IFF Hajj volunteers gear up for service of Hajis

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October 2, 2012

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Dammam, October 2: The office bearers of India Fraternity Forum have said that all arrangements for the Hajj volunteer service for this year have been completed.

 

IFF has already begun their service and assistance to the Haj pilgrims at the Hajj terminal in Jeddah, Madina Airport and at the premises of both the Harams with the arrival of the first Hajj flight from India.

 

Dozens of trained volunteers from different Indian states speaking vernacular Indian languages have already started their service at the Haram premises.

 

Detailing about the major areas of this year's service, Ashraf Morayur at a media conference said that in Mina, during the busy days of Hajj rituals, IFF will be engaging more than 1000 volunteers to help and support the pilgrims there.

 

IFF has decided to expand their area of service as well as making further improvement in the quality of service of their volunteers, this year. The Indian Hajis would be able to avail the train facility at the holy sites and Forum will engage adequate number of volunteers to assist the Hajis at the railway stations. Besides, this year, more volunteers from women's fraternity forum will be serving in Mina, as many enthusiastic and dedicated expatriates have expressed their willingness to join the service team with their counterparts.

 

To co-ordinate the volunteer service, IFF has set up an advisory board with Shafeeq Rahman Shareef, a social worker from Bangalore has been selected as its Chairman and a 35 member strong body of doctors, paramedics, IT professionals and engineers representing various Indian states, as its executive committee members.

 

IFF also selected Mohammed Iqbal Chemban, Kerala (Chief Coordinator), Moihyuddin Karnataka (Vice Coordinator), Mohammed Yaser (General Captain), Sheikh Abdullah – Tamil Nadu ( Vice Captain), Jasfar Kannur, Mohammed Siraj Mumbai (Logistics), Mohtisham Habeebullah Bangalore (Medical Support), Kabeer Kondotty (Media) Al AmanAhmed, Tamil Nadu (Finance) as heads of the concerned departments to ensure smooth functioning.

 

Since many years IFF is well supported by the consulate of India and Indian Pilgrim Welfare Forum (IPWF) and Saudi government authorities, World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) in serving the guests of Allah. This year, Forum will be engaging more volunteers in Arafat and on the border of Arafa – Musdalifa and in Azeezia to serve the pilgrims,  as part of implementing the suggestions from the performance review of service during last year.

 

Mohtisham Habeebullah (Bangalore), Abdul Ghani, Mohammed Iqbal (Kerala), Mujahid Pasha (Northern States) Al Aman Ahmed (Tamil Nadu), Ashraf Morayur and Kabeer Kondotty were presented in the press meet.


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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.

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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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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.

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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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The family members of the deceased thanked and applauded the leaders and all the members of QISF for their effective and on time humanitarian service rendered even in this pandemic crisis and having no bias.

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