Ramadhan has just ended but the vibe is still all around us. One of the thing that always stick with the soul of Ramadhan is 'shadaqah' or giving out alms. During the month of Ramadhan, we are encouraged to undertake this divinely rewarded act as often as possible. The highly valued alms are the one given out to the orphans, especially to those needy orphans. However, somehow, I'm planning of putting my next alms for those needy orphans effectively. It has to coincide with the grand program, not just simply handing out those bills and leave the matters at hand unknowingly. I want to give to those needy orphans something that they need for the future, which mostly are education and skill honing. I'm thinking of matching my next alms with the Youth Development Program (Pembinaan Usia Dini).
It has been months that our grudges toward the lack of our national team achievement is mainly caused by the lack of focus in the youth development. No program has been implemented effectively, let alone having a feasible competition. Despite our youth national team track record that has been recorded well in the international tournament, which they can match up to any team from any big country in soccer, yet, it doesn't add up at Indonesian senior level. The Indonesian federation seems to have a gap that continuously supply the player, any best player, to the senior level. Somehow, at the senior level, the availability of the player filling up the squad are the residue ones. Well, those who played well at the youth level, mostly are the ones from a better off family, which they will skip soccer when they reach maturity as other vocations are more feasible than being a professional soccer player.
I have to step in, urging everyone of us who have concerns to step in.
My grand proposal is to give a chance to those needy orphans to have a shot in becoming something useful for him/her as well as the country. My grand proposal is to channel the fund of our alms (if we choose to do so) effectively.
At the scratch, first, what should we do is to categorize and list down all the potential local SSB (Sekolah Sepak Bola), youth soccer academy. We have to know their history, method as well as vision. Rank them. Then, when we find the top five or top tiers within the rank we devised, setup a discussion with their management, as if we are planning to send our kids to that respective SSB. Secondly, while doing the ranking, we also collect names from the local orphanage, of a boy and a girl, of their liking and hobby. We prioritize with those kids who are eager to play soccer, or at least have a dream to see their favorite international soccer player. A dream is a must component in here as well. We list them down, and we will have a chat heart to heart with them. At the end, we will know what they want as we expect them to express what they want. Surely, the list will shift after the chat or discussion, but it is definitely effective.
Then, we will know how much is needed for one kid's education and training. With the vision intact, we will know how much alms we can generate to have the kid's dream realized. If any will object to this cause because we do prioritizing, I will answer to that objection that we don't do anything wrong in regard to any law, especially Islamic law. We prioritize because we want to be effective. There is nothing wrong against effectiveness. Perhaps, any of those kids is dreaming to become a great ballet dancer. Then, anyone who have concern in ballet and would love to see the kid to perform internationally or have a career in ballet dancing should the one who step in, channeling his/her alms for this kid. The listing down is to have a comprehensive list, to be useful for anyone who have a specific concern. It is only that, for some of us, we are concern more toward soccer, or soccerhood.
We will stress out the need to reach out to those who in needs in an effective way. It's always start with a dream. Those kids have dreams, their own dreams, not just a dream of someone's else instill in them. This proposal is also my dream, and I would like it to become our grand dream. It is a dream that we can associate with the vision of Indonesian future. Ameen.
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