Healing Hearts

JANUARY 2010 :

The Gambia:
Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, 4O uniforms, books, chalk,
Farato: teachers’ salaries, 40 uniforms, books, chalk,
GNPC: office and secretary costs,
Naqshbandis: Task Force for school check-ups, school vegetable gardens and making zikr with pupils
Sheikh Nazim Mosque: water

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop 20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17:
Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ Zikr in private homes
-Thursday evenings: men's Zikr in private homes
-monthly mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in the Abbey House

DECEMBER 2009:

The Gambia:
Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, 4O uniforms, books, chalk, praying mats, bell, water connection repair
Farato: teachers’ salaries, 40 uniforms, books, chalk, praying mats
Farato Mosque: floor, windows
GNPC: office and secretary costs,
Old Yundum: Building of a well with pump for the mosque and school
RVTH: defibrillator
Naqshbandis: car repair, petrol money, 2 bicycles, rice, founding of task force for school check-ups, school vegetable gardens and making zikr with pupils
Kembo Jeh Orphanage: well repair, 1 ton of rice
Sheikh Nazim Mosque: water

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop 20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17:
fitting of awning
Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Thursday evenings: men's zikr in private homes
-monthly mixed zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in the Abbey House
St.Margaret's Chapel:
-Tuesdays: opening of Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars
-Sundays: mixed zikr

NOVEMBER 2009:

The Gambia:
Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries,
Farato: teachers’ salaries,
GNPC: office and secretary costs, 6 qurbani
Old Yundum: Building of a well with pump for the mosque and school
RVTH: 3 qurbani
Naqshbandis: 10 qurbani
the needy: 9 qurbani

Timbuktu:
Femmes Handicapees: 16 qurbani
Traditional Healers: 5 qurbani

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop,20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17:
fitting of awning
Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ Zikr in private homes
-Thursday evenings: men's Zikr in private homes
-Sundays: mixed Zikr in St.Margaret's Chapel
St.Margaret's Chapel:
-Tuesdays: opening of Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars
-Sundays: mixed Zikr

OCTOBER 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries,
Farato: teachers’ salaries,
GNPC: office and secretary costs,
Old Yundum: Building of a well with pump for the mosque and school

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars
Abbey House:
-Hakim Archuletta workshop: Being in the moment.

SEPTEMBER 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, Eid-ul-Fitr support
Farato: teachers’ salaries, Eid-ul-Fitr support
GNPC: office and secretary costs, 1 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr
Old Yundum: Building of a well with pump for the mosque and school
Kembojeh: 1 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr
Naqshbandi Group: Housing support, 2 Qurbani Haji Nefi Bey, 3 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital: 4 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr

Timbuktu:
Femmes Handicappees: 7 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr, 600 kg of millet
Traditional Healingcentre: 3 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
extended ceiling lights
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-every second Thursday men’s zikr 8pm in the St Margaret’s Chapel
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-every second Thursday men’s zikr 8pm
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars

AUGUST 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries
Farato: teachers’ salaries
GNPC: office and secretary costs
naming ceremony of Ebrima Colley’s baby
Old Yundum: Building of a well with pump for the mosque and school
Naqshbandi Group: 8 Qurbani for Haji Nefi Bey

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-every second Thursday men’s zikr 8pm in the Margaret’s Chapel
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars
-every second Thursday men’s zikr 8pm

JULY 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries
Farato: teachers’ salaries
-GNPC: office and secretary costs
RVTH: Arrival of container with medicines sent in May
Old Yundum: Building of a well with pump for the mosque and school

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mon-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
installation of new ceiling lights & an awning
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-every second Thursday men’s zikr 8pm in the St. Margaret’s Chapel
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St. Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars
-every second Thursday men’s zikr 8pm in the St. Margaret’s Chapel
-Songs of Praise on second Sunday of the month.

JUNE 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries
Farato: teachers’ salaries
-GNPC: office and secretary costs
waiving of annual fee for membership of Paralympic Committee
Naqshbandi Group: Housing and food support
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital/IHPUK: Signing of the Gambia Health Alliance
Old Yundum: Building of a well with pump for the mosque and school

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mon-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars
-Songs of Praise on second Sunday of the month
Talk by Ian Bradley in St.Mary’s Church Hall:
King Arthur, Sacred Monarchy and Britain

MAY 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries
Farato: teachers’ salaries
Nema Nazir: teachers’ salaries
-GNPC: office and secretary costs
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital:
80 doctors’ coats
40 sphygmomanometers
40 stethoscopes
11 000 sterile gloves
40 000 swabs
3.8 kg of insulin

