Islam and Arabic for children born here.

As children, we learned Arabic and the language of the Qur'an at home. A grandmother reciting, a father going over a surah on his way back from the mosque, a language heard everywhere. All of it shaped us without our even noticing.

Our children were born here. They speak another language at school, with their friends, on their screens. Nothing around them naturally reminds them where they come from, or why they are on this earth. And every day we see families watch their children drift, gently, away from their language, their faith and themselves.

Hadaya was born from a father's worry about his son, born in Canada, who does not speak Arabic. We set out to build what we wished we had found for him: a place where a child learns the letters, the surahs, their religion and their Muslim identity, gently, in a language they understand.

This is not a money project. It is a family project, offered to every family that carries Arabic and the Qur'an in its heart for its children, and for its children's children. Making sure our children do not lose their way is our responsibility. We do not want to carry it alone.

Hadaya also carries the memory of a child who left us too soon. His life was short, but it mattered, and he will never be forgotten. Every letter learned here, every surah recited, is a little for him too. May Allah have mercy on him.

A father, founder of Hadaya