Br. Amanullah Sahab is a well known community activist in Aligarh since more than a quarter of century. His operations are spread in different parts of the country but he had a lot of focus in Aligarh. I know him from my student life as he is President/Chairman of Student Islamic Trust, which distributes IDB Scholarship (sponsored by Islamic Development Bank of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), to muslim students across India.

During my recent visit to Aligarh, he invited me to visit one of his very dear Project Aligarh Bachon Ka Ghar (ABKG) (Aligarh Childrens Home) which is based in the outskirts of Aligarh Muslim University Campus. This is a non Profit Charity and Residential Institution imparting Education to Orphans. I paid a visit to the facility on 17th September 2011 at 4:00 PM. I thought to be an informal visit to see the facility and the setup of ABKG. But to my surprise they had organized a small function and I was asked to talk to the kids. When the event unfolded, the students of ABKG amazed me. Their manners, discipline, promptness and ambitions took me to a surprise. They were well versed in communicating in English and asked very interesting and good questions.

I do not know whether my talk motivated them or not, but their performance was a great lesson and motivation for me. I was glad that I accepted the invitation of ABKG and paid a visit to this growing center of future of our community.

Here is some brief information about ABKG;

Aligarh Bachchon Ka Ghar (Aligarh Childrens Home)

(A non Profit Charity and Residential Institution imparting Education to Orphans)

Established as a model orphanage and registered as a Trust in 1998 to extend total support and comprehensive welfare of orphans and destitute children in distress.

 No. of Children: 120 orphans fully adopted and 380 destitute children partially sponsored in the session 2010-11
 Providing them opportunities for imparting modern education in our own as well as other English Medium Public
Schools and also providing them Islamic orientation with and without board and lodge facilities. Founder:

 Janab Amanullah Khan with 7 Members of Board of Trustees.
 10 Staff members holding various responsibilities.
 Academic Session: April to March.

Goals:
 Adopt Orphans/destitute children for total and partial supports.
 Gradually increase the number of beneficiaries from present 120 to 500 in the hostel and from 380 to 1000 as
day boarders.
 Provide games/sports/athletics and physical fitness programs.
 Educate them in moral values for Islamic character/personality development.
 Provide help after completion of school education for higher studies.

Achievements till 2010:
 14,000 sq. mtr. land purchased at Qasimpur Road, Aligarh.
 10,000 sq. ft. ground floor Hostel construction completed and 1st floor construction is going on.
 Standard size football ground fully functional. Other grounds under-way.
 Double Storied Mosque measuring in 2 floors =8000 sq. ft. completed.
 120 children including 10 girls fully adopted getting total support
 380 more downtrodden children admitted in different schools with partial financial support.
 Five million rupees budget spent on our activities every year.

To know more about ABKG, please contact at;

E-mail: aligarhbachchonkaghar@gmail.com