Two days workshop in Assam by SBF

Tezpur, Assam: December27 & 28: The society for bright future (SBF) a part of Vision 2016 and a national NGO looking after disaster management organized a state level two days Workshop on Disaster Management for Volunteers at An Noor Model School, Tezpur, Assam on 27^th and 28^th December 2010.Mr. Aquil Ahmed, co-ordinator of SBF introduced the SBF and said that this NGO came into establishment to look after the disaster management in India. He also highlighted the work of Vision 2016 and Society for Bright Future.

Dr. Dewan Nazrul Qadir, Regional Coordinator, Vision-2016 said that the North Eastern states of India are very sensitive from many types of disasters like flood and earthquake and it is very essential to have a volunteer group to work at the time of disaster.

On behalf of Civil Defance Department, Tezpur Mr Upen Ch. Kalita, Mr. Pathak and Mr. Gautam Sarma participated the workshop and trained the volunteers with practical training and demonstration of different methods of Disaster Management. The Programme was attended by 65 volunteers hailed from different places of Assam. The workshop was presided by Maulana Shams Ahmed, President, Assam Falah Society. Amongst the other prominent personalities Maulana Kefayat Ullah, Mr. Asis Hussain, Mr. Abdur Rouf attended the programme. The Programme was concluded with the concluding speech and Dua of Maulana Kefayat Ullah.

HWF & PM Foundation awarded 449 students of Bihar

Bihar (Patna) 19^th Dec.: The Delhi-based Human Welfare Foundation and P. M. Foundation, Kerala jointly held a ceremony of award for academic excellence in Patna, and awarded 449 Muslim meritorious students and 3 state topper of Board Exams namely Miss. Anupam Neha, Miss. Khushboo Kumari and Rahul Kumar on 19^th December at Sri Krishna Memorial Hall, North Gandhi Maidan, Patna. The selected students awarded by certificates, mementos and cash prizes who passed the 2010 Board Exams with more than 60 per cent marks. The three state toppers were felicitated with cash prizes, certificates and shield also.

The 449 best meritorious Muslim students were selected among one thousand applicants who scored with first division marks in the Bihar board examinations held in 2010. The selected students have secured 67% or more marks in the Bihar board exams.

On this occasion, chief guest of the programme, Justice of Patna High Court, Hon’ble Justice Nayyer Hassan appreciated the efforts of HWF and P. M. Foundation for organizing such programme in Bihar to encourage meritorious students and appealed the community leaders to come ahead for upliftment of the community.

Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan, General Secretary of HWF said that last year after the success of Award for academic held in Lucknow, U.P. we are trying to benefit large number of meritorious Muslim students from more states. He further said that this year we organized awards for academic excellence apart from U.P. also and these states are West Bengal, Assam and Bihar.

Hassan appealed both appeared students of Bihar board exams and appearing students to do well in the upcoming examinations and career and develop the nation and generate opportunity and fight with poverty and illiteracy and serve the weaker section of the people which is the main purpose of human being.

This year HWF awarded 1643 meritorious Muslim students of four states in U.P. 394 students, in West Bengal, 500, in Assam, 300 and in Bihar, 449

Human Welfare Foundation has taken many measures for the upliftment of Muslim community among them some are scholarship distribution to poor students, award for academic excellence, The areas of work of HWF are Education, Health, Poverty Alleviation, Women Empowerment, Disaster Management, and Protection of Civil Right.

Many important dignitaries of Bihar and also from other states participated in this grand ceremony some of them are Shiva Nand Tiwari, M.P. JD (U), Mr. M. N. Karn, ADGP Abhay Anand, former V. C. of Patna Univ., Mr. Allauddin, Dr. Qamar Ahsan, V. C. of Maulana Mazahirul Haque Arabic Persian University, Patna, Dr. Tanvir Hassan, MNC, Dr. M. I. Hassan, Patna Univ., Maulana Shamim Munami, Mr. Imtiyaz Ahmad, Director, Khudabaksh Library, Patna, Prof. M. R. Akhtar, Ajmal Farid, Editor Qaumi Tanzeem Urdu Daily, Akhtarul Iman, MLA, RJD, Mr. N. M. Sharfuddin, P. M. Foundation, Kerala, Ameer-e-Halqa, JIH, Bihar, Jb. Qamrul Huda, former Ameer-e-Halqa, Ahmed Ali Akhtar, Arshad Ajmal, Chairman, Alkhair Charitable Trust, Patna,

