Eid al-Adha: Awuah Dankwa Education Foundation (ADEF) Donates To Atiwa West Zongo Community

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On Sunday August 2 2020, Awuah Dankwa Education Foundation (ADEF), led by its founder, Mr. Samuel Awuah Dankwa, visited the Zongo Community of Akyem Kwabeng, in the Atiwa West district to donate some food items and sanitizers to the Zongo chief and his council of elders and people.

In his address to the people of the community, Mr. Samuel Awuah Dankwa informed the chief and his people that in the spirit of unity, community, tolerance and peace; his foundation was donating the items in support of the Kwabeng Zongo community towards the celebration of Eid ul-Adha.

In his response, the Kwabeng Zongo chief, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim expressed his profound gratitude to the founder of Awuah Dankwa Education Foundation and prayed for Allah’s blessings and guidance for the founder and the foundation. He further said that charity and more especially one done towards the education of the underprivileged is a good thing and one that Allah instructs and demands of his children. The Zongo chief informed the founder, Mr. Samuel Awuah Dankwa to channel part of his resources towards educating the brilliant but needy students in the Kwabeng Zongo Community as there are many such needy but brilliant children in that community. 

Mr. Samuel Awuah Dankwa then promised to assist at least one brilliant but underprivileged student living in Kwabeng Zongo towards his university education. He thanked the chief and his elders for their warm reception and promised to be back with some more support especially in the area of education.

Awuah Dankwa Education Foundation (ADEF) is an educational foundation based in the Atiwa West District, Eastern region of Ghana. ADEF is driving the development of Atiwa through education by providing the needed support to educate the underprivileged children in those communities. The foundation has so far rewarded over forty-eight pupils with learning materials and is sponsoring some brilliant but needy students in the Atiwa West district through SHS till they complete their university education. 

The foundation’s founder, Mr. Samuel Awuah Dankwa is a seasoned entrepreneur and owns several businesses under the MARKETICONS GROUP OF COMPANIES. 

Background

In the Islamic lunar calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, and lasts for four days. In the international (Gregorian) calendar, the dates vary from year to year shifting approximately 11 days earlier each year. There are two key Eid’s (Celebration Festivals) in Islam: Eid-ul-Fitr, which signifies the completion of the Holy Month of Ramadan; and Eid-ul-Adha, the greater Eid, which follows the completion of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, at the time of Qurbani (sacrifice).

Although Eid-ul-Adha has no direct relation to the Hajj Pilgrimage, it is but a day after the completion of Hajj and therefore has significance in time. The celebration of Eid-ul-Adha is to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s devotion to Allah SWT and his readiness to sacrifice his son, Ismail. At the very point of sacrifice, Allah SWT replaced Ismail with a ram, which was to be slaughtered in place of his son. This command from Allah SWT was a test of Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness and commitment to obey his Lord’s command, without question. Therefore, Eid-ul-Adha means the festival of sacrifice.

By: Nana Gyasi | Radio 1 |Ghana