Something precious entrusted to your care.
Our children are our greatest asset. Our faith is our life. Amana House exists to bring the two together, for children ages 4 to 14, at the Husseini Islamic Center of Orlando.
Our children are our greatest asset. Our faith is our life. Everything we build exists to bring the two together.
The Amana missionAt the Husseini Islamic Center
Amana is an initiative of the Husseini Islamic Center of Orlando, a Shia Ithna-Asheri community in Sanford, just north of Orlando. Every Amana program happens at the center, in its gym and classrooms, on its playground and its field. It's the same place our families come to pray, learn and gather, and those values carry into everything we do with your children.
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What we believe
When a family brings us a child, they're placing someone precious in our care. We try to remember that in every decision, big or small.
We plan each program with care before it ever reaches a child, so the time children spend with us is time well spent.
Islam isn't something we add on. It's the ground everything here stands on, from how we play to how we treat one another.
You know your child best. We'll be open and honest with you, and we'll work alongside you as partners.
Your child spends fifteen hours a week somewhere other than home or school. Amana is built so those hours build the same child you are.
The whole child
Every parent's objective, treated as one job, not five competing ones.Faith, character, confidence, academics, friendship. Every parent's objective, treated as one job, not five competing ones.
Understands the surahs he recites, and would step forward to lead salah.
Thinks of Prophet Yusuf (peace be upon him) when he fights with a sibling.
Proud to be Muslim, proud enough to say it out loud.
Passes tomorrow's test with a tutor who was there today.
Real friends inside the values his parents are trying to instill.
Eight programs, one standard
Nothing generic, nothing accidental. Schedules, ages, and registration live on Amana Kids.
Schedules, ages, and registration live on Amana Kids.
Who carries it
Amana House is an initiative of the Husseini Islamic Center of Orlando, run by a small team of volunteer designers, managers, and coordinators, and a shared bench of Program Hands. Nearly every role is volunteer. Every adult on the floor has a background check, an Islamic knowledge check, and youth safety training before a first shift.
Amana House is an initiative of the Husseini Islamic Center of Orlando, run by a small team of volunteer designers, managers, and coordinators, and a shared bench of Program Hands. Nearly every role is volunteer; paid roles are limited to select Program Hands and two tutors. Every adult on the floor has a background check, an Islamic knowledge check, and youth safety training before a first shift, and at least one first-aid-certified adult is in every room, every session. Anything we quote or dramatize is reviewed in the program's guide before it reaches a child.
Program Designers, Coordinators, and Program Hands. Application, background check, interview, training.Program Designers, Coordinators, and Program Hands. Application, background check, interview, training, usually two weeks.