SBF organised Training for Disaster Management in Araria, Bihar

Araria Bihar: SBF, a sister organization of Human Welfare Foundation organised a training programme for volunteer on Disaster Management at Evergreen Hotel in Araria, Bihar. The training programme was held for two days on 16-17th December.
SBF will organize such more programmes in other state also to impart training to volunteers so that they can work better at the time of disaster.
SBF decided to give training to volunteers on disaster management in view of flood which are being seen in recent years in Bihar also.
About 100 volunteers from all over Bihar participated in this training programme.
Nayyaruzzaman sb, Nazim-e-Halqa of JIH elaborately highlighted on the topic disaster management. He also emphasized how to minimize losses at the time of disaster. He said that the disaster is of many types like flood, fire, earthquake, riot and wind. There are natural disaster and also accident and mishap. We have to look after all these which causes losses of property and lives and badly affect people at large. He further said that the main purpose of organizing such training progarmme is to give awareness to the general masses also to minimize losses of lives and property and soon rehabilitate them.
He also gave message of Islam and said that Islam teaches us to help our brother at the time of calamity and need and to serve the people at the time of disaster is the best social service.
He also brought some good doctors and given training on first aid services and how to help the affected people at the time of calamity.
Aquil Ahmed, co-ordinator of SBF briefed about SBF a sister NGO of HWF, Delhi.
He said that SBF, Society for Bright Future is mainly working for disaster management and providing relief and rehabilitation to affected people in India.
He gave introduction of SBF and its purpose.
He said that Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is being active for long time to provide relief and rehabilitation to disaster affected people in India. So, due to felt of special NGO for providing relief and rehabilitation in an effected way to affected people it came into establishment.
He said that recently when Jamaat organised Members of JIH meeting in Delhi, SBF played a good role by providing awareness to people, placed its special stall for round the clock to provide immediate first aid services and to look after disaster management services.
SBF has recently provided relief and rehabilitation to the flood affected victims of Dhobi Ghat, Batla House, New Delhi and some state of U.P. also.

FM Prenab Mukherjee Inagurated The scholor School In West Bengal

Kolkata 4th Dec.: Inaugural function of Scholar School was held on 4th December, 2010 at Bagnan, a rural village near Kolkata in West Bengal. The scholar school was inaugurated by the central finance minister, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee.
Our country will not be listed higher until we do not earn superior technology”, he said in his inaugural speech.
He further said that our ambition is to give technical education to young generation and make them skillfull.
He congratulated HWF for establishing scholar school which will also impart technical education.
He said that by 2050 India will have 70 per cent young population and they can be used in technical field after giving technical training and education and making them skillful power for the nation.
Kazi Abdul Razack presented a citation to Union Finance Minister and thereafter Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the foundation stone of the scholar school. HWF is spending Rs. 30 crore for establishing this modern residential school.
Union Minister of Tourism Mr. Sultan Ahmed congratulated HWF for selecting Bagnan, backward rural village to start the residential school for boys and girls and he offered a sum of Rs. 10 lakhs to the scholar school from MP’s fund.
H. Abdur Raqeeb, founder trustee of human welfare foundation, New Dehli said that minorities and marginalized section suffer from development because of lack of education and economic backwardness. HWF is concentrating on primary education and most modern education.
Mr. Rahmath Ali Khan, State President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Mr. Masheehur Rahman, Secreatry General also spoke and thanked Mr Kazi Abdur Razack for the grand success of the function. Besides the ministers and thousand of local residents, state congress president Manas Bhuiya, Mr Pradip Bhattacharya, Mr Asit Mitra and others attended and lauded the services of HWF.

HWF awarded 500 meritorious Muslim students and 3 best minorityschools of W.B.,

West Bengal Kolkata 29th Nov: The Delhi-based Human Welfare Foundationawarded 500 meritorious muslim students and 3 best minority schoolsnamely Al-Ameen mission, Moulana Azad Academy and Rahmate Alam Missionof West Bengal in an ‘Award Distribution Ceremony’ held on 29thNovember, 2010 at Mahajati Sadan, Kolkata, West Bengal. These studentswere given mementos, citation and one thousand cash prizes for scoringmore than 70% marks in their board examination held in West Bengal.These toppers were from different boards like CBSE, ICSE, WBBSE andMadrasa Board also.HWF has started such initiatives to encourage muslim students so thatthey can do better in their upcoming examination and in their career.Likewise, the upcoming board examinee, will also be encouraged to dobetter in their board examination.Soon after the coming of Sachar Committee Report, HWF has taken suchprgoramme for the upliftment of muslim in educationally, socially andeducationally.Last year, HWF awarded meritorious students of U.P. only. But afterthe grand success of the progamme in U.P. for distribution of awardsto meritorious students, HWF has taken new steps to orgnaise award foracademic excellence in more states like in Assam, West Bengal, U.P.and Bihar.Apart from award for academic excellence which is one of the programmeof vision 2016, it has undertaken many area of work like Education,Health, Poverty alleviation, women empowerment, disaster management,protection of civil right.

