President’s Message 2023
Assalamu Alaikum wr wb!
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
These lines concisely explain AMP’s philosophy. In the process of uplifting the underprivileged of the Ummah, we have been able to lift ourselves up from self-pity and indifference to involvement and deliverance.
The new year heralds new challenges and new beginnings, and we as a team have to lift ourselves up and RISE, in sha Allah. We need to increase our tempo and extend our reach further in 2023, so that more and more people are lifted. The current year must be better than the previous ones…
The Journey So Far
Projects That Lift the Ummah Toward Nation Building
Employment Assistance Cell (EAC)
National Talent Search (NTS)
School Development Programs (SDPs)
AMP Centres of Excellence (ACE)
IndiaZakat.com
Our Focus for 2023
Grow Our Professional Family
Bring more professionals into the organisation to increase our reach, keep them involved in all our major projects, and help our members in their professional growth — a stronger professional is a stronger asset to AMP and the Ummah.
Reach the 200+ Districts
Increase our penetration in the 200+ community-dominated districts, so the neglected and underprivileged are raised on par with other districts, and strengthen our Chapter teams — the backbone of the AMP network.
Strengthen Our Partnerships
Deepen partnerships with corporates, government departments and NGOs, as well as schools, colleges and madrasas — each a point of delivery, and the CHANGE that we are looking for.
“We are the Change” — famously quoted by President Barack Obama. Change does not happen when we wait for someone else or some other time. It’s NOW and it’s US…
The Story of the Small Bird
Let each of us be that small Bird who was helping in her own small way to extinguish the Fire lighted by Namrood to burn Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S.) — and like the bird, put up to Allah SWT on the Day of Judgement:
“I wanted to enter my name in the list of people who were doing good work & gave their resources for the welfare of the Ummah of our beloved Nabi, Mohammed Rasulullah (SAW).” — InshaAllah!
The future of our Ummah will depend on the work, however small or big, put in by every individual associated with AMP. If we all work towards our set GOALS with greater effort, energy and enthusiasm, the future will belong to the Ummah, in sha Allah!
May Allah bless each one of you with Jazaye Khair in this World as well as the Aakhirah!
Best Regards,
Aamir Edresy
Your Brother — President, Association of Muslim Professionals