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Khadijah's Entrepreneurship Day '16 (#KhaEnt16)

Alhamdulillah, Finally, after weeks of preparation, this event was held on 20th May 2016 at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). This event was conducted between two big clubs of VUW: VicMuslims and Wellington Malaysian Students' Organisation (WMSO) which also supported by Wellington UMNO Club (WUC). A few clubs had showed their interest to collaborate for this event such as V-ISA (VUWSA International Students' Association) and Singapore Club (VISCA - VUW Singapore Association). We had many activities for both visitors and vendors to be participated during the event. There were  Best photo competition, Lucky draw contest (the more you buy, higher chance to win) as five lucky winners will be selected and also Best Stall competition. Congratulations to all winners.  Many visitors, especially non-Muslim students asked, "What or who is Khadijah?". Some also asked why we committees chose Khadijah (RA), Prophet's wife as icon for this event? Simple an

Isra' Mikraj, "The Miraculous Night Journey"

Salam alaikum, In collaboration with three clubs: VicMuslims, Malaysian Muslim Solidarity (ISMA) NZ and Wellington UMNO Club (WUC) held an event in remembrance of Israk Mikraj. We conducted a talk event about "The Miraculous Night Journey" which was delivered by invited speaker. The event was conducted on 6th May, after Isya' at 7 o'clock in the evening and alhamdulillah, many students showed up and occupied space in Student Islamic Centre (SIC), Kelburn campus. After the talk, there was Q&A (Question and Answer) session and followed by quiz slot. There were ten questions which were equally divided five questions for each gender. Every right answer from an audience will be given a gift and alhamdulillah, surprisingly, the winner willingly to share the prize to all audience as there were food, such as biscuits and chocolate bar. Before adjourning, we had dinner and we can see many students used this time to mingle with friends which reach our target to allow

Swimming session '16

Good evening, Swimming activity was the first event after Meet and Greet ceremony. There was limited number of free tickets offered to VicMuslims Club members. Therefore, a post had been posted on Facebook to allow for members to leave their name and chase for the free spots (which did not include transportation). Alhamdulillah. The response was great as there were so many people left their name in the comment. Therefore, the swimming session had been divided into 2 different groups which were based on gender with total of 18 participants: 10 females and 8 males. The swimming session was supposed to be conducted on 21st April, but due to certain circumstances from the venue administration, we postponed to 5th May. Details of the event were as follows: Venue: 1. Freyberg Pool and Fitness Centre (Male participants) 2. Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre (Female participants) Alhamdulillah. We got a great feedback from participants with a suggestion to increase the number of f