Surau @ Kampong Kuala Krai

Our prior post showed the poor families in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. This now talks about a Surau in that particular Kampong. Looking at this photos, don't you just wonder......... Can't the Zakat money be spent here???????





The timber floor were all rotten!!!!





At a glance, can you actually even guess that this is a .........

Surau?


Imagine... this Surau is being used by the villagers daily, what more during the holy month of Ramadhan. During the rainy season, this place is flooded.



During this earlier visit in November 2008, we were only able to contribute some floor mats + fans only. However, we vowed to at least improve the conditions of the Surau, after all this is a place of worship.










So this year, we engaged a local contractor to upgrade the existing Surau. The villagers voiced their grievances that the rainwater usually seeped in + making the Surau not practical. So the solution was to demolished the whole Surau + rebuilding it on a higher base.





These are photos taken of the 'new' Surau, looking definitely more refreshing.... some non-mundande colors as well as some serious looking balustrates!





Given the limited budget that we had at that time, we were quite happy with the result + we sure hope the villagers think the same too. The Surau is even equiped with a PA System [ha ha!]








After the Surau was reconstructed, the villagers had a Kenduri with everyone coming together 'gotong-royong' cooking a feast!








Overall, it feels good to see the money being well spend without any extravagant..

Alhamdullillah!