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To commemorate the 3rd Anniversary of our operation, Team Aarzoo decided to visit Ya-rab Orphanage and Educational Trust (YET). The team felt such a field visit would be more enriching and motivating than a get together and exchange of accolades. Quick research of the organization had told us that it was managed by Mrs Ghousia, who sounded very kindly over the phone and housed around 120 kids.
Our team reached the premises around 4:30 and were pleasantly surprised, for we were led to believe that an orphanage is a gloomy place, but the complex is a well maintained nicely organized set of building. We were received by Mrs Ghousia at the small sit-out that serves as the reception to the complex. Over a cup of tea, we learnt that Mrs. Ghousia and her late husband, Mr. Mahmood Khan, embarked on a remarkable journey 24 years ago when they established an orphanage on their one-acre property. Driven by her husband's dream, they opened the doors to the orphanage, providing shelter and care to children who had lost their parents or whose single parents could not afford their upbringing.
After Mr. Mahmood Khan's untimely demise, Mrs. Ghousia took up the mantle of looking after the orphanage alone. Today, the orphanage has grown into a home for 120 children, ranging in age from 2 to 22 years, with 40 boys and 80 girls from different states across India.
The children are not only provided with a roof over their heads, but also an education in the Indus community school, which sponsors their meals, books, uniform, and transportation. The school even offers swimming lessons and robotics classes, making it an enriching experience for the children.
The dedication to education has borne fruit, with 10 children graduating from the school and all of them achieving top scores in their 10th standard exams. The girls in the orphanage have also been given the opportunity to start their own families, with 14 of them getting married and having children of their own.
The complex is well organized to house the many children with separate dormitories for boys and girls, as well as fully functional kitchen and dining areas. There is a spacious mosque which is open to the people of the surrounding villages, and houses 2 imams and their family. The imams are primarily responsible for the children’s Islamic education.
The children follow a well thought out routine, beginning with Fajr prayers, followed by deeniyat classes, then they have breakfast before leaving for school. The school bus ferries the children to school where they children have a full curriculum, including activities like swimming, horse-riding and outdoor games. The children have lunch at school before boarding the bus back to the YET Campus. Upon arrival the kids have volunteer teachers help them with their home-work and lessons. Asr and Maghrib prayers between the evening break followed by Isha prayers and dhikr session, dinner, and finally, bedtime.
Team Aarzoo spent a very rewarding evening with the members of the YET family, we had learnt from Mrs Ghousia that a few kids needed school bags for the next academic year and that stationary kits would always be useful for the children. With an aim to entertain the children we had planned a game of ‘housie’ and carried a few knick-knacks to give away as prizes.

But the truth is that it was the team at YET gifted us!! We received a dose of motivation, and left the campus feeling humbled at the achievements of this kind hearted couple. We also brought back a sincere desire to double our efforts in achieving the goals we had envisioned three years ago when we started Aarzoo foundation