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Jubail: Global Toastmasters Club holds New Year’s resolutions meet

Media Release
December 11, 2017

Al Jubail: Thursday, 7th December, 2017 was the day of celebration for well-known and reputed Global Toastmasters Club members and their families. The Global Members gathered to celebrate its last meeting of the term with 2018 new year’s resolution day. The proceedings began at 7:00pm at Grand Dunes Restaurant, Al Jubail.  Downtown.  

The meeting was opened by Sergeant at arms TM Syed Abbas, read out the mission of TMI. He then introduced the energetic Presiding Officer Madam Toastmasters Uzma Siddiqui, after her greetings and briefing, she welcomed the vibrant and dynamic Toastmaster of the day DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli to conduct the educational session of the evening. He revealed the meeting theme as ‘It’s our time’ and enlightened how we can utilize our precious time effectively and usefully to maintain our health as well as growth, subsequently he introduced the team of assignees to conduct the meeting with élan and ease.

Word master & Grammarian - MTM Madhura Nilesh, introduced the word of the day ‘Ebullient’, and explained its usage, General Evaluator- DTM Safare Mohammed conducted the evaluation session, Timer- TM Syed Abbas, Vote counter- TM Rajendra Singh. Two speeches were evaluated by DTM Aziz Siddiqui and TM Khalid Siddiqui. The table topics session was differed to provide ample time for workshop.

This meeting was a whooping success. It’s considered as 2018 New Year’s resolutions where celebration and education went together. With one advanced speech by presiding officer MTM Uzma Siddiqui and CC speech by MTM Zarin Abbas. Icing on the cake was, two informative workshops especially ‘How to prepare Humorous Speech’ and ‘How to tackle Table Topic’ were conducted by enthusiastic DTM Safare Mohammed and passionate DTM Aziz Siddique to prepare the members ready for upcoming contests.

The highlight of the meeting was the resolution for the year 2018. It’s a unique idea brought by TMOD. It’s was interesting to know that most of the members’ goal for the new year is to shed their weight with proper exercise, which showcased the health concern in growing among the members. At the end of the meeting, TMOD DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli gave tips on how to reduce the weight by a simple and easy to follow diet with a regular brisk walking of one hour.  

Both the madam speakers were considered the winners of the meeting for their stunning performance.  MTM Madura and TM Mesfer Al Saeed won the best resolution gift for their challenging yet achievable goals. 

Presiding officer thanked TMOD for conducting the event colorfully and adjourned the meeting with a bang.  Overall it was memorable evening with fun and education. A glimpse of the meeting can be found in the pics below:

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Aziz Ahmad Siddiqui
 - 
Monday, 11 Dec 2017

Dear DTM Shameer, 

It was a wonderful meeting. Once again you made it grand. It was good to know that you are moving back to your native for better. 

we will be missing you. All the very best dear.

Aziz Ahmad

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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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April 7,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter distributed Food Kits for Indian expatriates labors who were in trouble due to Corona lockdown on April 6, 2020 at a labor camp here in Al Khobar.

The labors, most of them are from the staes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh And Uttar Pradesh, were in trouble without food.

 Recieving the information leaders of Indian Social Forum immediately visited the camp to take survey.

Indian Social Forum with the help of donors distributed food kits. Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka Chapter president Mr.Mohammed Shareef Jokatte expressed gratitude for donors for their contribution.

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Muhammed Irshad
 - 
Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020

 

Really appreciated. Working for this cause during this critical situation is really great job.

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Media Release
August 9,2020

Kuwait City, Aug 9: Indian social forum organised Blood Donation Camp in association with central blood bank kuwait on Friday, 7th August 2020.

The forum organised camp to support the high demand of blood in the context of COVID-19.

All arrangements to maintain COVID-19 protocol were made in the camp including segregation of donors as branch wise batches along with strict safety measures of participants.

Forum also had donated blood to many patients during the lockdown period. 

Hundreds of people donated blood in the camp. The camp organised in Blood Bank, Jabriya was successfully managed by Dr. Asma Rafat and leaders of Indian social forum Vice President Aslam, Secretory Sayyid Bukhari Thangal, Moideen Koya, Khaleel, Aseem, Mohammed Sha, Shihab, Naushad,
Indian Social Forum expressed their deep appreciation and gratitude to the doctors, staff and management of blood bank, forum’s members and donors.



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