By: Ilyasa Baa
The Grass Field community in Mile 13 has got its first mosque donated by a thirty-eight year old Sierra Leonean, Ms.Assiatu Serry who resides in the United States of America.
The Regional Chief Imam of the United Council of Imams, Peninsula Branch, Alhaji Mohamed Isaka Kamara, during the Opening Ceremony on Friday 13th May, 2022 called on young people to emulate the good example of the donor by placing premium on serving God Almighty and spending their resources to promote Islam. He said the young lady did not allow herself to be carried away by worldly things but overcame all temptations from Satan, the devil. He added that it is difficult to see young people nowadays spending all they have for God. He called on the community to ensure that proper care is taken of the masjid for the promotion of the Islamic faith.
In her statement in front of Jammah, Madam Serry expressed her gratitude to the CEO and Founder of Jafai Support Foundation who happens to be her mother, Mrs.Haja Fatima Savage as well as her step dad, Alhaji Ibrahim Savage who provided the two plots of land upon which the House of God is built. She said it had been her dream to build a mosque since childhood but was thinking that it would be done at her old age. In 2019, she finally decided to start the project which has become fruitful, and emphasized that the masjid is not under her control or any family member stressing that the community owns the masjid.
Financial Manager, Jafai Support Foundation, Abdul Rahman Sesay thanked stakeholders of the community for supporting him from the foundation to the completion of the mosque.
Earlier, the Chairman for the Opening Ceremony, Sheik Abdulai Sankoh, commended the donor and her assistants for ensuring that a modernized structure was built for the benefit of the Muslim Jammah.
