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Mangalureans in Riyadh come together at KMYA Iftar meet

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June 25, 2016

Riyadh: Around 500 Mangalureans, including women and children, took part in Iftar meet 2016 conducted by Katipalla Muslim Youth Association (KMYA) Riyadh at Alwaha resort in exit 16 in Riyadh recently.

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KMYA Riyadh has been organizing Iftar parties for the last 8 years and it is a quite familiar and sought after program among the Mangalurean Muslims living in Riyadh.

After iftar, Haafiz Jasim Bashir lead the magrib prayer. Janab Parvez Ali, President of KMYA presided over the formal program and welcomed the guests. In a short speech Janab Mohammed Kotekar explained the importance of fasting and do’s and don’ts” in Ramadan.Sulaiman Rahiman, Chairman of Iftar Committee, thanked members and Iftar committee for their relentless support to carry out this Iftar Meet 2016 successfully.

KMYA is a non-profit social and community organization that came into existence in 1989 mainly for catering the educational needs of and supporting for the needy and poor families of the community in Katipalla and neighboring places. Keeping the socio-educational conditions of the village in view, the birth-pang of community services of Katipalla youths in Saudi Arabia delivered the Association, and named it as KMYA, with its wing in Dammam also. Despite that, KMYA has done other services and works for the welfare of the community, especially the poor section of Muslim society.

Abdul Aziz PS, Shabeer AK, Vice presidents KMYA, AbdulJabbar, General Secreatary KMYA and Executive members Ameeruddin Hassan, T A Khader, Rafi Ali, Ashpak Ahmed, Sulaiman Rahiman, Saif Mahin, Mohammed Haneef P.M., S. Imtiyaz, Hussain Shafi,P.H. Mohiuddin, Basheer Ahmed, Zubair S.U. were present on the venue.

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Zakir
 - 
Sunday, 26 Jun 2016

Congratulations to KMYA President Mr. Parvez Ali and members. Great job and keep going!

Abdul Qayyoom
 - 
Sunday, 26 Jun 2016

Masha Allah KMYA very well organised Iftan Meet contineousley success 8th year to Riyadh Mangaluriens.
May Allah Almighty accept your all good deeds and shower his blessing in month of Holy Ramadhan - Aameen

Mohammed A.M.
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Saturday, 25 Jun 2016

Jazzakallah khair brothers. We appreciate all your good deeds.it is always a pleasure attending kmya events. Great team work.

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: An elderly cardiac patient from Dakshina Kannada, who was stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lock-down, has finally reached his homeland thanks to the timely intervention by Humanity Forum Jubail and Indian Social Forum.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

Meanwhile, one of the relatives of the patient, Ansari Suratkal, who happens to be a DKSC activist, brought the issue to the notice of the Karnataka unit of the Indian Social Forum in Dammam. ISF contacted Humanity Forum president Zakariya Jokatte, who helped the patient to speak directly union minister D V Sadananda Gowda in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com.

Humanity Forum also persuaded the Indian Embassy to allow the stranded cardiac patient to fly back to India through Dammam-Bengaluru repatriation flight on May 20. 

However, it was not easy for the patient to travel from Madinah to Dammam International Airport due to lock-down and curfew. ISF not only obtained travel permission for him but also arranged vehicle. Jeddah and Riyadh units of ISF helped in obtaining permission letter in their respective places in spite of travel ban imposed by the police. Madinah unit of ISF arranged vehicle for transportation. Zakariya Jokatte bore the air ticket and other expenses of the patient.

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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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May 2,2020

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) organized Blood Donation Camp at Latifa Hospital, Oud Mehta Dubai on April 23rd, 2020 in association with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and with support from Community Development Authority (CDA) Government of Dubai.

Blood Donation Drive started in the morning at 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Around 48 people participated in this drive and donated blood to support the Dubai Blood Bank.

A potential shortage of blood for transfusions has been occurred due to a significant reduction in voluntary blood donations during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The current pandemic, health services are now running with shortages of blood availability. To support the DHA Blood Bank KSCC taken initiative to ensure that blood donations continued and are safe for both the donor and the recipient.

After taking safety precaution and safe distance during the blood donation donors feeling happy and honored to participate and donate blood at this pandemic situation. Club Manager Mr. Mohammad Shafi was also present during this event.

KSCC appreciated all the blood donors and be grateful to Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Community Development Authority (CDA), and Government of Dubai for their association for this event. They also thanked the volunteers and supporters.

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