The function was presided over by Dr. Hasan Raja Sb, Trustee, HumanWelfare Foundation.A number of dignitaries attended the program like Janab Nizam Shamimsb (IPS),Chairman Board of Wakfs, West Bengal, Janab Dr. Samsul Alam,Vice chancellor, Aliah University, Kolkata, Janab Mr. RatanKhashnabis, Professor, Dept. of Business Management, CalcuttaUniversity, Janab Dr. Rahmat Ali Khan, President, Jamaat-e-IslamiHind, WB, GUESTs OF HONOR, Janab Salimullah Khan, National Coordinator, HWF, Janab Dr. Raisuddin, Member, Muslim Personal Law Board, MasiurRahman, secy JIH,WB, Jb Nurul Islam, Secy Al-Ameen Mission, Howrah, jbMujit Ali, Secy, Maolana Azad Acadecy, Jb sirajul Islam, secyRahmat-e-Alam Mission and others.

Medical Camp by HWT in Badaun, U.P.

Badaun, U.P.20th Nov. 2010. Human Welfare Trust organised a medical camp in Saidpur Badaun, U.P. on 20th November, 2010. Human Welfare Trust, Delhi always organize medical camp in villages where there is high poverty. Besides this, HWT has also decided to run medical van in villages for giving better treatment to patient directly where they are residing.
In this medical camp specialist and general physician were especially given medical treatment to the patient. A huge gathering near about 400 patients participated in the medical camp for getting treatment and test. The medical camp was organised by Media Organiser, Mohd. Ziya.
On this occasion, another meeting was also held by incharge of APCR, ( Asscoiation for protection of civil rights) Md. Aquil Khan in which he elaborately delivered information about the civil rights to the people who participated in the meeting.

HWF felicitated 394 Muslim students of UP

New Delhi/Lucknow October 24: The Delhi-based Human Welfare Foundation and PM Fondation Kerala has felicitated 394 meritorious students belonging to Muslim minority community of in a Award Distribution Ceremony held at Baradari Qaisar Bagh Lucknow. Besides, 03 schools were also felicitated on this occasion and were given mementos and citation for their good performance in the last three academic sessions.The awardees students were those who scored more than 60% marks in Board Examination for the academic session 2009-10. Each of the students was given Cash Award of Rs 1000 and Certificate of Merit and Medal.

The Award for Academic Excellence - 2010 is meant to encourage the students to continue performing better in future.. Prof. K.A. Siddiq Hassan, General Secretary, Human Welfare Foundation who attended the Function as Special Guest. Addressing the students and their parents, emphasized the role of education in the development of our country.
In the function Best Minority educational Institution Award 2010 has been given to three minority institutions. These institutions are Faiz e Aam inter College Faizabad,Jafar Memorial Girls School Faizabad and Iqra Public School Phoolpur Azamgarh ,They are awarded with Mementos and certificate.
The function was presided over by Moulan Rabe Hasani Nadvi Nazim Nadwatul Ulama Lucknow. He congratulated the awardees and Orgnisers of this Mega event.Justice Nazim Zaidi of Allahbad High court Lucknow Bunch Particepated as Chief Guest. A number of other dignitaries who attended and given their speachs in the program included Justice Gafoor Chairman PM Foundation Kerala,Ex advocate General UP SM Kazmi,Sharfuddin,CH Abdurrahim Trustee PM Foundation,Ameer e Halqa UP East Moulana Waliullah Saeedi Falahi.

Relief work by SBF in Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh 10th October: SBF, a sister organization of Human Welfare Foundation provided relief material about 500 food packets to flood affected victims of Kanpur. The SBF is giving the relief material to flood affected victims for last ten days.
Meantime, SBF also organized Free Medical Camp at Rahmat Nagar, Bangarmau, Unnao in U.P.
The regional co-ordinator of SBF was also present and he himself distributed relief material to flood affected victims and he made his presence also at free relief medical camp.

