We are struggling to keep women interested in the chapter. Most of the women have young children and are pre-occupied . We do our best within the limited resources.

My activities as president are multifarious. I visit elementary schools to talk about Islam, in general about Muslims, as we are constantly bombarded by media ( war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and insurgent suicide attacks ).  I and few other women pick children from their homes to attend Madrassa activities every Sunday, organized by Muslim Society of PEI. There are over 30 kids of various ages who learn Islamic teachings . I help out by arranging bake sales as part of the fundraising activities of MSPEI towards establishing an Islamic centre.

I hold Halaqa for women at my house once a week and discuss the issues pertaining to women and Islam.  I also volunteer in the community, working with the 4-H neighbourhood organization ( as Treasurer) which helps seniors in their day to day life activities. I  am involved in the sport of Table Tennis and am manager of 2011Canada winter games team. I officiated as an umpire at the North American Table Tennis Championship in Laval, Quebec and also at the Canadian National Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

We are  involved in the settlement of two refugee families which came in July and August, one from Somalia, a family of four, second one from Afghanistan, a family of three.  This takes a lot of time, visiting doctor, dentist, school class teachers.

We raised over $ 6000 for destitute people of Gaza by selling ethnic food at the university for four days.

We hosted  the Sharia workshop last June and the report was filed  with CCMW.

Our goal next year is to host a youth camp during the summer and invite a guest speaker.

We are though very small but  try to keep up with the bigger  chapters.

Farida Chishti