30 women at any one time. The rest of the congregation is forced to pray outdoors. During rainy season or in extreme weather conditions, most of the villagers are often unable to attend prayer. With such limited space, using the masjid as a place for religious learning is simply out of the question.
The villagers of Kouse-Jingiri have appealed to MGR donors for a new mosque. An 80 square meter mosque would allow the Muslim community here to gather in prayer every Friday. It would serve as a space for religious study, where men and women hold weekly circles to better understand their faith. It would mean the local imam can run Qur’an lessons, so that children and adults alike can learn to read Arabic and recite the Holy Book.
It will cost £11,000 to give Kouse-Jingiri a new mosque. MGR has pledged to have it built and ready for use by Ramadan 2017. Can you help? Donate what you can to give Kouse-Jingiri a new Mosque Now. Or Donate £50 to our ‘Musallah Appeal’ for this mosque. All we need is 220 people gifting £50 to reach our target.