Elders celebrate Eid
Ladies at a day service for Asian elders have been demonstrating their artistic skills by creating home-made cards to mark the occasion of Eid – the traditional end of the Muslim festival of Ramadan.
Ladies at a day service for Asian elders have been demonstrating their artistic skills by creating home-made cards to mark the occasion of Eid – the traditional end of the Muslim festival of Ramadan.
Edward Street Day Centre in Nuneaton, which is part of Warwickshire County Council’s Adult Health and Community Services, provides a day service for more than 50 people, who are mainly from the Muslim community.
The ladies have been busy designing and making their own cards for Eid as part of a project to develop their artistic skills.
The centre opened in 1998 and offers a variety of social and educational activities, as well as advice and support on health and wellbeing.
“Ramadan is a month of prayer, meditation and fasting for Muslims, so before the festival started a diabetic consultant from George Elliott Hospital visited the service to give information on how to fast safely” explained Ikraam Haque manager of the service.
“We also try to meet peoples’ cultural and spiritual needs, offering opportunities for prayer and reading the Holy Scriptures.” continued Ikraam.
Zora Vorajee, Care Assistant, said: “The ladies are proud of creating the Eid cards. It’s an important occasion and they are very excited to give them to their families.”