The Devotion of Life — Page 402
402 Grand Results of the Nusrat Jahan Scheme Thus, the Nusrat Jahan Scheme began yielding sweet fruit immediately. Within the first six months, after Huzur rh 's return to Rabwah, The Nusrat Jahan Academy was opened at ‘Wa’, in Ghana on September 1970. Then, on 1 st November 1970 the first hospital was established at Kokofu in Ghana. Alhamdolillah (Allah be Praised)! In this manner, Ghana gained the distinction of receiving the first school and the first hospital under this scheme. Two years after the Scheme was launched, fourteen hospitals and nine higher Secondary Schools were established in West Africa with Allah’s blessings. This great success surprised both friends and strangers. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III rh said: “I initiated the Nusrat Jahan Scheme in 1970 announcing it at Jalsa Salana. At that time, it was thought that in five or seven years I would be able to fulfil my promise. I prayed and the Jama’at prayed and with Allah’s blessings, the Scheme that was to be completed in seven years was completed in one and a half to two years and it was very effective. I met an American in Ghana who was writing his PhD thesis on Tribal Societies. He visited after one and a half years and said that he had come to see what makes this Jama’at so special. He mentioned to some Jama’at members that if America had made this promise, it could not have been fulfilled in one and a half years but Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya made it happen. We are of a mould that is insignificant in the eyes of the world, but are actually now a tool in the hands of God. God gives His blessings and