HWF held a meet of Regional Co ordinators at Headquater

New Delhi 20th Oct: A meeting of Human Welfare Foundation was held on 19-20 October, 2010 at Jasola Office. The national co-ordinator from all the states who are actively working on the projects of vision 2016 in different parts of India made their valuable participation.
Siddique Hassan, general secretary of Human Welfare Foundation said that the main emphasis of vision 2016 is to bring a change in the society which must be seen, felt and witness by the people.
He said that I have started Human Welfare Foundation so that the social service and work related to it can be done in a planned and systematic way and within a stipulated time and that is the reason I have given time limit of vision 2016 and the projects and targets of the projects of social service must be completed within 2016.
He said that we have to also merge other small NGOs to work on social service.
The are many schemes of government and non government but muslims do not utilize fully and these are due to lack of awareness and knowledge, he emphasized. He said that our co-ordinators should made translation of “A Guide to uplift muslims” a valuable book in which many schemes of government is already mentioned and the people can benefit. Siddique Hassan appealed the co-ordinators to arrange necessary data of a particular state which will be an essential asset for working of welfare of the society.
He also said that we should make the utilization of young talent who are awardees by human welfare foundation and the students who get scholarship. He said that some of their time should be implemented for the work of social welfare and if they have some interest then some of these students can be helped for doing those courses which will be an asset and helpful for the welfare of society and they will strive for the progress of downtrodden section of the society. The foundation will help them for taking up the courses like NGO management, SSW etc so that they can be helpful for future endeavors of the community.

APCR Karnataka Chapter Begins

Bangalore:“A person of faith should be having two ambitions—first is to achieve success in the hereafter and enter into garden of paradise, and the second should be to establish social justice in this world in order to create a happy and prosperous society,” said Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, National Convenor of Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) in the inaugural programme of APCR’s state office here on October 17. Highlighting the contribution of APCR in protecting civil rights in India, he said that after Gujarat carnage, APCR, in coordination with other human rights organizations had fought for justice and achieved results. When Gujarat Home Minister was behind the bars, the people were asking when would be the turn of Modi. He said “our efforts are for humanity and for persecuted class. Government has passed ‘Right to Education Act.’ We want the ‘Right to Food Act’ to be promulgated at the earliest.”
Mr. Irshad Ahmed Desai, Convenor APCR-Karnataka presenting the report of State Chapter, said “prompt intervention by APCR’s activists averted a communal clash in Chickamagalur where some miscreants had thrown pork inside the Masjid. After the riots on 3rd March in Shimoga and Hassan, police had arrested 121 persons in Shimoga and 54 in Hassan. Out of 121 arrested in Shimoga 37 were non-Muslims. APCR intervened and was instrumental in getting released 100 persons including 17 non-Muslims.” Mr. Irshad also presented the report of different programmes that were held for educating APCR volunteers. The programmes include workshop on RTI by Shaik Shafeeque Ahmed, an RTI activist. A programme was held on the occasion of visit of APCR’s National President Mr. Yusuf Hatim Machala, a veteran lawyer to the city.
Advocate Akmal Rizvi, Secretary, APCR-Karnataka highlighted future plans of the State Chapter. The programmes include release of prisoners, innocent people, and convicts who have completed their term. Many persons were in prison merely because they did not have legal and financial aid. And the other programme is to help correct the public distribution system (PDS). Mr. Akmal said, “On trial basis we will first take-up this project in Koppal and later implement it in entire state. Because this is the system which will give some kind of relief to poor people who are affected by price-rise and market economy.”
Mr. K.M. Ashraf an industrialist from Tumkur in his presidential remarks reminded the Muslims about their prime duty of serving the humanity without discrimination on the basis of cast, colour, and creed. He applauded the efforts of APCR.

