HALAL CHILDREN'S HOME ORGANISES 5KM FOSTERING AWARENESS WALK 2026

The Halal Children's Home has organized a 5km Fostering Awareness Walk 2026 to promote fostering and raise awareness about the importance of providing every child with a loving and supportive home. Held under the theme Compassion to Commitment, Every Child Deserves a Home, the event also provided participants and invited guests with opportunities for medical checkups and meaningful interactions. The guest speaker, Shuaib A. Mustafa, San. commended the organizers for the initiative and called on the government, relevant agencies, organizations and individuals to support the cause and contribute towards improving the lives of vulnerable children. Some have been orphaned by the wars and the crisis in the country. So the halal children's home is a group of women who have gathered themselves to contribute towards The society, in terms of providing for the children, the needy, the orphans, they do a children's home and they do this program. So you know that in the Quran, the Prophet was sent to come and be a compassion to the world. And we send to you the mercy of the world. Now these people are also, you know women, they bear the burden. They give birth to the children. Would they see that a child would now be roaming about the streets without the parental care? That is exactly what they are doing today. We have to be committed in order for us to turn the better futures of this country. If society fails, that is why we have that. And it starts from every home. Like I said in the beginning, every parent should be asked about the children that Allah entrusts in them. Children are entrusted from Allah. So, let us address this theme from the basics. Let all the mosques be speaking to the minds of the parents that you are trustees of your children. That is number one. Those who have been orphaned, let the government work towards that. Government also fails, and that is why I love the idea of NDLEA. They should work harder to ensure that we close all the ranks. Wherever we know that the drugs are being brought into the country, we should close all those places and there should be a penal punishment. Speaking at the event, the president of Halal Children's Home, Ramatu Abubakar, highlighted some of the challenges confronting the home and appealed for greater support from government, corporate organizations, and well-meaning individuals to enable the center to continue its work. So, it's important that the community rallies around them to put them into their homes because we always have compassion for orphans or vulnerable children, but we do not take the commitment to take them into our home and take care of them. So we're trying to bring awareness and ask the general public to open their hearts, open their homes for these children. So our population is such that the government cannot do everything. So it's also up to us as individuals to also step up and do our part in helping the government take care of these children. I started my journey with them in 2018 while I was entering junior secondary school and alhamdulillah I'm already in my final year. There were definitely ups and downs that I came across while I was in the home but... Alhamdulillah, everything is finally coming to an end with the help of the mothers, the individuals who have always been coming up to help, to assist, the donors and everyone who has given their support. We really appreciate them and we pray that Almighty Allah continues to grant them all their heart desires. It pleases me. It's a blessed night just to make sure that they put a smile on our face. I'm one of the kids in Halal Children's Home and as you can see, I'm grateful for everything. I'm very thankful for that. Let those people who fear for the future of their own helpless children... What can I give these children? The deeper question is, if this were my child, if that child is your child that he has given us, I want us to reflect here. Imagine leaving your children behind. You should not see me.