Shameer Ahmed Kudroli emerged as humorous speech champion in Area 63 toastmasters’ speech contest

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March 17, 2014

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Jubail, Mar 17: Toastmasters’ International (area 63, division E, District 79), Al-Jubail conducted a host of competitions as a part of its annual speech competitions. The contests were held in four main categories, viz- evaluation, humour speech, table topic and international speech.

Surprisingly one name outdid everyone else thereby emerging as winner in Humours Speech competition. Immediate past governor of Area63 Toastmaster Shameer Ahmed Kudroli who competed in three categories beat his contenders to bag himself first place in humorous speech with speech title ‘My Hundred Riyals Coupon’ and entertained the huge audience with his unique style of delivery. Humorous is the toughest category of competition among other three categories all the toastmasters strive to put their best effort to emerge as the winner. Shameer won the first runner up in Table Topic contest as well.

In evaluation contest Meshari Al Barghouthi was the winner followed by Prashant Hejib and Syed Saifullah. In Humorous speech competition Iqbal Ahmad Raj first runner up and MTM Zehra Jabeen was the second runner up. In Table Topic Meshari Al-Barghouthi was the winner and Shameer Ahmed first runner up while Syed Saifullah settled at the third place. In International speech competition Prashant Hejib was the winner and Mesfer Sayeed stood second and Syed Saifullah third.

The competitions were conducted on Friday, 14th March 2014 at Cookzon Restaurant Conference Hall, Al Jude. The event was presided over by Area Governor TM Aziz Ahmed Siddiqui, who said that the competitions of this kind help participants sharpen their oratory skills.

This is the first time after inception of GAS TM Club members in the area level bagged 1st places in three categories out of four.

Area Governors of Division E & L, sister club presidents and DTM’s were the guests of honour. Banner Parade of all the clubs under Area 63 was conducted. The presidents and representatives of Global TM Asif Siddiqui, Bechtel TM Sayeed Khan, Royal Commission DTM Safare Mohammed and GAS TM Sulaiman Al Teheni held the banners with Area 63 Governor TM Aziz Siddiqui.

DTM Safare Mohammed was the Chief Judge with his panel of judges to select the best one to represent Area63 in Division ‘E’ contest. Huzaiffa Warorawalla was the Master of ceremonies with youth leaders as anchors.

At the end of the program certificates were distributed to all the assignees and participants for making this event a memorable one. Program ended with sumptuous dinner.

The winners and the 1st runner ups of the competition will be eligible to take part in the Division level competitions which will be held in 18th & 19th of April 2014.

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May 22,2020

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.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

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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August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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Media Release
May 2,2020

Dubai: In response to UAE health authorities encourage blood donation campaign Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta - U.A.E, conducted blood donation camps on April 22 at Abu Dhabi Blood Bank Khaldiya and on 23/04/2020 at Blood Transfusion and Research Centre, Sharjah.

The Abu Dhabi camp was inaugurated by Head of Department of Abu Dhabi Blood Bank, On this occasion she gave brief inputs of the benefits and features of blood donation, urged the participants to spread greater awareness about the importance of blood donation and congratulated the AKO members for their selfless social service and wished all the best for their future endeavours.

Abdul Rasheed, President of AKO presided over the function and Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta Vice President Mr. Mohammad Nasir appreciated the effort for organizing this camp and gathering youths to be a part of this noble cause as life is precious on this earth. "Each drop of blood counts much, so kindly take it as personal compassion to help unknown who requires blood with no relatives to help him/her.

In Abu Dhabi 41 and in Sharjah 49 donors participated in this event and donated their blood. It was nice to see cheerful smiling donors doing a great community work.
Blood bank staff and AKO Organizing team enthusiastically arranged the campaign which was witnessed by many members and leaders of various community organization of Karnataka.

Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta President briefed the participates about the ongoing social work of AKO in this current COVID-19 pandemic grim situation AKO is working on following fields: AKO Members have stepped up to support needy community during the Covid-19 pandemic have gone out of their way to comfort those struggling to deal with the challenging situation.

While thousands of people continue to #StayHome, many are in quarantine, there are those on visit visa and stuck here, others have lost jobs or face salary cuts. AKO in coordination with UAE Embassy and other social organization have been able to ensure basic necessities are fulfilled with food provisions and medical assistance to needy.

Providing counselling to bachelors and families those are on quarantine and isolation.

The organizers thanked everybody especially, UAE Health Authority, Abu Dhabi Blood Bank Khaldiya and Blood Transfusion and Research Centre, Sharjah, Management and staff as well as donors for their time and support for the good cause.

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