ICC One Communication Championships 2018 a grand success

Media Release
November 19, 2018

Doha: The much awaited annual speech contests – the ICC One Communication Championships 2018 – were a resounding success with the grand finale at the Radisson Blu Hotel.

In the adult’s inspirational speech segment, Joseph Amande was crowned the Champion with speech title ‘Stand Tall’. He inspired the audience to accept themselves and not let others pull them down.

The 2nd place Winner, Anupama Kasibhatla, in her speech ‘Behind the scenes’ reminded the audience that in life, the people who support from backstage need to be recognized as much as the performers on the mainstage of life.

The 3rd place Winner, Nisha Shivram, in her speech ‘Redirections’ motivated the audience to accept rejections in life as redirections to better opportunities.

The Adults Humorous Champion was Chandrashekhar Dudhe who gave hilarious anecdotes on stress during contests. 2nd place Winner Rajini Naren spoke humorously on her dark complexion. The 3rd place Winner, Sheik A.K Malik, joked about his wife’s cooking skills.

The Juniors speech contests showcased confident teenagers with vibrant oratory skills. In the Humorous speech contest, Alfredo R. Sanchez III, representing Phillipine School Doha, was the Champion for his humorous speech ‘My Asian Mom’ wherein he spoke about his mom’s disciplining techniques. The 2nd place Winner, Sara George, represented Zeal Gavels club and spoke on the topic ‘Dare to be different’. The 3rd place Winner Lisa Eliz Mathew, representing American School of Doha, spoke on the topic ‘Genius by Mistake’ where she gave hilarious accounts of her mistakes.

In the Junior Inspirational speech contest, the Champion’s trophy went to Helmin Jinoz representing ICC EVES Gavels Club. In his speech titled ‘kick it down’, he exhorted the audience to nurture a childlike curiosity within themselves. 2nd place Winner Saanvi Sudesh represented Birla School Gavel Club and the theme of her speech was ‘life may be hard, but we are better off than many others’. The 3rd place went to Leah Susan Mathew, also representing American School Doha who spoke on facing fears.

ICC ONE has been conducting this event for the past 15 years as a token of its social commitment towards promoting public speaking in Qatar. Participation in the Adults category is open to all residents above 18yrs of age and in the Juniors category, all schools and gavel clubs are invited to send one participant each in both categories. Eliminations are conducted one month prior to the Finale and six finalists vie for the Champions trophy.

At the glittering Prize Distribution Ceremony the Trophies and Prizes were given away by Mr. C.K.Krishnan from Doha Bank, Ms.Batool Alasker of Abu Issa Holding, Mr.Virendra Agarwal of IYC World Soft Infrasructure, Mr.Shivesh Choudhary of Ultimate Trading & Contracting, CA Suresh of AlMirqab Facilities Management and Mr.Sonny Varghese &Mr.Rajeswar Sundaresan of the Toastmasters.

There was a complimentary Lucky Draw for all attendees followed by a sumptuous dinner.

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Media Release
April 16,2020

Dammam: President of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Mr.Wasim Rabbani urged immediate intervention of Indian government to help Non Residential Indians who are in trouble due to corona pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

He said in a press rease that expatriate Indians are in concern  as number of corona infected people and  deaths are increasing in danger level.

Hea said, "the Saudi health minister's statement a few days ago indicates that the situation in Saudi needs to be taken more seriously with precautionary methods. There are concerns among expatriates because the number of people infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths reported in various provinces are increasing at an alarming rate."

"Saudi Government and Health Ministry are taking excellent precautionary measures, however, in the coming days expect to see the number of cases to increase in Saudi Arabia. The Indian government needs to take diplomatic and immediate intervention to ensure the treatment of Indian expatriates considering the number of effected people increasing", He said.

He also urged that the Embassy and the Government of India should ensure qaurantiane faculty for Indian expatriates and arrange special low cost flights to bring back expatriates who would like to return home country.

