Saudi: heLPy Livelihood holds AGBM

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January 18, 2016

Dammam: heLPy Livelihood, a philanthropic organization conducted its second annual general body meeting at Rose Restaurant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on Jan 8, 2016 after Ishaa prayer.

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Master of the ceremony Br. Mohammed Riyaz opened the meeting with Islamic Greetings and invited the distinguished guests and its office bearers to the dais. The meeting commenced with the recitation of Holy Quran by Br. Shakir Mangalore who enlightened the importance of time in Islam and how to utilize and emphasized the audience to come forward and help the needy in the community for its betterment and gain rewards from Allah, the Almighty.

Honorable President Br. Sameer Ahmed welcomed all the members and guests in his welcome speech. He gave a brief explanation on heLPy and journey on how we progressed this year. In presidential speech, he thanked the committee for giving him the opportunity to lead heLPy for the term 2015. With all the good wishes and support from the Committee, he was able to justify the role as President for given term. He expressed his appreciation and also thanked the committee of the term 2015 for their enormous support which had strengthened the Unit to lead in the direction of prosperity. He further requested Br. Abdul Rafiq to brief the Bengare new Tailoring Centre Inauguration Ceremony.

Br. Abdul Rafiq brief the Inauguration ceremony of the center and expressed joy on how heLPy had succeeded in fulfilling its dream of helping the helpless. He explained the inauguration ceremony in details and also said that the locals were happy that heLPy selected Bengare for their initial project that the financially downtrodden families got a ray of hope through heLPy.

The annual report for 2015 was presented to attendees in a professional way by the General Secretary Br. Suneer Ahmed. He briefed about heLPy to the audience, which literally represents an association meant for the welfare of less privileged brothers & sisters of the society. He further briefed the activities and the achievements heLPy. His reports highlighted that the first and foremost priority in heLPy is given to all round development of the less privileged families in the community.

During the term 2015, heLPy had conducted 12 monthly meetings and 5-6 special meetings to discuss various aspects for the betterment of the community.

For the 2nd time in heLPy’s short history Treasurer Br. Abdul Khader Shaheer presented the annual financial reports of heLPy for the Year 2015 in details. This mainly highlighted the financial support given to Bengare new tailoring centre Project.

Br Mohidin Bava presented an Accolade Ceremonial further in a neat and auspicious way. He explained the importance of unity and charity of us to the helpless and needy people of our community. He enlightened the members of the reward we get of utilizing our time and effort in helping the helpless. He gave an emotional speech towards development of the Organization by young generation and helping needier. He also enlightened the importance of sadaqah and its rewards. Office bearers and executive members were honored for their excellent performance and dedication in 2015.

The existing committee was dissolved by the Office bearers. Br. Mohammed Fareed was appointed as the election controller. He professionally continued the election process and the following office bearers were selected for 2016 unanimously. The executive committee strength was increased this year for a number of 30 members.

The Office Bearers for the Term 2016
1) Mohidin Bava : President
2) Sameer Ahmed : Vice President
3) Suneer Ahmed : General Secretary
4) Asif Aramex : Joint Secretary
5) Abdul Khadar Shaheer : Treasurer
6) Munawar : Joint Treasurer
7) Mohammed Riyaz : Event Coordinator
8) Abdul Rafiq : Bengare Project Coordinator

The new-elected president, Br. Mohidin Bava had addressed the new committee and thanked all the members for showing confidence on new team and giving opportunity to lead main role for the term 2016. He appreciated the selfless and whole hearted job done by the Ex-President Br. Sameer and promised to maintain and try to take heLPy to a new stature by the grace of Almighty and with the continued support and cooperation from office bearers, executives, team members and well-wishers of heLPy.

A quiz competition was held by the event coordinator Br. Riyaz for the audience and children. Vote of thanks was proposed by General Secretary Br. Suneer Ahmed and on behalf of heLPy had expressed the gratitude to all the members and guests for their kind presence and congratulated the New Committee for their success in accomplishing all the future assignments of heLPy. Dinner was served at the end and the Annual General Body Meeting was dispersed with a Dua.

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Comments

Mohidin
 - 
Thursday, 21 Jan 2016

heLPy a prime example for team work, dedication and commitment. By the grace Almighty, dedicated members hard work and well wishers support heLPy achieved a lot in short period.

Muhyaddin asif
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Wednesday, 20 Jan 2016

Great year for HeLPy under able & dedicated leader
Good team effort

Muhyaddin asif
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Jan 2016

It was a great year for HeLPy , good team work under able & dedicated leader

sameer ahmad
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Wednesday, 20 Jan 2016

Wonderful team effort, made this event very sucessful. Keep going on and on

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Media Release
June 4,2020

Dr Soofi Anwar, Director Academics of University of Stirling RAK, UAE Campus, has achieved the prestigious professional recognition of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) UK. He has achieved this milestone through the Stirling Framework for Evidencing Learning and Teaching Enhancement (SFELTE), the Continuing Professional Development Framework (CPD) for learning and teaching at University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. 

He was recognized for this achievement on recently concluded virtual Learning & Teaching Conference-2020 organized by University of Stirling Campus in UK.  He has secured his Ph.D. in Management from University of Azteca, Mexico.

Dr. Soofi Anwar has over 20 years of experience in teaching and academic leadership at higher education level and has worked in leading universities in UAE, Bahrain and India. He was conferred the prestigious Middle East Education Leadership Award, as the Best Professor in Management-2018 in recognition of his academic excellence, exemplary leadership in higher education. Prior to his current role, he has worked on leadership position in Birla Institute of Technology Offshore Campus RAK.

He has completed his MBA from Dept. of Business Administration, Mangalore University in 1999 and his B. Com degree from Canara College Mangaluru.

He has published numerous research papers in management and in the area of teaching and learning in higher education in reputed academic journals and international conferences proceedings. He is a member of editorial board of two leading management journals and engaged in reviewing faculty research publications in the area of management and marketing. 

He is a son of Haji Abdul Khadar Kodijal and Mrs. Mariyamma from Konaje, Mangaluru.

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News Network
April 19,2020

Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) Chaiman Dr Sam Pitroda held video conference with senior IOC office bearers across Middle Eastern countries on 14th April 2020 to review the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among Indians residing in the region. Almost all speakers appreciated the efforts initiated and  implemented by  respective governments to contain spread of the deadly virus as well as measures taken towards welfare of the people affected by the lockdown. 

IOC Presidents, Mohammed Mansour - Bahrain, Abdullah Manjeri - Saudi Arabia, Dr J Ratan kunar - Oman and Girish kumar - Qatar, highlighted the quality treatment of patients and finacial aid provided by governments and other authorities. Bahrain IOC president Mansour , also  apprised about the 'Food for Needy' drive in Association with KHK Heroes foundation, initiated by HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and quality treatments as well as financial aid to local and expat residents.

Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

Dr Sam Pitroda briefed about sustained and consolidated efforts by all IOC members  during this unprecedented situation facing the world and assured that he would convey IOC  concerns to the government and try his best to ensure all possible help is made available to all needy Indians.

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Agencies
August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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