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
shop renovation: painting inside and outside and laying of new wooden floor
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars

APRIL 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries
Farato: teachers’ salaries
Nema Nazir: teachers’ salaries
-GNPC: office and secretary costs
Naqshbandi group: Qurbani: 1 sheep & Maulud celebration

Timbuktu:
Femmes Handicappees:
300 Euro
Traditional Healing Centre:
100 Euro

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop:
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars

MARCH 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries
Farato: teachers’ salaries
Nema Nazir: teachers’ salaries
-GNPC: office and secretary costs

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars

FEBRUARY 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries
Farato: teachers’ salaries
Nema Nazir: teachers’ salaries
-GNPC: office and secretary costs

Kenya:
3 Qurbani for the Maulid in Lamu

JANUARY 2009:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, 40 uniforms, 10 tables & benches, building of porch, tabaski money for teachers
Farato: teachers’ salaries, well repair, toilet repair, 20 tables & benches, 40 uniforms, office furniture, tabaski money for teachers
Nema Nazir: teachers’ salaries
-GNPC:
office and secretary costs, Tabaski money, 40 mosquitonets, housing support
-Sheikh Nazim’s Mosque:
roof extension, painting and repairs, Sufi Books
-Kotu Craft Market:
reconstruction of Ebou Jammeh Zikr Bench, planting of memorial tree, Sufi Books
Qurbani:
18 Qurbani for the needy
Naqshbandis:
Sufi Books, food supplies
Kembo Jay:
completion of well, 1000kg rice for school children

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars

DECEMBER 2008:

The Gambia:
-Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji:
teachers’ salaries
Farato:
teachers’ salaries
Nema Nazir:
teachers’ salaries
-GNPC:
-office and secretary costs, 8 Qurbani for Eid-ul-Adha
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital:
-5 Qurbani for Eid-ul-Adha
Naqshbandi Group:
-5 Qurbani for Eid-ul-Adha
Lamin Kotu:
-6 Qurbani for Eid-ul-Adha

Timbuktu:
Femmes Handicappees:
-5 Qurbani for Eid-ul-Adha
Tradtional Healing Centre:
-3 Qurbani for Eid-ul-Adha

Kenya:
Water and Relief Foundation:
-15 Qurbani for Eid-ul-Adha

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop
20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17
Weekly Zikrs:
-Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel:
-Sunday 6pm mixed zikr
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars

NOVEMBER 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs

Kenya:

-Naqshbandis: 40 Sufi Books,1 Qurbani
-Handicapped: 2 wheelchairs
Masaai:2 Qurbani
Lady of Mercy’s Orphanage in Mombasa: Building of a well and instalment of water tank
Qurbani
Barkah Farm Kikambala: Foundations for building of an ecologically based Naqshbandi orphanage

Glastonbury:
-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs

OCTOBER 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs, scholarship for secretary’s furthereducation.
-juice business

Kembo Jay: distribution of 175 mosquito-nets

Glastonbury:
-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs
-St Margaret’s Chapel: memorial service for Pamela Bellars,
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in her memory
-meditation bench in memory of Pamela Bellars

SEPTEMBER 2008:

The Gambia:

- Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs, scholarship for secretary’s further education.

-Qurbani:
Naqshbandis: 4 sheep
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital for feeding the patients: 4 sheep

Kenya:
-Qurbani: 5 sheep for the needy

Timbuktu:
-Qurbani:
Handicapped Ladies: 5 sheep,
Traditional Health Centre: 2 sheep

Glastonbury:
-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs
-St Margaret’s Chapel: memorial service for Pamela Bellars,
-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in her memory.

AUGUST 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs, scholarship for secretary’s further education.
12 wheelchairs

Glastonbury:
-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs

JULY 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs, scholarship for secretary’s further education.

-Royal Victoria Teaching Hosptial: container sent with gauze, mosquito-nets, rubber gloves, stethoscopes, sphygmanometers, doctors’ coats and insulin.

Glastonbury:

-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs

JUNE 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs, scholarship for secretary’s further education.

Glastonbury:

-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs
-website updated
-talk/workshop at Abbey House by Sufi Healer Hakim Archuletta:
http://www.hakimarchuletta.com

MAY 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs, scholarship for secretary’s further education.

-Al Kauthar Bookshop: new electricity connection

Kenya:

Sufi Books

Glastonbury:

-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs
-new exhibition of charity projects in the shop

APRIL 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs, scholarship for secretary’s further education.