RICKSHAW DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMM IN ASSAM

ASSAM 15 October: TEN Rickshaw Cycle has been distributed to the BPL family members of Assam with the Financial Assistance received from Human Welfare Trust, New Delhi- 25 under Self Employment Scheme of VISION-2016. The Project will be a Revolving one. The Price of one Rickshaw is Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only). Each beneficiaries will refund the Capital Amount @ Rs. 30/- (Rupees thirty only) per day. In this way he will refund the capital amount within one year. The ownership of the Rickshaw will be the Trust till the whole amount is repaid. No interest or profit will be taken from them for the Rickshaw, but they will have to pay a one time processing fee that is 5% of the capital money for the office expenses to run the project. Separate Deed of Agreement has been signed with each Beneficiaries.The Rickshaw distribution Ceremony was held at Hazrat Omar Model Academy, Howly on 11.10.2009, where Sri Binoy Saha, Vice Charman, Howly Town Committee and Smt. Tumpa Saha, Ward Commissioner, Howly Town was present. Moreover Prof. Dewan Abdul Qadir, A Senior Member of Jamaat, Prof. Mujeebar Rahman, Zila Nazim, Barpeta, Dr. Dewan Nazrul Qadir, Secretary, SSD, JIH, Assam(A), Mr. Azizul Hoque, Principal, Hazrat Omar model Academy and many others were present.

HWF felicitated 300 Meritorious Muslim students of Assam

New Delhi/Guwahati October 10: The Delhi-based Human Welfare Foundation felicitated 300 meritorious students belonging to Muslim minority community of in a Award Distribution Ceremony held at Rabindra Bhawan, Ambari, Guwahati, Assam. Besides, 03 schools were also felicitated on this occasion and were given mementos and citation for their good performance in the last three academic sessions.
The awardees students were those who scored more than 60% marks in Board Examination for the academic session 2009-10. Each of the students was given Cash Award of Rs 1000 and Certificate of Merit.
Academic Excellence Award – 2010 Assam is an initiative of Human Welfare Foundation, New Delhi, “The Award for Academic Excellence - 2010 (Assam) is meant to encourage the students to continue performing better in future. It is to motivate the minority students for performing excellently in their academic studies. It is to be noted that the Higher Secondary Examination Results of Muslim Community in the state is not satisfactory during the recent years,” said Prof. K.A. Siddiq Hassan, General Secretary, Human Welfare Foundation who attended the Function as Special Guest.
Addressing the students and their parents, Prof. Hassan, who is also working on the Vision 2016, a mega socio-economic empowerment program, emphasized the role of education in the development of our country. “Therefore, we are making every effort to improve the quality of life of the neglected sections of this society through the Vision 2016 program,” he said.
In the function Best Minority educational Institution Award 2010 has been given to 03 minority institutions. These institutions are Hazrat Omar Model Academy, Howly, Al Ameen Academy, Badarpur and Jeevan Jyoti Jatiya Bidlaya, Kayakuchi, Barpeta, Assam. They are awarded with Mementos and certificate.
The function was presided over by Md Shams Ahmed, president, Assam Falah Society. He congratulated the awardees and said that this award will be a milestone in their life and urged them to perform better and better, so as to compete with this extremely competitive world. A number of other dignitaries who attended the program included Mr. A.H. Khandakar, Under Secretary, Department of Health, Govt. of Assam, Dr. Ramananda Das, Formar Registrar, Gauhati University & Gauhati College, Dr. Pratap Ch. Nag, Principal, B.B.Kishan Col

Sahulat : To make microfinance network in India

New Delhi/Patna 29 Sep

Sahulat Microfinance Society is seriously working on using microfinance as a tool to alleviate poverty. Launched earlier this year by the Delhi-based Human Welfare Foundation, the Society is building a network of microfinance system throughout the country. Part of campaign to spread awareness about microfinance and to collect ideas on how it can be used as poverty alleviation tool, the Society held a daylong program at Bihar Chamber of Commerce here in Patna on September 27. K.A. Siddique Hasan, President, Sahulat Microfinance Society, introduced the Society to the audience. He said Sahulat is a national organization which is an important wing of Human Welfare Foundation, which is working on the program of Microfinance in all the corners of India. “This Programme’s chief motive is to link the tool of microfinance with the serious poverty alleviation efforts in India, and to consolidate and document the ideas related to spreading Microfinance in India,” said Hasan.
Noted scholars and professionals from financial, educational, social and banking fields were present at the meet. People suggested on how to make microfinance banking system more effective that will help us to bridge the gap between the deprived section of the society and mainstream.Arshad Ajmal, Vice President, Sahulat Microfinance Society, greeted the audience and expressed thanks for their kind presence at the meet.