" Government of India and Indian embassy need to intervene immediately to ensure that the quarantine system is in place for Indian expatriates as the facilities in the rooms where the residents are staying together are very limited. There should also be a mechanism to organize low-cost flight services for expatriates who are ready to go home. The government system should also be able to accommodate the expatriates in special quarantine areas in hometown as soon they arrive in India", he urged.

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Media Release
February 4,2020

On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF), Karnataka State organized a blood donation camp in Doha Qatar, in association with Hamad Medical Corporation on 31st January 2020, Friday.

At first, QISF Karnataka State Vice President, Ziaul Huq welcomed the guests, dignitaries and blood donors.

The Blood Donation Camp was inaugurated by ICC President Mr. Manikantan A P who was the Chief guest. In his inaugural speech, he emphasized that, Service to humanity is service to God. By donating the blood, not only we save the lives, but we get blessings also. He also said that punctuality is the key factor in these type of events and should be incorporated by all of us.

QISF Central Committee President, Sayeed Komachi highlighted the necessity and importance of donating the blood and assured QISF a socio cultural organization will always be ready for this noble cause.

Dr. Vishwantha Kini, a well known Radiologist in HMC motivated the donors.

The camp was started at    7.00 A M and ended at 5.30 PM in which 146 people donated the blood out of 185 people registered.

SKMWA President Abdul Majeed and Dr. Haroon from Asian Medical Centre, who were also the Guests in the programme praised the initiative and efforts of QISF. 

QISF Central Committee Vice President Salam Kunnamal, General Secretary Basheer Ahmed, Northern States President Fasiuddin, QISF State and Branch Committee members Lathif Madikeri, Zakariya Pandeshwar, Saleem Bangadi, Mujeebulla Khan, Nayeem Belapu, Ibrahim UB, Toufeeq, Anwar Angargundy, Rizwan Kalladka, Asif Bannur, Imtiyaz Karnad, Jaleel Kalladka, Haneef Montepadav, Rafiq Uppinangady and other members were present during the programme.

The program was presided and concluded by QISF Karnataka State President Nazeer Pasha.

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Fasi
 - 
Thursday, 6 Feb 2020

Great job, this will save many lives. Hats off to QISF for this wonderful event on the occasion of Rebulic Day celebration. 

Zameer
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Feb 2020

Well done qisf...again u did a great work by collecting blood to serve humanity...qosf is a second word for humanity!!

Hassan
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Feb 2020

 

Masha Allah. Good Job done by QISF

 

 

 

 

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Media Release
January 27,2020

Riyadh: On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN on the 17th Jan 2020 at KING SAUD Universities King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh. 

This is one of KWARs Prestigious Humanitarian EVENT every year, as we are indebted to serve the society for a Great Cause.

The campaign began at 08:30 am with a theme of Republic Day Celebrations and went on till 3:30 pm. Irrespective of Friday being a weekend and holiday people came in good numbers to donate Blood. The Hospital Staff, The Doctors and the Blood Bank Technicians and others at King Khalid University Hospital were more than happy to serve all those who have participated in this campaign.

KWAR Thanks all the Hospital Staff especially Mr. Salman Baqsh for his introduction of KWAR to Blood Bank and all the arrangements for this campaign, without his support this could not been done. Dr. Zafar Mahmoud for his wonderful support during the campaign and Mr. Abdullah Al Saman for his outstanding Hospitality throughout the campaign. KWAR also thanks all the donors who came all the way voluntarily for this Great Humanitarian Cause. As a token of gesture KWAR awarded Certificate of Appreciation to all the participants.

And KWAR would like to thank specially Mr. Nasir, Representative of Blood Helpline Karnataka, who encouraged many donors and made them to actively participate and donate blood for this noble cause.

KWAR’s core activities was on display on the screen, with most of the Committee members were present at the venue to serve the donors. KWAR thanks all the members, the Executive committee and all those who took their valuable time to organize this event successfully and thank all our well-wishers who supported us for the BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN. We in KWAR wish every Donor and the participants a healthy life ahead, and we need everyone's active participation in all our Future events.

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