Kenya:

Travel Packs with 100 kg medicines in joint venture with International Health Partners UK were taken and donated to the Free Medical Camp in Lamu during the Maulid celebrations. More than 5000 patients were treated.

Glastonbury:

-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs

MARCH 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs, scholarship for secretary’s further education

-al Kauthar Bookshop: CDs of Maulana Sheikh Nazim’s and Sheikh Abdul Hamid’s talks

Timbuktu:

Jan. Feb. March 2008: Our Friend AbdusSalaam Attar is in Timbuktu doing wonderful work on all our projects and many more: http://www.profumo.it/mali/901.htm

Kenya:

3 wheelchairs, 5 mosquito nets

Glastonbury:

-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs

FEBRUARY 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato, Tanji and Nema Nazir Haqqani Schools: teachers’ salaries

-GPDSA: office and secretary costs

-Kembo-Jay: handpump for school well

-al Kauthar Bookshop: CDs

Timbuktu:

Jan. Feb. March 2008: Our Friend AbdesSalaam Attar is in Timbuktu doing wonderful work on all our projects and many more: http://www.profumo.it/mali/901.htm

Glastonbury:

-Sufi Charity Shop
-weekly Zikrs

JANUARY 2008:

The Gambia:

-Farato Haqqani School: 40 uniforms
-Tanji Haqqani school: 40 uniforms, Arabic school books
-Kembo-Jay: building of well for the school
-al Kauthar Bookshop: CDs and Cassettes
-GPDSA: yearly membership fees for the IPC and ASCOD

DECEMBER 2007:

The Gambia:

Qurban:
-RVTH: 4 sheep for Eid-ul-Adha
-Naqshbandi group: 4 sheep for Eid-ul-Adha

Timbuktu:

Qurban:
-Femmes Handicappees: 10 sheep for Eid-ul-Adha
-Traditional Healing Centre: 2 sheep for Eid-ul-Adha

Kenya:

Qurban:
-Water and Relief Foundation: 20 sheep for Eid-ul-Adha

NOVEMBER 2007:

The Gambia:

-Nema Nazir, Farato and Tanji schools: salaries for the next 6 months for the teachers and Tabaski money. Stationery, pens, books, chalk and paper materials for the whole year.

-Naqshbandi Bookshop: electricity installation and cassette and copying facilities.

-GPDSA: Tabaski/Eid money, salary for secretary, office running costs, scholarship/sponsorship for Ebrima Colley advanced business school.

-Naqshbandi group: 2 Qurban and housing support.

-Spalding Mosque: electric bill and outside painting

-Fruitsellers’ Association: seasonal blessing ceremony

-African goods bought for Glastonbury Charity Shop: myrrh, African hats, tawihs, necklaces, tesbihs and copper bracelets.

-RVTH: 20 stethoscopes, 10 glasses, 19 boxes of paracetamol, 1 mitrazepam, 17 tramadol hydrochloride, 2 diclofemac sodium and one ultrasound fracture healing system.

-Lamin Kotu school: completion of toilets, 40 benches and tables, English books and pump for the well.

OCTOBER 2007:

The Gambia:

Travelpack with medicines: Analgesics, Antibiotics, Antiemetics, Antihistamines, Antimalarials, Antiparasitics, Anti-ulcer medication, Eye/ear drops & ointments, Oral rehydration salts, Tropical creams and Vitamins, worth £3000, sent to the RVTH in co-operation with the IHPUK.

Qurban:
RVTH: 3 sheep
Naqshbandi group: 4 sheep

Timbuktu:

-completion of Traditional Health Centre

Qurban:
Health Centre: 3 sheep
Femmes Handicappees: 7 sheep

SEPTEMBER 2007:

The Gambia:
Sufi books are bought from Senegal for the Naqshbandi Bookshop

Glastonbury:
Launch of website

AUGUST 2007:

The Gambia:
Distribution of 300 mosquito-nets

Glastonbury:
Preparation of website

JULY 2007:

The Gambia:
The container with 300 mosquito nets, 30 stethoscopes, 30 sphygmomanometers, glucometer, 9000 surgical gloves and 40000 gauze has arrived at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul.

JUNE 2007:

Timbuktu:
We have just sent off money for the second phase of the building of the traditional healing centre in Timbuktu. It is important that the roof is ready before the rainy season begins, so that the mud bricks don’t dissolve.

The Gambia:
The container with mosquito nets is ready to be sent off, also in time for the rainy season.

The Kauthar Naqshbandi Bookshop in Serrekunda has been opened