Before Masjid Makeover: Grasmere South Africa
February 2010 – Majid Makeover
Alhamdulillah we are complete with the masjid makeover. We only require equipment to start a cooking class at the centre.
Prophet(SAW) said: “Whosoever shares in building a masjid for Allah, even if it is as small as a bird’s nest, Allah (S.W.T.) will build for him a house in Paradise.” (Ahmad)
Picture slide show of Grasmere Masjid Before
Donations are now closed
Where is Grasmere Masjid?
Project Goal
Phase 1 – To paint masjid and fix up the roof.
Phase 2 – To clean up masjid
Project Manager
1000 Good Deeds
Project Owner
Sheikh Sultan Yousef of Al Tawheed Centre
Task 1 – Get buy in and support from project owners
1000 Good deeds approached Al Tawheed centre in February 2010 to find out if there were any masjids in the underprivileged areas that required a masjid makeover.
At the end of September 2010, Sheikh Sultan contacted 1000 good deeds and said:
“What arise in my mind that there is a need to a renovation to one of the Masjid in Grasmere so I started to think of you. So if you could arrange a meeting with your husband I appricate it”
Task 2 – Arrange a meeting with project owners
Sheikh Sultan sent a few pictures of the masjid. To get a true reflection of what was required, 1000 Good Deeds team went to visit the Grasmere masjid and Islamic centre and met with Sheikh Sultan to evaluate what was required.
Task 3 – Progress reporting and documentation
Create a discussion on facebook Masjid Makeover page and document progress here. Upload and videos here as well.
Task 4 – Take video of the masjid – Before makeover
Task 4 – take pictures of the masjid – before makeover
Grasmere masjid facebook album
Task 5 – Do a needs analysis
1. fix the roof of masjid
2. Paint masjid
Task 6 – Make a budget
Estimated Budget for masjid fixing of roof and painting of masjid
| Units | Quantity | Product description | Estimated cost | Total | |
| Expenses | |||||
| 20 | 20 litres | Green Paint | R 300.00 | R 6,000.00 | |
| 10 | 20 litres | Green Roof Paint | R 300.00 | R 3,000.00 | |
| 2 | 5 litres | waterproof | R 100.00 | R 200.00 | |
| 1 | 20 kg | pollyfilla | R 200.00 | R 200.00 | |
| 4 | rolls | sandpaper | R 25.00 | R 100.00 | |
| 1 | 10l | thinners | R 15.00 | R 150.00 | |
| 1 | 10l | oil paint | R 400.00 | R 400.00 | |
| 4 | rolls | masking tape | R 100.00 | R 100.00 | |
| 4 | paint roller brushes | R 37.50 | R 150.00 | ||
| 4 | paint brushes | R 25.00 | R 100.00 | ||
| Labour | R 9,500.00 | ||||
| R 19,900.00 | |||||
| Income | |||||
| Donations | R 1,000.00 | ||||
| Estimate funds required | R 18,900.00 |
About $3000
Task 7 – Market and get sponsors
Research ways to market masjid makeover
Get volunteers
Raise funds
Task 9 Fix roof
Task 10 Paint roof
Task 11 Paint masjid
Task 12 Clean up masjid
Task 13 Take after makeover video and photos
Task 14 – Additional funds start empowerment project – sewing, computer and cooking lessons
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Masha-Allah
A masjid that is well used and in need of an upgrade.
The Moulanas and SHeikhs at Grasmere are doing sterling job there!
Masha-Allah
A masjid that is well used and in need of an upgrade.
The Moulanas and SHeikhs at Grasmere are doing sterling job there!
Salaams – may I make a suggestion. In respect of the labour cost, is it at all possible to arrange a team of volunteers who will assist in the tasks required. If I am not mistaken, it does not require major building works just some hard graft scraping filling and painting. Let me know if you think this idea can work. I think I may be able to organise a few people for this. That way whatever you receive in terms of donations can go to the materials required.
Salaams – may I make a suggestion. In respect of the labour cost, is it at all possible to arrange a team of volunteers who will assist in the tasks required. If I am not mistaken, it does not require major building works just some hard graft scraping filling and painting. Let me know if you think this idea can work. I think I may be able to organise a few people for this. That way whatever you receive in terms of donations can go to the materials required.
How much has been donated thus far? One box says around 840 the other says around 1860..
the one box is only the paypal amount and the other one at the bottom includes the donation from South African people so the amount is 1860 but i have to include the latest donations
How much has been donated thus far? One box says around 840 the other says around 1860..
the one box is only the paypal amount and the other one at the bottom includes the donation from South African people so the amount is 1860 but i have to include the latest donations
Also, I don’t have a credit card so how would I pay with my debit card? I see it says pay with credit card or debit card here but there’s no option to fill in the Debit card information.
Also, I don’t have a credit card so how would I pay with my debit card? I see it says pay with credit card or debit card here but there’s no option to fill in the Debit card information.
Salam,
is the donation box still open? when i pressed the paypal box it says: “whoa, an unknown error occured”
donations closed at the end of November. JazakAllah, may Allah reward you for your intentions
Insha Allah, the mosque will be completed. Sameer has a very good idea: why not use volunteers from people who live near by? The rest can donate.
it is a great idea to get volunteers. we have opted to create a job and empower someone instead. As it is a masjid we want an expert to rather do the painting and repairing.