BELFAST IQRAA SCHOOL

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flow from the purposes include improved understanding of the Arabic language among the Arab and Muslim communities, especially children, through establishing a part-time school for teaching Arabic language and culture, improved relationship within the Arabic and Muslim communities, and the preservation of the Arabic

heritage amongst those communities. Other benefits include helping newly arrived Arab refugees such as Syrians, who normally don't speak good English, to settle down in Northern Ireland and hence improve their chance of gaining employment and becoming socially and economically active citizens and provide translation services when necessary. Benefits also include the preservation of the Arabic language and culture amongst the children of refugees as well as the children of second and third generations of Arab and Muslim immigrants in Northern Ireland. Furthermore, promoting the Arabic language and culture helps improve relationship between the Arabic and Muslim communities on one side and the other minorities, as well as the wider society in Northern Ireland on the other side. This in turn helps the wider society in Northern Ireland to gain a better understanding of the arabic heritage and culture, and hence improve relationships between all community sectors in Northern Ireland The benefits can be evidenced through regular written and verbal tests of students learning the Arabic language, as well as through seminars, talks and competitions held in Arabic language. Other benefits can be demonstrated through feedback from the beneficiaries and other community groups, internal reports of the charity as well as external reports from various community and government bodies. No General Community Refugees and immigrants and their children and youths. Arabic and Muslim communities. Language community Education sector. No

What your organisation does

Organising arabic lessons , seminars and cultural events for children, parents and adults. Organising community social, cultural and sports activities. The advancement of arabic language through social events with the wider voluntary, educational and community sectors.