With the approach of every summer season, many final year high school students will be pondering their options to pursue their higher education either in Dubai or abroad.

HEIGHTS is all about Higher Education and one of the most important aspects is the cost of going to university.

While the HELP (Higher Education Loan Program) provides financial assistance to students, DAD (Dirham A Day) is the funds this effort.

The scheme involves a family head paying one dirham a day for each family member.These students are selected based on merit and need as described in the HELP section, after which they are given loans for the full period of their education. At the end of their study they must repay the amount which is then recycled as new loans to other deserving students.

Most of you have already made your pledges to the scheme and we ask you to continue your gracious gesture every year for this worthy cause. Our current yearly targetis AED 50,000 and it is our aim to make this fund self-sufficient by 2010. The annual pledge can be paid at the Jamaat office.

Pledges are not bound by the Dirham A Day idea illustrated above. Any amount will be appreciated, and will work toward sustaining the success of this program.

Imam Jaffer Sadiq (A.S) has said, "Nothing follows a person after his death except 3 things:

• The alms and charity that he may have executed by the grace of Allah in his life & which continues on after his death (e.g. sawab-e-jari)

• A decent & good tradition left over by him which is put into practice after his death (e.g. spreading knowledge)

• A pious son who prays for him (e.g. fateha for marhum)" - Tuhful Aqool, page 363
   

Those who would like to contribute towards this scheme can do any one of the following:

1) Collect a DAD Subscription form at the Jamaat office

2) Pay directly into the DAD account at the Jamaat Office

2) Download a form online by clicking here.

3) Send in your name, e-mail address and annual pledge to by sending and email to Heights - Click here

We thank you for your time and co-operation.

Wassalaam,

The Education Board