Relief work by SBF in Okla, New Delhi

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New Delhi 25 September: The heavy and incessant rain in capital and rise in the water level of Yamuna river has led flood in Delhi which has affected many places in Delhi mainly the people living near Yamuna river. The people of Dhobi Ghat has been badly affected by flood and they are living in temporary tents. When the regional co-ordinator of SBF, Aquil Ahmed (Society for Fright Future) which is working under vision 2016 program a national based NGO visited the flood affected areas the people said that they need plastic sheets for covering their tent from water at earliest.
Thereafter, today he bought 41 plastic sheets and distributed with the help of Jawed Ahmed a student of Jamia Millia Islamia to the 41 families who were the flood affected victims.
Jawed Ahmed said to the flood affected victims that if they face any problem and require anything then please inform us. We will try to solve the problem with the organsiation like SBF which is working for disaster and rehabilitation work and also with government.
Aquil Ahmed, Jawed and Zahoor discussed with the flood affected victims and suggested that there are government hospitals were they can get best medical facilities at minimum charges.

Prof. Hassan’s vision 2016 for upliftment of poors

New Delhi 20th September: Professor Siddique Hassan recently visited Muscat and said in an interview to Oman times that he has started the vision 2016 program for the upliftment of poor people, Dalit and especially Muslims in educationally, socially and economically.
He also said in an exclusive interview to Times of Oman, that under the vision 2016 program its main emphasis and area of focus and work would be on education, health, micro finance, employment generation, legal help and establishment of multiple institutions across India with a strong support of volunteers and leaders.
He decided to start this mission soon after visiting the northern areas like Bihar, U.P., Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal.
He saw the pathetic condition of poor people and came to know that these people are even not getting basic amenities.
Siddique Hassan said that the poor people can be uplifted only after getting better education.
Therefore he has started many primary schools in U.P. state and many schools are in proposal for opening in near future.
He has taken the support of Jamaat-e-Islami and Human Welfare Trust for starting the vision 2016 program.
50 NGO is running on 120 projects in different parts of India under Human Welfare Trust,” he emphasized.
The famous leaders of the community are in the board of trustee of Human Welfare Trust,” he explained.
The trust is also starting its efforts to start the microfinance and Islamic microfinance in different parts of India soon so that the financial trouble of poor people can be somehow solved.

Indian professor strives for socio-economic upliftment

AFTAB H. KOLA
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MUSCAT18 September 2010 08:40:25 Oman Time: Meet Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan from India who has made Vision 2016 his mission. On a personal visit to Oman recently, Prof. Siddique sought to bring about an awareness among Indian expats that transforming the social development landscape of their country is the need of the hour. Talking exclusively to Times of Oman, Siddique said, “Taking up education, health, micro finance, employment generation and legal help as the focus areas, the Vision 2016 envisages the establishment of multiple institutions across India, with a strong backup of committed volunteers and leaders. The projects are run by several NGOs under the supervision of umbrella body, the Human Welfare Trust, New Delhi.” What made him take up this ambitious programme? Siddique avers, “Vision 2016 is a result of my own heart-breaking experience at the time of Bhagalpur communal clashes. I visited the area and saw the pathetic conditions of the affected people, both Hindus and Muslims, there. “Subsequently, I got an opportunity to see the pitiable conditions of poverty-stricken people, mainly Muslims and Dalits living without even basic amenities in northern India. Then I decided that I should do something concrete for the downtrodden people and Vision 2016 was born with the backing of Jamate Islami Hind, an organisation which has received praise from all sections of people for their social work. He says, “Our mission is to serve the poor and deprived sections of the society by providing them basic amenities like education, healthcare, food and shelter that equip individuals to become an equal partner in the progress of the nation and by helping the victims of natural calamities to move towards a world free from hunger, ignorance, deprivation and exploitation.” Education Siddique adds, “Our main focus is education, educational awareness with thrust on primary education. We are concentrating in north India, especially UP, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal where the majority of most backward people live. “The project will target 10 million beneficiaries in a span of 10 years and the project will move forward after 2016 to its next phase.” “The Human Welfare Trust has created a vision for itself, set a goal and fixed targets for 2016. It will pool funds, provide the human resources, translate the programme from paper to the ground, monitor the progress and evaluate the projects with course correction at every level. Human Welfare Trust is an umbrella body with several distinguished and experienced community leaders on its board of trustees. It has 50 NGOs as its affiliates spread over 20 states, implementing more than 125 projects. The number of beneficiaries so far are well above a million,” Siddique added. Another area of focus of the Human Welfare Trust is microfinance. Siddique informs, “Islamic microfinance represents the meeting point of two rapidly growing industries: Microfinance and Islamic finance. “It has the potential to not only respond to meet demand but also to combine the Islamic social principle of caring for the less fortunate with microfinance’s power to provide financial access to the poor. Unlocking this potential could be the key to providing financial access to millions of poor. We are making a good headway in this direction.”

