Mosque Construction in Niono - Mali
Construction & Renovation
While on assignment in the town of Niono in Mali, West Africa, Peace Corps volunteer Charlie Finesilver found that, despite their hard life, the local people were deeply faithful to their Islamic roots. “I had countless spiritual conversations with my close elderly friends...[and] I decided that I could never help them, the way that their faith helped them. I decided that my final gift to them would be a mosque.”
Mr. Finesilver was struck by the condition of the hospital in the area. The family of the sick had no clean place to sit, eat or pray while they stayed and cared for their loved ones.
Mr. Finesilver called the Zakat Foundation, as he hoped to have a mosque built in the courtyard of the Niono Hospital, and Executive Director Khalil Demir worked person- ally with Mr. Finesilver to ensure that his vision was fulfilled.
Zakat Foundation of America, a Muslim charity that collects zakat, sadaqa / donations to provide humanitarian, emergency relief and sustainable development programs to empower lives throughout the world. We offer top Zakat resources including The Zakat Handbook: A Practical Guide for Muslims in the West, Zakat kit, ask an Imam feature, and you can calculate and pay zakat through our easy, online calculator.
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