Grand event marks silver jubilee celebration of Jam'iyyatul Falah Dammam

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May 1, 2013

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Dammam, May 1: The silver jubilee celebration of Dammam Unit of Jam’iyyatul Falah attracted a large number of Indian expatriate families and singles mainly from coastal Karnataka. The twilight programme organised at Hala Istirah in Dammam recently brought a festive mood among the crowd.

The celebration of Jam’iyyatul Falah’s silver jubilee event showed up a huge gathering with more than 1200 participants from different provinces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The event gave a wonderful opportunity to bring together the spirit of Mangalore to create an environment of festivity and discover the amazing native atmosphere of Mangalore.

It was a radiant and enjoyable social event of one of the distinguished society of Mangalore diaspora arranged by the charitable organization Jam’iyyatul Falah (JF). The event had marked the completion of 25 years which reflected the devotion and hard-work in all the members attached with the organisation.

“We feel proud today to be known as the mother of all organizations,” said president of JF Dammam unit Mansour Ali Ahmed in his presidential remarks. “Jam’iyyatul Falah has been an inspiration to many organizations to serve the community through various programmes in different villages and towns. The 25 years of dedication and commitment has influenced the community to understand the importance of education with its slogan ‘Education is the Key to Success’. I thank all the existing organizations for extending their valuable service for the betterment of the community,” he said.

The celebration commenced with recitation of the Holy Quran by Mohammad Ishaq. The evening was filled with fun and frolic, Quran recitation competition for children in the age group of 4 to 13 years. The competition was judged by Mohammad Ishaq, P Abdul Hameed and Mushtaq Ahmed. The programme was compered by Abdul Munaf. A quiz competition for adults and other games for children offered a great reason for the audience to enjoy the fabulous evening, which carried together the spirit and essence of Karnataka.

A felicitation ceremony was held for two senior members for their humble and modest contribution to JF for the last 25 years. A plaque of appreciation was presented to P Abdul Hameed and Shahul Hameed by NRCC Ameer Akhtar Shaikh and executive member of Mangalore Corporation unit Mushtaq Ahmed respectively.

The entire evening was filled with exciting games for boys and adults, organized by Ismail and Siraj. Several games for children were organized by Mohammad Wahid and team. Attractive prizes were presented to all the winners. All prizes were sponsored by the event chairman Mohammad Hussain Araki.

Several kiosks offered food and beverages which attracted and pulled the crowd with their appetizing aroma to taste the sample of their new products. The most attractive kiosk of the evening was the tea stall managed by executive members of Dammam unit Hamza Kana, Imran Karkala and Irfan Karkala. The stall offered different types of tea including Dum ki Chai, Masala Chai and Sada Chai, and kept the crowd satisfied with the traditional Indian sweet ‘Jalibee’.

All activities were conducted under Islamic environment and the event had a book stall displaying the publications of Darrusalam. The famous Jumuah magazine, Shanthi Prakashana and Salafi displayed their Islamic books which many purchased to add to their collection.

The mouth-watering Indian cuisine was enjoyed by the crowd in the dinner section, which was managed and organized by Mahmood Saad.

Ismail, Jamaluddin Kudroli and Mansour Ali Ahmed announced the raffle round, and winners for raffle prizes were extremely happy to collect the valuable electronic items. Siraj kept the crowd entertained with spot games. In the women’s section, children were entertained by the marketing team of McDonalds Arabia with innovative games. All the winners were presented with attractive prizes.

The evening witnessed the success of the event and displayed the hard-work of the event’s working committee. Jamaluddin Kudroli proposed a vote of thanks after distribution of prizes and gifts.

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April 19,2020

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IOC Presidents, Mohammed Mansour - Bahrain, Abdullah Manjeri - Saudi Arabia, Dr J Ratan kunar - Oman and Girish kumar - Qatar, highlighted the quality treatment of patients and finacial aid provided by governments and other authorities. Bahrain IOC president Mansour , also  apprised about the 'Food for Needy' drive in Association with KHK Heroes foundation, initiated by HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and quality treatments as well as financial aid to local and expat residents.

Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

Dr Sam Pitroda briefed about sustained and consolidated efforts by all IOC members  during this unprecedented situation facing the world and assured that he would convey IOC  concerns to the government and try his best to ensure all possible help is made available to all needy Indians.

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March 15,2020

Markaz Al Madeena Association, Eastern province, conducted JALS-E-UCHILA get together program at Dammam, Saudi Arabia on March 5,2020 on account of celebrating 28 years of social service dedicated by the organization.

The event chairman Noushad Uchil inaugurated the function. The organization president presided the program and delivered talk about the intention of the organization. Hashim Uchil has intorduced the social and academic contribution of the organization of past 28 years. Jamal Uchil welcomed the gathering and Ismail G.I. host the program.

Games, Quiz and prize distribution to the winners and senior social workers was the special attraction of the event. The planning committee of the event includes Iqbal, Farooq, Shahul Hameed, Ramza, Nabeel, Afthar, Ashraf and Shafi.

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June 17,2020

Doha: Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF) once again set an example that no caste, creed, language and religion comes as hurdle for their humanitarian services and helped to perform last rites of Ramesh who committed suicide in Doha-Qatar.

45-year-old Ramesh son of K. Nagan hailing from Panikulam, Thrissur district in Kerala, who was working as a tailor committed suicide in his house at Ruwias in Qatar on 30th May 2020.

On hearing this news, some of his friends in Kearla informed Mr. Shihab who is also from Thrissur and a member of QISF and the same was brought to the notice of QISF humanitarian team head Mr. Abdul Latheef Madikeri and Basheer Ahmed of Tamil Nadu.

Immediately, the QISF team intervened and contacted the family members of the deceased in India and discussed the matter and consequences of sending the body back home to India in this pandemic COVID 19 situation.

Considering the prevailing situation, the family members gave the consent to bury the body in Qatar itself.

QISF team collected the required documents from the family of the deceased and managed to clear all the necessary formalities from the police department, Health Department, Embassy of India and Hamad Medical Corporation.

Finally, the body of the deceased was buried in Qatar on 7th June 2020 and the copies of all the relevant documents have been handed over to the family members.

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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