Badaun gets mobile medical van

New Delhi 23 September: Human Welfare Trust has inaugurated medical mobile van in Budaun, U.P. today for providing medical health services to poor people. These medical mobile services will be running from morning to evening.
Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan, trustee of HWT said that the medical mobile van facility to poor people for providing treatment by doctors is a new initiative and we hope that it will provide maximum health benefit to poor and marginalized section of the society living in remote and rural areas and it will cost minimum in comparison to open many hospitals in different parts of the states.
“To open many hospitals in many places of the states is a very costly and time taken task. So, in a minimum cost we can provide medical facility and medical mobile van is the best option,” he emphasized.
He also said about the spread of diseases in incessant rain in the capital that somehow government is responsible but we are also paying negligence to eradicate the disease.
He said that if we people make our locality and city clean and raise fund to remove garbage then there is no need to shout and blame on others.
The government alone cannot do everything, if we will raise funds and remove garbage and take city clean drive then obviously diseases will not prevail or spread and our money on treatment will be saved,” he requested to people.
Qazi iSheikh Usaidul Haque Qadri said that we often see in newspaper or hear in radio that due to delay to bring the patient to hospital the situation of patient become more critical.
“The mobile medical service will directly give treatment to the patient wherever he/she is residing and this idea will be appreciable and welcome from the people residing in rural areas of India, he further explained.
Human Welfare Trust has taken this new initiative to eradicate diseases from village of U.P. at first then after the success of this scheme we will further increase the numbers of medical mobile van facility in other places of the states.
There are government hospitals in rural areas but at long distance, very few in numbers and due to lack of conveyance and worse condition of road the people suffer a lot.
The country is progressing in every sector but not in health and education sector. The illiteracy rate and wide spread of diseases which always come to appear in newspaper is speaking a lot and aloud about negligence of both government and people on these two areas.
The medical mobile van will roam in entire village areas and provide medical facility to the patient directly. In this medical mobile van a doctor will also be available and he will prescribe the medicines and give treatment to the patients at the same place. In medical mobile van the time of expert and specialist doctor will also be fixed on weekly basis for providing medical services to special treatment of patients directly and at the place where the patient is residing.

Faith shows a new way to microlenders

With microfinance institutions under attack for allegedly focusing on profit at the cost of poor borrowers, an alternative way of lending—based on Islamic principles—is gaining ground
Maitreyee Handique

