Scholarship — Project Iqra
Free education for Dhoraji Memon students — so that money is never the reason a child stops studying.
Education
Jamia Fatimatuz Zohra
Islamic education for girls — free, and entirely in women’s hands
More than 700 girls learn the Quran, Nazera, Alima and Hifz here — alongside cooking, stitching and mehendi. No fees, and no male staff on the premises.
Jamia Fatimatuz Zohra is the Trust’s institution for girls’ Islamic education, and it is the project the Trust is asked about most often. More than 700 students attend, and not one of them pays a rupee.
The syllabus runs from Nazera — reading the Quran correctly — through the full Alima course and Hifz for girls who wish to memorise the Quran. Alongside it, students learn skills that stay with them for life: cooking, stitching and mehendi.
Parents ask about safety before they ask about anything else, so the arrangement is worth stating plainly. Every teacher and every member of staff is a woman. No men work inside the premises. The building is under CCTV throughout, and the students’ privacy is protected — which is also why the Trust does not photograph the girls’ faces.
Classes run in morning and afternoon batches, and admission is open through the year.
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