Sameer elected heLPy president, Suneer general secretary

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January 30, 2015

Qatif: heLPy, a philanthropic organisation of Indian expatriates in Saudi Arabia, recently conducted its first ever annual general body meeting at Abbas Mazhra in Qatif.

Master of the ceremony Suneer Ahmed opened the meeting with Islamic greetings and invited the guests and its members to the dais. The meeting commenced with the recitation of the verses from holy Quran by Shakir Mangalore, who called upon the audience to come forward and help the needy in the community. Br. Abdul Rafiq delivered welcome address and gave a brief explanation on heLPy.

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In his presidential speech, Bava Shabu Beary thanked the committee for giving him the opportunity to lead heLPy for the term 2013-2014. With all the good wishes and support from the other two presidents, the Committee, he was able to justify the role as presidents for given term. He expressed his appreciation and also thanked the committee of the term 2013-2014 for their enormous support which had strengthened the Unit to lead in the direction of prosperity.

The annual report for the term 2013-2014 was read out by the General Secretary Mohammed Asif. He briefed about heLPy to the audience, which literally represents an association meant for the welfare of less privileged brothers & sisters of the society, which came into existence on 24th October 2013. He also briefed the activities and the achievements.

The first and foremost priority in heLPy is given to all round development of the less privileged families in the community.

During the term 2013-2014, heLPy had conducted 14 monthly meetings and 5-6 special meetings to discuss various aspects for the betterment of the community and prepared for Cricket Tournament. heLPy had successfully organized the Cricket Tournament.

Treasurer Abdul Khader Shaheer presented the annual financial reports of heLPy for the Year 2013-2014. This mainly highlighted the financial support given to Bengre Project.

Br Mohidin Bava presented an accolade ceremonial further in a neat and auspicious way. He further explained the importance of unity and charity of us to the helpless and needy people of our community.

Chief guest Br Abdul Samad (Smart Arabia) spoke a few words on charity and wished all the heLPy members a great success.

The existing committee was dissolved by the office bearers and a new committee came into existence. Br. Mazhar was appointed as the election controller. He professionally monitored the election process.

The office bearers for the term 2015 are:

1) Sameer Ahmed                  :    President
2) Zafarulla Hasanabba       :    Vice President
3) Suneer Ahmed                   :    General Secretary
4) Asif Aramex                        :    Joint Secretary
5) Abdul Khadar Shaheer    :    Treasurer
6) Mohammed Shakir        :    Joint Treasurer
7) Mohammed Riyaz              :    Event Coordinator
8) Abdul Rafiq                      :    Advisor/Auditor
9) Bava Shabu Beary        :    Advisor/Auditor
10) Mohidin Abba                  :    Advisor/Auditor  
The new-elected president, Br Sameer Ahmed had addressed the new committee and thanked all the members for showing confidence in him and giving opportunity to lead main role for the term 2015. Taking into consideration the support from the new and the outgoing committee, he assured to exhibit his role as President with better productivity with the ‘Vision of Success and Achievement’.

The vice president Br Zafrulla took the opportunity to encourage the new committee to work with commitment, devotion, hard-work and determination. heLPy is growing day by day and new members should join hands to build a better community, he said and requested each member to get at least one new member to double our strength.

Br Javed, Br Hyder Blue Star, Br Ashraf Blue star, Br Sajid, Br Asif Mohammed greeted heLPy with well wishes and appreciated all the achievements and hard work of heLPy.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Br. Suneer Ahamed and on behalf of heLPy had expressed the gratitude to all the members and guests for their kind presence and congratulated the new committee for their success in accomplishing all the future assignments of heLPy.

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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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Media Release
July 30,2020

Jeddah: The first chartered flight for repatriation passengers from Jeddah to Bengaluru organized by Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah – Saudi Arabia was successfully landed at Bengaluru airport by 01.00 am on 19th July 2020.

Spice Jet (SG9884) departed from King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah by 05.00 pm local time with 177 stranded passengers which includes 12 Pregnant Woman, 3 infants, 44 Short term visa holders, 3 medical emergency patients and 115 migrate workers and labours from various districts of Karnataka state.

Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, a registered charitable organization under Government of Karnataka & Indian Consulate Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, helping the Kannadigas overseas & in Karnataka State as well, has initiated major role for helping stranded Kannadigas to travel back to home. During Pandemic hundreds of stranded Kannadigas were approached to the forum and requested to arrange special chartered flight to Bengaluru from Jeddah.

Initiating from collecting the data of passengers, the forum’s special panel including its President Mr. Mohammed Mansoor, Secretary Mr. Peter Mascarenes, Vice Presidents Mr. Nasir Khurshid, Dr.Ashfaque Maniyar, Chief Coordinator Mr. Shaikh Saoud, Cultural Secretaries Mr. Arifulla Shariff and Mr. Rajesh Suvarna, Treasurer Mr. Habib Rahman and Press Secretary Mr. Baig, the forum’s members have worked very hard to conclude this task very successful. 

The forum provided food packets as refreshment, complementary PPE kitsto each passenger as precaution against the spread of any infections while travelling and also guided all passengers by supporting them in Awdha portal (Saudi Passport Department) and Seva Sindhu portal registration of Government of Karnataka.

The official travel partner ITL Travel Management Company has rendered remarkable service to the passengers not only in ticketing but also supported with top priority in confirming the aircraft from SPICE JET and availed good service from ground staff at Jeddah Airport. 

All passengers have reached safely to their homes after completing the 7 days institutional quarantine at Bengaluru. 100% passengers had NEGETIVE report on Covid-19 test made on arrival as well as after institutional quarantine. 

In the press release published from the President, Mr. Mohammed Mansoor has expressed his prodigious gratitude to the Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia H. E. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Deputy Consul General of India - Jeddah Mr. Y Saber and Chief Minister of Karnataka State Shri B. S. Yediyurappafor providing necessary approvals and NOC for the chartered flight operation. He also conveyed his boundless appreciationto Shri B. Y. Raghavendra, Member of Parliament Shimoga District (Karnataka) for his swift support extended to the forum and as well to Dr. Aarathi Krishna, Ex-Deputy Chairperson – NRI Forum of Karnataka – Government of Karnataka for her significant guidance and support on completing this mission.

The forum has thanked all the officers in King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah and Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru for the facilities provided to the passengers. The Forum has thanked all passengers travelled for their calmness and also thanked to all other members of the forum, Staff of ITL Travels and SPICE JET for their tremendous support extended throughout the mission accomplishment.

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Media Release
July 6,2020

Doha: Selvam aged 46 son of Subramanian hailing from Panakulam Village, Alangudi, Pudukkottai District in Tamilnadu province who worked as a technician, died in Qatar on April 24.

Due to challenging situation prevailing in both India & Qatar for body repatriation services, especially in Covid-19 atmosphere, Family is unable to progress further for past 2 months. At his stage Family of the deceased met Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Pudukkottai office bearers and requested to intervene and help out, and also agreed to bury the body in Qatar itself.

Hence, SDPI delegates communicated with well-known Indian Expatriate welfare Organization - Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF). QISF General Secretary Basheer Ahamed, Secretary Abdullatheef Madikeri and 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 within a short period of time and arranged for a peaceful burial of Mr. Selvam in Dukhan cemetery.

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