WEST BANGKA -- In order to improve the comfort of the congregation in worship and to add facilities and infrastructure for worship, PT Timah Tbk handed over the assistance of the Darul Abror Mosque, which is located on Jalan Raya Pasir Kuning, Air Lintang Village, Tempilang District, West Bangka Regency.
This assistance was handed over directly to the Secretary of the Darul Abror Mosque Sandali S.P in the CSR Division Room of PT Timah Tbk, Jalan Jendral Sudirman Pangkalpinang, Thursday (20/10/2022).
Sandali is eternally grateful for the assistance provided by PT Timah Tbk which they will use to renovate the mosque.
"We thank you for the support and assistance given to our mosque. We will use this assistance for the construction of lightweight steel roofs on the left, right, and front yards of the mosque," he said.
The construction of this roof, he said, was to protect the mosque building. The reason is, when it rains, rainwater often spills over and hits the walls of the mosque, causing the mosque building to become a bit dirty because of moss.
"We hope that with this roof, we can protect the mosque building and also protect the floor of the mosque from direct sunlight," said Sandali.
With the addition of this roof, it is also expected to increase the comfort of worshipers. The reason is that during religious holidays, the number of worshipers increases in the courtyard of the mosque.
According to him, this assistance will also be used to add some facilities and equipment at the Darul Abror Mosque in order to increase the interest and knowledge of the congregation about religion.
"We will also use this assistance to add mosque equipment facilities, such as books, shelves, cupboards for the mosque's public library, prayer equipment for travelers, and congregational barriers between men and women," he said.
He hopes that this assistance can help activities at the mosque and can increase the interest of the congregation to increase knowledge and insight about religion.
“Currently we are making a program to increase the enthusiasm of citizens to add insight or knowledge about religious knowledge. Because all this time, our congregations have come to the mosque only to pray. So we want to increase the enthusiasm of the residents to prosper the mosque by holding tausyiah, and adding to the collection of religious books as congregational reading material," said Sandali.
Sandali did not expect PT Timah Tbk to help renovate the mosque. This is because so far they have never applied for assistance or been assisted by the Company for the construction of the mosque.
“This is the first time we have been assisted by PT Timah Tbk, we didn't expect PT Timah to help. Because we have never asked for help or been assisted by companies. And Alhamdulillah, PT Timah is the first to help our mosque, we also really didn't expect that PT Timah Tbk would help," he said.
His party appreciates PT Timah Tbk's concern for helping the community. PT Timah Tbk helps from various sectors such as religious, social, and others.
“PT Timah is very supportive of all activities in Tempilang District, whatever the activities. I really salute PT tin for its contribution to the Tempilang Community. Hopefully, PT Timah will be more advanced, always be more victorious and be able to help the community even more," said Sandali.
