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
 - 
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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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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Media Release
July 25,2020

In a humanitarian gesture to help fellow citizens in distress, the first in the series of chartered 
flights arranged by Thumbay Group, UAE and the Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) Trust, 
Mangalore to repatriate stranded Kannadigas in the UAE took off from Ras Al Khaimah 
International Airport in the wee hours of 21st July 2020. The flight was fully occupied, with 186 passengers, all of them desperate to fly back to India for various reasons.

The initiative was conceived and implemented under the leadership of Dr. Thumbay Moideen - Founder President of Thumbay Group & Founder Patron of BCF and Dr. B K Yusuf, the 
President of BCF. The flight was organized on a purely charitable basis, with all necessary 
steps and precautions in place to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers. Thumbay Group assigned its fleet of buses to transport the passengers free of charge from their residences in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman to the airport. The organizers also provided free meals and refreshments to the passengers, in addition to PPE kits and face-shields distributed free of 
charges.

The passengers on the first flight included many elderly individuals, people with serious 
illnesses like heart-related health issues and diabetes, pregnant ladies and little children as well as people who had lost their jobs and those with expired visas. Dr. B K Yusuf – BCF President, Dr. Kaup Mohammed - BCF General Secretary, other office bearers of BCF, as well as Thumbay Group’s representatives Mr. Farhad C – Director of the Hospitality Division of 
Thumbay Group and Engr. Farwaz P. C. – COO of the Construction Division were present at 
the airport to see off the first group of passengers.

Commenting on the initiative, Dr. Thumbay Moideen said, “This joint initiative of Thumbay 
Group and BCF is to support our fellow Kannadigas desperate to fly back home. We are happy that we have been able to reach out to many of them, to help them fly home to their families. We thank the Governments of the UAE and India, and the Indian Consulate, Dubai, for their support in making this happen. In the coming days, many more stranded Kannadigas would be repatriated under this joint initiative.”
Dr. B K Yusuf thanked Dr. Thumbay Moideen and the office-bearers and members of BCF for 
their efforts to make the initiative a success.

“We are proud that this initiative has brought relief to many Kannadigas and their families today. BCF is grateful to Thumbay Group for its support and partnership for all our humanitarian programs for the support of the needy.”

Dr. Kaup Mohammed said that it was a matter of pride that the much-awaited Thumbay-BCF 
repatriation flight had been carried out successfully. “Measures have been taken to ensure the safety of the flight and its passengers throughout the journey,” he said. He also thanked all the social organizations including Bhatkal Jamath, BCCI, BWF, KCF, DKSC, Kodagu Kannadigas, 
Kannadiga Help Line, Dubai Konkans and KSS, for their support. He specially thanked Mr. 
Syed Hassan Razeen, the owner of ARISTOCRAT Travels for his support in the ticketing, 
boarding and related processes. On behalf of Milano Optics Group and Maxcare, free gift 
hampers were distributed to selected passengers.

The passengers were received at Mangalore airport under the leadership of Mr. Mumtaz Ali - patron of BCF and other distinguished personalities of Mangalore including Mr. Moidin Bava - former MLA, Mr U. T. Ifthikhar, Mr. S. M. R Rashid - President of BCCI central committee and many others. The passengers were transferred to the hotels where they had registered for the mandatory quarantine.

The second flight under this joint initiative is scheduled to take-off from Ras Al Khaimah airport to Mangalore on 24th July 2020. A few more similar repatriation flights are to soon follow, in the coming weeks.

 

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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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