Khidmah Foundation holds mega family get-together in Saudi Arabia

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June 11, 2014

Riyadh, Jun 11: Khidmah Foundation, a charity organization of NRIs in Saudi Arabia, organized a massive family get-together on June 5, at Al-Rushd Istarah Ext 8 -Dammam Road, wherein hundreds of people from different parts of India and the sub-continent took part.

Dr. Parvez Kaisar from Ministry of Health, Shaikh Inamullah, an Islamic scholar, Haroon Rashid, former Principal, Bhatkal Anjuman College, were among the guests. Ansar Shaikh, Ibrahim Bedre, Mohammed Jaffer Kolkar were also on the stage.

Immediately after the ‘Isha’ prayers, families started thronging to the istarah / hall. The event was launched by Fazlu Rahman Kolkar and Abdul Fatha MH recited the verses of holy Quran.

There was something for everyone at the venue. Children aged between 3 to 8 years were enthusiastic and walked gently with their prizes just after reciting few verses from the holy Quran. A variety of programmes were conducted including Qirath competition, general knowledge quiz, athletics and group games for boys and girls. Adventurous games for men like tug-of-war, volleyball, cricket etc were organized. A large number of participation was witnessed for all the games, which were volunteered and supervised by professional players.

While children and men were enjoying the games set for them, women were enjoying the break from their usual schedule. They were so engrossed in their games and activities that at one point they were reluctant to even have a break from the games.

Mohammed Yaseen Shiroor and Mohammed Sayeed Mali briefed on the future planning, vision and goals of Khidmah Foundation.

Abdussalam Moulana, Abu Mohammed Moulana, Ansar Shaikh, Kolkar Jaffer, Fazlu Rahman Kolkar, Ibrahim Bedre, Zakariyah Khalifa, Haneef Basroor, Aslam Koya, Sulaiman Kodi, Jeelan Khalifa, Abdul Gafoor Nagoor, Abu Mohammed Kundapur, put in a lot of effort to make this event successful. Mohammed Imtiyaz Hemmadi was relentlessly announcing the KF activities and the sponsors’ names. Imtiyaz Shiakh Kundapur, Najeeb MH, Abdul Gafoor Basroor, Jelaani Khalifa, was responsible for the reception.

Abu Mohammed Moulana , Haneef Kundapur, Abdul Salaam, Liyaqath Basroor, were in charge of the food section. Irfan Nagoor and Faik Shiroor were in charge of tea stall. Althaf Basroor, Aslam Raja were responsible for gate. Toufeeque shaikh, Jaffer Shiakh, Riyaz Masni, Imtiyaz Hemmadi, Ashraf Koteshwar, Shahid Kolkar, Nasrullah Shaikh, Abdul Rawoof Nagoor, Kauseef conducted many sports event for men and children.

There were prizes for Islamic and general quiz ladies side, sports events and also there was a raffle draw for major prizes.

The event was held under the guidance of the Fazlu Rahman kolkar and supervision by brother Abdussalam moulana.

Khidmah Foundation is a non-profit and charitable organization formed with an aim to meet all social needs of weaker section in the community and to create an avenue for charity, aimed at achieving various programmes, which spotlight mainly on the community services and developments, women empowerment and children development, socio-educational and health care programmes in the socially and economically backward areas of the Kundapur Taluk, stated a press release issued by the organizers.

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Media Release
June 1,2020

Kuwait: Eid is usually a time of family get-togethers and feasts after weeks of dawn-to-dusk fasting. But this year people celebrated at home, with virus fears dampening the holiday spirit and strict restrictions in place.

Kuwait went under full curfew before the start of Ramadan leaving people to practice fasting and Ramadan rituals at home, Even Eid al-Fitr came under full lock-down period.

As situation demanded, IMA Kuwait celebrated the Eid Get-together online via video conferencing tool, All IMA members participated joyfully in Eid Milan online gathering which was scheduled immediately after Eid prayer. Members participated and congratulated each other on the eve of Eid.

The IMA president Shamvel Parviz addressed the gathering and thanked them for joining online for this unique Eid celebration which will be remembered in history. He also advised members to be aware of conditions of neighbors, friends and family and assist them if they need help in this difficult time.

Eid al-Fitr follows weeks of fasting and marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Thousands of Muslims all over Kuwait followed strict guideline and performed Eid prayer at home along with their family.

As a part of social service activities IMA also distributed ration kits before start of Ramadan and during Ramadan for needy people all over Kuwait.

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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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P A Hameed Padubidri
February 24,2020

Riyadh, Feb 24: Indian Islahi Center, Riyadh (IICR) kicked off the propagation campaign of "Learn the Quran" national conference, which is slated to be held on March 27, 2020 at Nofa Istiraha, Exit 18, Riyadh, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. It's IICR's 20th successful program.

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.

The objective of the campaign is to instil the keenness & to keep creating the continuous awareness amongst the community on Quran. It also enables to recite the Quran with Tajweed (science of reading the Quran) & correct form.

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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