DK, Udupi Sahebaan community in Abu Dhabi organizes excursion

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December 4, 2015

Abu Dhabi: The Sahebaan Community hailing from the districts of DK and Udupi, organized a day long picnic for the community members at Al Wathba Park, Abu Dhabi on Friday 27th November 2015.

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The event turned out to be a grand success, with over 350 community members of all age groups and from all over UAE participating with great enthusiasm and enjoying the day which was filled with fun and games.

The members of the community enthusiastically assembled at the venue early in the morning and were treated to a hearty round of breakfast and tea.

The event began with Janab Suhail Kudroli welcoming all the community members. The games were kick started by Janab Mohammed Asif. To ensure that each and every member takes active participation, all attendees were provided with colored bands thus grouping them into four teams based on the color Red, Yellow, Green and Blue.

This inculcated Team spirit and networking amongst all the participants. To break the ice a warm up game of dodge ball was conducted for ladies and gents separately. All the games were played on points system and based on their performance the points were allocated. The group with the maximum accumulated points at the end of the day would be declared the winner.

Various fun filled team games were conducted throughout the day for Gents such as passing the Ball, Passing the rope, T-Shirt passing and Tug of War, but the Star attraction was the Dizzy bat race which was played again by popular demand.

For ladies games such as Hoola Hoop, Passing the Ball, bursting the balloon, Quiz and Tug of War was conducted. The kids were segregated under two age groups i.e. 3 yrs – 7yrs & 8yrs – 13yrs. Various games such as three legged race, lemon and spoon, Musical Hoola Hoop, Sack race and running race was conducted. The games were thoroughly enjoyed by all with active participation and it turned out to be a memorable picnic.

The entire picnic was efficiently planned and coordinated by Althaf M.S., Ajmal Ahmed, Mohammed Akram, Mohammed Hanif, Faizaan Khateeb, Saleem Sheik and Mohammed Yunus under the direction and guidance of Janab Siraj Ahmed, Mohammed Asif, Suhail Kudroli and and Yunus Sheik. Volunteers such as Amjad Khalife, Mohammed Iqbal, Mohammed Javid and Mohammed Azim aptly assisted Team Sahebaan in conducting the event.

The ladies events was planned and coordinated by Reena Althaf, Shamshad Sajid, Mrs Asmath Ara Ajmal, Shadman Zubair, Safia Hanif and Mubeena Rafiq under the guidance of Mrs. Samreen Suhail and Aneesa Yunus. The Kids events were managed by Anushka Yunus, Meenaz Nazir, Afroze Mustafa, Reeha Althaf and Aida Ajmal.

A sumptuous lunch was served by Indian Palace Restaurant (Sharjah), the morning breakfast was catered by M/s Spice land and the audio system was provided by Mr. Joel of Abu Dhabi.

Prominent Sahebaan Community members such as Janab Abu Mohammed, Zubair Aziz, Rizwan Aziz, Mr. Zahiruddin, Mr. Mateen Ahmed and Mrs Dilshad Nissar Ahmed graced the occasion. The picnic concluded with prize distribution to the various winners and gifts to the child participants.

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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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August 6,2020

Dubai, Aug 6: Non-resident Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dewakara Alva passed away on Thursday August 6. He was 63.

Alva, who hailed from Mangaluru, was the director of Federal Insurance Brokers LLC, Dubai and was residing in Dubai for around four decades. He was reportedly suffering from health problems for last few months. 

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

Alva is survived by wife Saritha, daughter Powshali, and son Manal.

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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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