JAKARTA — Students of SD Bangun Mandiri have set aside their pocket money during Ramadhan 1444 H for sharing activities. On Friday (14/4/2023), coinciding with the Ramadan Islamic Boarding School activities in the school environment, students of SD Bangun Mandiri handed over the Ramadan Goodness Donation to Dompet Dhuafa, worth IDR 10,000,000 (ten million rupiahs).
This activity must be connected to the school’s message in educating its students. SD Bangun Mandiri believes that training students to be innovative in managing money should continue with the habit of saving. In addition to setting aside money for personal needs, students must also be introduced to another essential expense column: donating. Because the earlier a child is familiar with donating activities, the higher he will become a philanthropist.
Understanding this philanthropic concept, SD Bangun Mandiri makes efforts to encourage its students to care for others, especially during Ramadan like this. The principal of SD Bangun Mandiri, Arum Nawangwulan, said that for about a week, the students collected their own money as gifts for their orphaned and disadvantaged others.
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“We hold many events during Ramadan, but this time there is something different, namely we, especially students, do an act of sharing with others. They managed to collect their own money to be used as gifts for their orphaned brothers,” Arum said.
On the same occasion, Dhika, one of the grade 5 students, explained that she and her friends waited to ask parents while collecting donations. But before that, they must do good things first and then set aside their own pocket money.
We must not directly ask our parents. But we must do good things first,” he said.
Dhika himself has set aside her pocket money as much as Rp50,000. As many as 200 students, from grades 1 to 6, have set aside their money over the past week and finally collected as much as Rp10,000,000.
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“Every class is taught to save. Especially in this program, the school invites them to save and collect money for their orphaned relatives,” added the principal.
The handover of donations was then carried out directly by students represented by Isyana, accompanied by the principal, and received by Yudha Andilla as Senior Officer of Retail Fundraising Dompet Dhuafa.
In addition to handing over donations to Dompet Dhuafa, the school also gave gifts to 15 orphans assisted by Dompet Dhuafa, who participated in the occasion.
“Hopefully, this will open doors and inspire all parties, including parents and younger students, in Islamic and humanitarian activities. May blessings be bestowed upon all parties involved. I believe this elementary school will not only produce smart generations but also generations who have good ethics, faith and piety, who will be able to face the wave of challenges of the end times,” Yudha said in front of the students and teachers of SD Bangun Mandiri. (Dompet Dhuafa/Muthohar)