The concept of Dar Amanah Children’s Village Foundation Incorporated evolved from the hearts and minds of the founders in the year 2002. The family have been pondering and reflecting that there are a large numbers of orphans in many parts of the world especially those oppressed Moslem children in Israel, Afghan, Africa and in our own country who are in need of our love and care. As a Moslem, the family felt that they have a tremendous obligation toward these children to be living in such a situation but they didn’t have adequate resources to address the children’s emotional and social needs .
The family realized that they must do something in any way in helping the orphans especially the Moslem children. The family also feel that those who have been blessed with money, comfortable lives and happy families (Thanks to ALLAH) have responsibility to feed, clothe and care for the young orphaned children, in the same manner they care for their own children. These young ones are the indirect victims of war, of disease, of the economic and social pressures that have left them abandoned and without direction, unable to fend for themselves.
The family also gain further encouragement from the words of our beloved Prophet (Salalahu Asalam) ( Sun 107:2) the Prophet said “I and the person who looks after orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this” (putting his index and middle fingers together (Salih Al BUkari-Vol 8 hadith, no.34) With these feeling and encouragement from the words in Quran, without hesitation the family decided to buy a land in Silang, Cavite and build this village from their own efforts and money. With ALLAH’S (GOD) help and mercy, the founders hope to have an opportunity to increase their effects to put their dreams, and cause into a reality to be able to help Filipino Moslem children of the future and their help will be in their balance in the hereafter.
Dar Amanah is the first accredited Muslim orphanage in the Philippines under the Department of Social Welfare and Development in 2003.
