The people want Islam and we need your help to bring it to them!

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

With your help, we want to provide thousands of people the opportunity to experience the beauty of Islam, accept it, and provide them with the education needed to continue upon this beautiful way of life. Guinea-Bissau is one of the world’s poorest and most unstable nations. In that country, almost 2,000 people from one of the most remote and untouched villages in Guinea-Bissau have already accepted Islam. The numbers keep growing, and right now, we want to sponsor 3,000 villagers and their education, and livelihood.

Your generous donation will allow The Bissau Project to continue our hard work well into the future by creating long-term means of sustenance for the various tribes, Islamic educational resources, and teachers for the different villages.

WHO ARE WE?

The Bissau Project is a campaign under The Oasis Initiative, and we aim to do one thing, educate and support through service and love.

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WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

It all started because of one man; his name is Mawlana.

He belongs to one of the major tribes of the country, the Balante. Upon accepting Islam, he has made it his life goal of calling his tribe’s people to the religion of Truth. When we met him, he explained to us that while villages were entering Islam en-masse, they were also exiting Islam because there were no teachers to educate the people and to cultivate the religion in a meaningful way.

For this reason, we took steps to begin supporting Mawlana. We organized a group of initial teachers, and after our first trip, over 500 people became Muslim. That was two years ago, and since then, thousands more have accepted the religion. Now it’s no longer just the Balante, but tribes all across Guinea-Bissau have begun seeing the beauty of Islam. However, now we need help.

“People have come and gone, and they always take what they want.”

We are here to support them.

One of the village elders explained to us very early on during our initial trips that he and his entire family have worshipped idols. He has had idols that have been passed down to him for generations, and he planned on passing them down to his children as well. Every year before the cashew harvest they would go to the local soothsayer and ask for good fortune. They would be obliged to sacrifice some of his cattle, he would. Year after year, he and his father would do this. Now he has taken over, has become an elder, and does it with his own son. However, that night after accepting the path and faith of Islam, and after hearing the story of Ibrahim (as) destroying the Idols, he raised his hand in a dark room where we designated the village’s masjid. He said, “After all of this, I have never found any benefit from these idols. I have accepted Islam because I see the truth in it, the beauty in it, but you cannot leave us. You cannot leave us here and not teach us everything that we are supposed to learn. You cannot leave without teaching my son.”

So now we come to you.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

The Bissau Project is built upon the understanding that the people we serve are our brothers and sisters in humanity, and we have been blessed with the opportunity to serve them. By donating you allow us to continue the great work and increase the benefit we can share in various villages.