The mission of the Rehmat Foundation is to enhance the quality of life of individuals and communities by focusing on meeting both their basic and higher needs.
My Beloved Son Rehmat was an intelligent intellectual multitalented and loving person who loved running, acting and writing. He graduated from Detroit Country Day School and Johns Hopkins University and later taught at New York
University. Rehmat was hardworking and pioneered virtual reality.
My son was afflicted with a difficult and misunderstood illness: depression. Unfortunately, no one can understand this unless he/she has experienced it. He fought his illness with all his might but, in the end, he gave up. Society made his life more difficult.
As a result of my son’s death, I am committed to working with organizations to improve the systems which failed him: healthcare systems that focus on profit for corporations; legal systems that do not provide fairness and justice and sometimes separate children from one or both parents causing child alienation; and mental healthcare systems which have been neglected.
Disasters happen without any warning. It catches people without any preparation. Rehmat Foundation believes to help people in their time of need. It has partnered with a number of institutions to provide rescue, food, shelter, and medical services. It also provides rehabilitation services.
My dear son, my heart aches and will always ache for you because I have always loved you and will always love you. I miss the mornings when I would wake you to get you ready for school, make you breakfast, and drive you to school.
Read MoreMy dear son, my heart aches and will always ache for you because I have always loved you and will always love you. I miss the mornings when I would wake you to get you ready for school, make you breakfast, and drive you to school.
I miss the summers when we used to walk in the evening at Meadow Lake and in the winter go with you to the skating rink. I miss walking with you at Kensington Metro Park and the Picture National Park and reminding you to be quiet so the flies don’t wake up. I miss the weekends when we would take short trips to different parks and cities including Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston, and New York. Our trip to Europe was memorable.
Life was extremely painful for the last 20 years when I could not see you. But the two things that kept me going were hope and faith. I always dreamed that one day we would reconnect and enjoy life together.
My beloved son, with your death, my hope and dream came to an abrupt end. I felt lost in the wilderness trying to find my way.
Son, it is my promise to you that I will donate your inheritance to your foundation and I will devote all my strength to work on your foundation so no family will need to go through what you and I experienced.
The purpose of my life is now to visit you at your resting place, pray for you, and work on achieving the goals of your foundation. One day we will meet in a place where no one will ever separate us again.
You left me with so many beautiful memories.
Son, I need not say goodbye because you live in my heart and will always remain there till my last heartbeat.
I love and miss you,
Thank you for being my son,
Ghulam Qadir