Putting Bahrain on the map
Manama : It was not an ordinary initiative, but an effort to provide the special needs kids a normal day to day life by giving them a chance to know the mother nature. The results were magical and this happened in Bahrain at the Al Jasra Rotary Farm.
The project called ‘Green House ’ by the Rotary Club of Sulmaniya received special recognition and was also awarded by the Rotary International.
“This is a big achievement for us as this is the first time where a rotary club in Bahrain has been awarded, been recognised internationally and further been featured at the International magazine,” Ameera Ismail Past President of Rotary club of Sulmaniya, while talking about the project to DT News.
The initiative, which received many global accolades was also featured in the July 2017 issue of the Rotarian magazine, which is distributed globally to all Rotary clubs.
Commenting on the project, Sebhat Isik present vice president said, “The green house project was extremely beneficial as it was an amazing learning experience for the special need kids. We are constantly aiming towards working with various stakeholders to benefit the society and further we have many other projects coming in the future where we could give back to the society.”
“The main idea behind this project was to make the special needs kids lead a normal day to day life, bring them out of the closed doors and give them a new experience,” said Ameera Ismail.
The project took almost nine months to complete. It started with the seeding in the month of September 2016 at the Al Jasra Rotary Farm.
Around 50 special needs children from the Society For The Blind, the Al Rahma Centre, and the Bahrain Down Syndrome Society took part in the project and planted vegetables like tomatoes, cucumber, cabbage, pumpkin and bell peppers at the farm.
“On the day of harvest, we took the kids back to the farm and it was such an amazing feeling to see them so delighted with this experience,” she added.
The produce, following the harvest in January 2017, were sold in the local farmers market by the children.
“We went to the farmers market for four consecutive Saturdays, with a few kids from these societies. The kids were happy as they were selling the products, dealing with people and welcoming them,” she said.
The club managed to sell the products for more than BD2000 which in return was donated back to these societies.
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