The Yusuf Youth Initiative (YYI) is a
dynamic, youth-led organization aspiring to nurture leaders of tomorrow. It
provides enriching programmess that encourages young people to grow, strive and
become change makers in a vibrant and changing society. As part of the ‘Taught
by Muhammad’ campaign, the YYI’s young volunteers spent hours cooking a special
Indian meal for the staff and service users of the Salvation Army’s Strathmore
Lifehouse on April 5, 2013. This campaign is part of a long term programme
within YYI to foster improved relations between the Muslim and non-Muslim
community, and to show the values which the Prophet Muhammad taught.
Fatima Rehman, one of the volunteers, said 'When we started this project, we asked the young Muslims who their greatest role model was. They all said it was Prophet Muhammad, but aslo acknowledged that he was the most misunderstood person. This project will help us show the World who Muhammad was'. Helping out at the regular Friday evening drop in at Strathmore Lifehouse, Malcolm Page, Salvationist from Dundee Central Corps said, 'This is a fantastic random act of kindness, we are truly humbled when people give up their own time to come and support the homeless community in Dundee. We've had a great evening and learned a little more about each other in a very relaxed way'.
Revelation - A Discipleship Event
Revelation is a gathering of around 4 or 5 different church youth groups from aound the Dundee city to meet up once a month for a discipleship event consisting of - worship, games, food and a Bible-based message. It is effectively a very informal church service for young people (Primary 7 and upwards) and is aimed primarily at small church youth groups to give them a chance to meet up with other Christians in the city. A total of three Revelation events have been held at Chalmers Ardler Church, Douglas and Mid Craigie Church and Hillbank Evangelical Church with around 25-30 young people in each event, and an additional two events are planned for May 2013.
Fatima Rehman, one of the volunteers, said 'When we started this project, we asked the young Muslims who their greatest role model was. They all said it was Prophet Muhammad, but aslo acknowledged that he was the most misunderstood person. This project will help us show the World who Muhammad was'. Helping out at the regular Friday evening drop in at Strathmore Lifehouse, Malcolm Page, Salvationist from Dundee Central Corps said, 'This is a fantastic random act of kindness, we are truly humbled when people give up their own time to come and support the homeless community in Dundee. We've had a great evening and learned a little more about each other in a very relaxed way'.
Revelation - A Discipleship Event
Revelation is a gathering of around 4 or 5 different church youth groups from aound the Dundee city to meet up once a month for a discipleship event consisting of - worship, games, food and a Bible-based message. It is effectively a very informal church service for young people (Primary 7 and upwards) and is aimed primarily at small church youth groups to give them a chance to meet up with other Christians in the city. A total of three Revelation events have been held at Chalmers Ardler Church, Douglas and Mid Craigie Church and Hillbank Evangelical Church with around 25-30 young people in each event, and an additional two events are planned for May 2013.
Matthew
Blakeman
Hillbank
Evangelical Church
Foodbank
Dundee has a new Manager
Dave Morris has lived in Dundee for
nearly 6 years, and attends City Church Dundee. He moves into crisis food
distribution from a couple of years in renewable energy consultancy, and is
looking forward to the chance to positively impact Dundee through his day to
day work, whilst also undoubtedly experiencing the highs and lows of voluntary
sector employment! He's married to Jules, and became dad to Reuben on Christmas
Eve 2012!
Dundee
Foodbank’s Youth and Poverty Programme
Over 3 000 people have benefited from
receiving food parcels from the Dundee Foodbank since April 2012, and of this
more than 900 were Dundee children. With central premises in the Hilltown area
of Dundee, the food bank lies within the Morgan Academy’s catchment area, and this
has sparked an interest amongst the pupils, where 23% of them are eligible for
free school meals. Dundee Foodbank is now looking to cooperate with the school through
a Youth and Poverty programme and address this issue through the religious and
moral education provision within the third year curriculum. The Youth and
Poverty programmes can fit in with Curriculum for Excellence which aims to
provide a coherent, more flexible and enriched educational experience in Scotland
and has four main features: pupils will be successful learners, confident
individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors. It is hoped that
this involvement with Morgan Academy will be seen as a pilot project before it
rolls out amongst other interested secondary schools in Dundee.
In December 2012 a West End Distribution
Centre for Dundee Foodbank was set up in Menzieshill Parish Church and the aim
was not just to serve the local demand but to engage with and involve that
community. It would seem to be a logical extension to investigate the
involvement of pupils from Menzieshill High School while undertaking our Youth
and Poverty programme.
David Martin
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