Mahdipur Village Bangladesh
Kamal Rahman distributed blankets to the people of the Bengali Village of Mahdipur --- view the lovely photos from winter 2010.
The Bengali Village of Mahdipur is the ancestral village of Kamal, Aysu, and Jamal Rahman.
Their grandparents, Maulana Hedayatullah and his wife, 'Begum' revered spiritual teachers and healers, established a school for women and a boy's orphanage within the village many years ago.
In '94, Karen Lindquist and Jamal Rahman began interfaith home worship gatherings called "Circle of Love." One of the charitable activities of this congregation was an annual fundraising dinner in support of the village school for women and boy's orphanage. Soon a Trust of Maulana Hedayatullah was established by Kamal within Bangladesh to receive donations.
In August 2009 Kamal Rahman and Aysu Rahman were special guests of Rev. Karen Lindquist for a Sunday morning worship service at Interfaith Community Church where they shared about the village of Mahdipur. We were delighted and excited by Aysu's vision -- and the Rahman family’s longtime dream -- of establishing a free medical clinic within the village.
As a medical doctor, Aysu's understanding of what is needed within the village, her medical expertise and network of professional colleagues willing to help is making this dream a reality!
Kamal, currently living in Dhaka Bangladesh, is beginning construction on a building that will serve as housing for visitors and an additional building that will hold the medical clinic.
We hope you will join us in supporting the beautiful people of Mahdipur Village Bangladesh by helping us continue to provide educational opportunities within the village and by helping us to meet the medical needs of families, including family health education. We also plan to create opportunity for more advanced medical training of select villagers.
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If you would like to make a donation to the Bengali Village of Mahdipur, please send your donation to:
Friends of Mahdipur Village
c/o
Interfaith Community Church
1763 NW 62nd Street
Seattle, WA 98107
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Thank You to "Friends of Mahdipur Village" who have recently gifted to the Trust of Mevlana Hedayatullah through Interfaith Community Church:
Todd Carter Koeppen shared his "Gospel of John -- a musical journey" and gifted all donations received that evening to the village. Thank You Todd!
Stone Lily
Puget Sound Unity Zikr ~ a local public gathering of Sufi tariqats (schools) to eat together, share news, pray, practice, and contribute to a charity. Open to all regardless of spiritual affiliation. Participating tariqats: RIFAI-MARUFI ORDER; SUFI ORDER INTERNAT’L; SUFI RUHANIAT INTERNAT’L; HALVETI-JERRAHI ORDER; MEVLEVI ORDER of AMERICA.
Ballard Odd Fellows Hall ~ 1706 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107.
The beautiful people of Mahdipur Village, Bangladesh!
The free Medical Clinic under construction (January 2010).