JF Dammam unit holds 24th general meeting; Mansour Ali Ahmed elected president

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June 5, 2012

Dammam, June 5: The Dammam unit of Jam’iyyatul Falah organised its 24th annual general body meeting at Marhaba Restaurant in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

The annual report for the term 2011-2012 was presented by the General Secretary Mansour Ali Ahmed. First he briefed about Jam’iyyatul Falah to the audience, which literally represents an association meant for the welfare of less privileged brothers and sisters of the society, which came into existence in 1988.

During the term 2011-2012, Dammam unit had conducted 11 monthly meetings to discuss various aspects for the betterment of the community and prepared the road-map for fund-raising thru Cricket Tournament, Ramadan Kits and Family Get-Together. JF Dammam Unit had successfully organized the Cricket Tournament and Family Get-Together.

Treasurer Imtiaz Ahmed presented the annual financial reports of Dammam Unit for the year 2011-2012. This mainly highlighted the financial support given to various programs such as distribution of Ramadan Kit, Zakat, Fitra and Qurbani, Construction of community hall, Education for needy students, scholarship for students who are studying in higher schools and colleges.

In his presidential address, Munaf A. U. S. thanked the committee for giving him the second opportunity to lead JF Dammam Unit for the term 2011-2012. With all the good wishes and support from the Committee, was able to justify the role as President for given term. He expressed his appreciation and also thanked the committee of the term 2011-2012 for their enormous support which had strengthened Dammam Unit to lead in the direction of prosperity.

Hakeem Dowla, the chief guest of the occasion and the member of IISD’s managing committee lauded the activities of JF and voluntarily agreed to be the patron member of JF. Also, he thanked all the members of different organisations from Karnataka State for extending their support during the recent IISD’s managing committee election and assured that all the school related issues will be solved at its maximum level.

The certificate of excellence was awarded to the members to show them the appreciation for their enormous support rendered to JF Dammam Unit. The annual certificate was awarded to following members.

1. Outstanding Attendance Performance was awarded to 6 members for their regular attendance during the term 2011-2012 (1) Ashfaq MAK (2) Rasheed Vardara (3) Shahul Hameed (4) Mahmood Saad (5) Rasheed Vittal (6) Sajid Hussain.

2. Best Event Management for Cricket & Family Get-Together was awarded to Sharief Karkala.

3. Best Sports Management for Cricket was awarded to Mohammad Siraj.

4. Best Sports Management for Children’s Game during Family Get-Together event was awarded to Mohammad Wahid.

5. “Committee Member of the Year” was awarded to Shahul Hameed and Sharief Karkala for the fourth consecutive term for their consistent effort and support to Dammam Unit.

6. Outstanding Performance as Treasurer was awarded to Imtiaz Ahmed.

7. Outstanding Support to Dammam Unit was awarded to Mohammad Imran Karkala and Jamaluddin Kudroli.


Akhtar Shaikh, the Ameer of JF NRCC (Non-Resident Coordination Council) exhorted the Dammam unit to develop membership and influence youngster to join Jam’iyyatul Falah to take up the challenge in developing the community for its betterment. He further appreciated the achievements of Dammam Unit and congratulated all its members. Ameer’s presence had given a motivation to Dammam Unit.

General Secretary dissolved the present committee and the Election Officers from JF Jubail Unit (Mohammad Altaf and Saleem Udupi) and Akhtar Shaikh, as an election observer took the dais to conduct the Election. The New Committee of 44 members was formed for the Term 2012-2013. The Office Bearers were unanimously elected by the managing committee.

The Office Bearers for the Term 2012-2013.

1) Mansour Ali Ahmed : President

2) Mohammad Imran : Vice President

3) Bava Shabu Beary : Vice President

4) Jamaluddin Kudroli : General Secretary

5) Shafiqur Rahman : Joint Secretary

6) Imtiaz Ahmed : Treasurer

7) Shahul Hameed : Joint Treasurer & NRCC Rep.

8) Jamal Mohammad : Event Coordinator

9) Mohammad Siraj : Sports Coordinator

10) Hassan Bava : Organizing Secretary

11) Munaf A. U. S. : Advisor

12) Mahmood Saad Monu : Advisor

13) Ahmed Abbas : Advisor

14) Mohammad Sharief Sultan : NRCC Representative

The newly elected president, Mansour Ali Ahmed addressed the new committee and thanked all the members for showing confidence in him. Taking into consideration the support from the new and the outgoing committee, he assured to exhibit his role as President with better productivity with the ‘Vision of Success and Achievement’.

The senior-most member of Jam’iyyatul Falah Shahul Hameed took the opportunity to encourage the new committee to work with commitment, devotion, hard-work and determination. Jam’iyyatul Falah is growing day by day and new members should join hands to build a better community back home, he said.

The meeting commenced with the recitation of holy Quran by Abid Rukanduddin, who enlightened the importance of charity in Islam and called upon the people to help the needy in the community for its betterment and gain rewards from Allah, the Almighty. Jamaluddin Kudroli welcomed. Vote of thanks was proposed by Mohammad Imran. Mohammad Siraj compered the programme.

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He was a patron of Tulu and Kannada language and culture in United Arab Emirates. He was a member of various NRI organizations including UAE Tulu Koota and UAE Bunts

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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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Kerala Legislative Assembly's opposition leader & Congress leader, Ramesh Chennitthala inaugurated the campaign that was held at Voco Hotel in Riyadh, capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ramesh was on two days visit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Aboobakker Edthanatukkara (President of IICR), Abdul Qayyum Bustani, Kunhi Kumbala, Abdullah Vallanchira, Adv. Abdul Jaleel, Naushad Ali Kozhikode, Mujeeb Ali Thodigappulam, Muhammad Kutty Kadannamanna, Fasal Rahman City Flower, Mujeeb Irumbuzhi, Jaleel Alappuzha, Arafat & others were present on the occasion.

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