Riyadh: Khidmah Foundation hosts annual family get-together

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May 17, 2017

Riyadh: Khidmah Foundation Riyadh Unit (KF) hosted a unique 4th Annual Family get together Event at AL Rushd Resorts, Riyadh on 4th May 2017.

Mr. Shahbaz Hajika was the master of the ceremony for the event. Janab Abdul Gafoor Shaikh Basrur briefed in his presentation goals and achievements of our activities back home so far. A detailed projection for the year 2017-18 was also presented.

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A record turn-out of guests gathered at this event. Sole intention of the program was to bring all likeminded socio-community welfare organizations from coastal districts of Karnataka under one roof. KF Riyadh got support from various organizations of the coastal districts of Karnataka like – Jamiatul Falah, Karavli Association, DKMO, Hidaya Foundation, DKSC, Panorama, BSMI, Bantwal, Bhatkal, Murdeshwar, Manki, Tonse Welfare Association, Al Huda Foundation, Karnataka Salafi Association, Nasratul Masakeen, Honnavar and other surrounding Jamaaths.

There were plenty of special attractions on the event. Jet Airways and Air India has provided 2 One way tickets to India as gift vouchers among the audience. Joy Alukkas also provided special gift vouchers and apart from these there were plenty of lucky winners. Alif International School Riyadh conducted a special drawing competition for children below 5 years of age and the winners were awarded with attractive prizes. Exir Polyclinic had placed their medical camps to perform normal checkups for the public in the event.

The meeting commenced with the recitation of the holy Quran and translation by Mohammed Nasrullah Kandlur. The program was immediately followed by the presentation by Janab Abdul Gafoor Shaikh Basrur. The chief guest of the event was Janab Uzair Malik Falahi. He iterated that the best of the sadaqa (work of charity) is to offer water to the thirsty. Janab Uzair saab reminded all the audience that each and every act of kindness is charity and that one needs to be down to earth and be kind and spread the message of Almighty God.

The Special attraction of the event was the felicitation program hosted by the 2 Intellectual personalities from Bhatkal and Murdeshwar Jamaath (Dr. Zaheer & Dr. Wasim) respectively to a couple Myrose Pushpalatha & her husband working in king abdulaziz hospital for an act of humanity shown towards the case of Brother Abubackar Makde. A token of appreciation was handed over by the president of Bhatkal & Murdeshwar Jamaath (Janab Najjaf Bhatkal & Janab Ashfaque Koteshwar) respectively. Dr. Zaheer took over to convey some beautiful message to the audience which was well acknowledged by the public who were seated at the event. One needs to always place humanity above all at all the times. It’s this act of kindness that the world is yearning for at this time of hardship.

An Islamic book stall was in place at the event on behalf of Al Huda Foundation where free Islamic books were distributed to all the people including non-Muslims to take benefit and better understanding of the peaceful religion portraying the peaceful message of brotherhood.

Various games such as tug of war, Volley Ball were conducted for Men under the supervision of Janab Imtiaz Hemmady. Games were also conducted for Kids and ladies as well. The mouthwatering food was served by Bhatkal Caterers and all the public seemed to have loved the taste.

Finally, KF President Janab Yaseen Shirur offered some valuable talk and concluded the stage event with vote of thanks. He thanked all the KF Volunteers for making the event a successful one with weeks of preparation and dedication. He also thanked the executive committee members Dammam, Organizing committee members, General Members, All the representatives of various other organizations of coastal district of Karnataka including guests, sponsors of the program. Event Managers Abdussalam Moulana and Fazlur Rehman Kolkar had compered the complete program.

Khidmah Foundation is a non-governmental organisation, formed for the development of the society and other needy communities across all towns and villages of Kundapur taluk. It strives towards sustainable development, reducing poverty, education, medical aid, self-employment & training, disaster relief and emergency response. Khidmah Foundation operates from Riyadh and Dammam having a dedicated group of samaritan brothers in India to accomplish the ground level activities.

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Media Release
June 24,2020

The Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC), Bahrain, has charted aircrafts to repatriate stranded expatriates to India. 

Boby Parayil, General Secretary, OICC National Committee, Bahrain has thanked all those who supported in this cause.

“The aircrafts were not licensed and were in crisis until the last minute. Finally, Mohammed Mansoor, president of Bahrain chapter of Indian Overseas Congress approached IOC Middle East in charge Dr Arathi Krishna, who helped get permission to operate flight to Kozhikode,” he said in a release. 

All mandatory approvals from the Foreign Ministry of Affairs and other government officials were accomplished by Dr Arathi Krishna. OICC has expressed gratitude to her for her timely support, he said. 

OICC is also grateful to former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy for doing necessary arrangements to get all the approvals for flight landing in Kerala, he added.

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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
May 30,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter organized a "Live along with COVID-19" webinar on 29 May 2020 in association with HealthCare Polyclinic, Dammam.

The webinar at Zoom App. featured over 150+ resident Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia's eastern and neighboring provinces.

Dr. Shailendranath made a presentation on the program and gave useful information. Indian Social Forum Dammam, Karnataka Chapter President Sharif Joktake delivered the keynote address. General Secretary Irshad Jokatte stalled the program.

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