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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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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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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March 2,2020

Abu Dhabi: Yogish Prabhu K is the newly elected president of Abu Dhabi’s prestigious India Social & Cultural Centre (ISC) and he will serve for the period 2020-2021. ISC’s annual general body meeting and Election for 2020 were held on Thursday, February 27 and the election results of the election were announced during the early hours of Friday, February 28th morning.

In the keenly contested election, Yogish Prabhu emerged victorious. Humble origin and hailing from a small town of Karkala from Udupi district of Karnataka state has never deterred him from setting challenging goals. He belongs to a well-known Gouda Saraswat Brahmin family of K.V.Prabhu Coconut oil mill in Karkala. He is the eldest son of Late Rtn. Krishna Prabhu and Rtn. Bharati Prabhu.  His father and grandfather were freedom fighters who left a profound impression on him and their ideology “serving people is like worshiping God” (Jana seveye Janardhana seve) inspired and guided his life ever since. Prabhu has been a privilege member of ISC since 2003 and has been actively involved in ISC activities throughout. His relationship with ISC spans over 2 decades during which he has immensely contributed in many ways to ISC and the Indian community at large. A banker by profession, Yogish Prabhu is currently working as Vice President, Group Finance & Treasury, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB).

With some new initiatives in his mind, Prabhu wants to creatively improve the quality of ISC’s services, its humanitarian impact as well as the diversity of its membership. His intentions are always to help everyone irrespective of caste, creed, religion, language or status. As a new elected President of ISC, Prabhu’s main objective is to strategically plan and implement his vision through his ABC 5 Year Plan i.e.,

A-    Accountability & Transparency,

B-    Build a Sound Financial Plan and

C-    Compassion & Affection for the needy

so that ISC is recognized not just in UAE, but worldwide as a mascot of the great Indian community.

Prabhu thinks “as individuals, we can do only so much but with the support of Elected ISC Committee members and all the ISC members together, there is no limit to what we can achieve, and in the process, we can truly transform the ISC”. He proudly says, “I have a strong treasury management experience in ISC as well as in the bank which we need now more than ever”.

With his dynamic leadership, sheer dedication and ambition, ISC will definitely be scaling new heights of glory and prestige in Abu Dhabi and beyond. His humble nature, leadership qualities coupled with his rich administrative experience will surely help boost ISC’s popularity and meet its challenging goals and can serve people in a better way and contribute to the Indian community at large.

Yogish Prabhu has been married for 28years. His wife Chethana Prabhu Kasaragod too has been equally active in ISC and continuously supporting and participating in various sports, entertainment and literary committees throughout these years. She became ISC Women’s Forum Convener in 2016-2017. Their daughter, Aarti Prabhu is an IT Engineer from NITK Suratkal, working in Bangalore. Son, Ajith Prabhu finished his Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Management in Industrial Design in Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK and at present doing his internship there. Both Aarti and Ajith are alumni of Abu Dhabi Indian School and both have represented National level CBSE Badminton meet. Also, Aarti was a Gold medalist in the school for scoring 100 in Mathematics in SSLC.

Following are few of his contributions and achievements:

•          Hon. Asst. Treasurer of ISC for consecutive years from 2005 till 2007

•          Hon. Treasurer of ISC in 2011.

•          Member of Finance Committee of ISC new infrastructure and premises from approval till completion.

•          In 2016, initiated the participation of ISC members as officials for International Yoga Day organized by Indian Embassy

•          In 2017, initiated the participation of children as officials to help the organizers so that children could learn their social responsibility and become good citizens.

•          In 2012, initiated ladies throw ball tournament in ISC and now it is extended to men too.

•          Member of IPEF since its inception in 2014. Also served as its Governing board member in the same year.

•          Founder member of ‘UAE GSB group’ since its formation in 2004

•          Committee member of ‘Gandhi Sahitya Vedi’ Abu Dhabi

•                    Treasurer of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha

•          Head of Finance and member of other committees of ‘World Tulu Convention’ held in Dubai - 2018

 

Election was held for other Posts too. The other office bearers elected to the present committee are:

Vice-President: George Varghese.

General Secretary: Jojo J Ambooken

Asst.Gen.Secretary: C. George Varghese

Treasurer: Shijil Kumar N K

Entertainment Secretary: Jayapradeep K P

Literary Secretary: Elias Padavetty

Sports Secretary: Freddi J. Fernandes

Secretary Southern Region: Raja Srinivasa Rao Aita

Auditor: G.N.Sasikumar

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