Many Muslim communities in Kenya can struggle to access good religious facilities, especially ones with clean water and other essential facilities. Isiolo is in a semi-arid region in the central North of Kenya, in an area where facilities for Muslims are extremely constrained. The local Muslim community lacks resources and desperately needs a proper place of prayer.
Under the direction of the Star of Hope Association and with the support of the Ummah Foundation, the new Abu Bakr mosque will provide lasting and sustainable facilities, including an educational centre for the local community and, importantly, the prescribed Islamic facilities for washing the deceased.
The new mosque, built on a two acre plot, will provide a mosque, a Ghusal hall for washing and shrouding the deceased, a madrassa school and dormitories for 30-40 orphan boys and an imam’s house.
The Foundation has provided support for the building of the new Ghusal hall, as well as funding for all of the windows and doors of the main mosque.