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New Delhi23 September: Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have turned the business of lending tiny amounts to the unbanked poor—from vegetable vendors and tailors in the cities to fishermen and farmers in the villages—into a thriving industry with assets estimated at almost Rs 12,000 crore in fiscal 2009.
But MFIs have been targeted by critics for alleged profiteering at the expense of the poor by charging interest rates as high as 24-36%.
K.A. Siddique Hassan believes he has an alternative method that will keep vulnerable borrowers out of the debt trap—of lending at no interest at all.
Ray of hope: Alemmunisa (foreground) is one of the women entrepreneurs who launched a vegetable business with help from Jan Sewa. Abhijit Bhatlekar / Mint
From the campus of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, an organization that promotes Islamic teachings in south Delhi and where he is vice-president, Hassan has been striving to craft a new form of microfinance inspired by teachings of the Quran.
Pinning its model on the tenets of the Shariah, or Islamic law, the organization started a not-for-profit organization called Sahulat Microfinance Society earlier this year, with the express purpose of discouraging riba (Arabic for “interest”) in financial dealings. Income is in the form of profit-sharing.
To provide professional inputs, Hassan has enlisted a dozen experts, including Hyderabad-based microfinance institution Basix Group and a former World Bank official. The plan is to set up at least 500 new microfinance societies under the Sahulat (Urdu for convenience) umbrella in 10 years.
Hassan is not the only one to have had the idea. In Mumbai, the All India Council of Muslim Economic Upliftment (AICMEU), which supports community development programmes, wants to open microlending centres across India, strictly enforcing the Islamic prohibition on charging interest.
In March, AICMEU’s Jan Sewa Cooperative Credit Society obtained approval to offer business credit to women in 12 states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal. Al-Khair Cooperative Credit Society, which works in Bihar, plans to expand into Delhi, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Islamic lending, which began in Egypt, has already found resonance in many parts of the world where Muslims form a majority of the population.
Islamic tenets
In India, where Muslims account for 13.4% of the population, the situation is different. Islamic banks, which have ridden the petro-dollar to grow to $950 billion (Rs 43.23 trillion) in global assets, aren’t allowed to function under the law, although a 2008 government committee headed by economist Raghuram Rajan favoured promoting interest-free financial instruments.
Islamic microfinance traces its rise to a friendlier cooperative law that gives legal sanctity to many Islamic financial products even as scepticism grows about the lending practices of MFIs.
An amendment to the 2002 Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act allows groups of individuals to participate in both raising deposits and sharing surplus income, which is integral to doing business according to the faith.
Unlike modern banking, which has an interest-led obligation, Islamic finance is mostly about sharing both rewards and losses under a pre-arranged contract.
Under Shariah, banks get involved in the selling and buying of goods. That is incompatible with Indian banking law, and some experts say interest-free banking is not feasible as banks have to pay interest on savings and buy government bonds at fixed interest rates.
Hassan says most Islamic products are safe because the lenders themselves are often involved in equity participation, reducing the chance of crises such as the sub-prime shock in the US that felled many institutions and led up to the global financial crisis.
“Our intention,” he says, “is to open these concepts as a tool of empowerment to all without discrimination.”
There are, of course, profits to be made by banking for the poor as MFIs have demonstrated. But a recent Economic & Political Weekly article by Tara S. Nair, associate professor at the Gujarat Institute of Development Research, pointed to disturbing trends in the microlending industry, including abnormal profits and companies doubling income through cross-holding of shares.
The microfinance debate
The debate rose in pitch as SKS Microfinance Ltd raised $358 million in an initial public offering last month that was subscribed 13.6 times.
“Most of the profit-seeking activity has been extended to the other end of the logical extreme,” Nair said in a phone interview. “While there is an urgent need to expand financial services, one doubts whether it’s addressing their (the poor’s) needs.”
Criticism of microlending practices and the high interest rates they charge on loans to the poor has been accompanied by calls for stricter regulation of MFIs. There have been concerns that MFIs could find themselves laden with defaults because of the risk that multiple institutions may have lent to the same borrowers.
Helping hand: K.A. Siddique Hassan of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind plans to take interest-free banking to the poor under Sahulat Microfinance Society. Ankit Agrawal / Mint
“We are trying to correct ourselves,” says Anoop Kaul, head of financial inclusion at Basix and a member of Sahulat.
Some in the industry will now share data on credit histories to check that customers do not borrow from multiple sources, which reduces their ability to repay.
But Nair says many things are still taken for “granted by the industry”. The norms of profit-sharing and shareholding structure, for instance, are never mentioned in their reports. “You cannot forget about the little guy, and only think about investments, profits and top line,” she says.
Islamic cooperatives offering microfinance won’t be in that situation. Jan Sewa, promoted by AICMEU, strives for a return of 4-6%. Its subsidy-linked model will train women in entrepreneurship with government bank-linked assistance, while loans will be made through charity donations and zakat, the mandatory 2.5% contribution of annualized income prescribed by Islam.
But are these “service fees” interest rates by another name?
“Generally the math works (in) such (a way) that all charges paid almost equal interest rates. However, the structure is Islamic-compliant as a (service) charge,” says Abizer Diwanji, head of financial services at audit and consulting firm KPMG.
Rahmatullah Abdul Ahad, managing trustee of AICMEU, says: “In modern banking, interest is the price of money, including profit, while in the Islamic system, it’s the cost of money in mobilizing and lending.” Sometimes simple credit—not working capital—is enough to start a small business, Ahad adds.
Financial inclusion
While it is still early days, people are already benefiting from Jan Sewa.
Last month, Alemmunisa, a 40-year-old mother of three, joined two friends and started selling vegetables on the sidewalk of Kanjur Marg in Mumbai. Jan Sewa had put them in touch with a Pune wholesaler.
At the end of the first fortnight, they earned Rs 2,500, after paying Rs 10,000 to the supplier. “We are happy to get the benefits,” she says, “and we want to sell more vegetables.”
A lack of financial literacy and half-hearted government policy are among the biggest hurdles for financial inclusion in India, according to Diwanji. “By promoting Islamic banking, the government can extract capital and bring people into the banking network,” he says.
Many of the new entrants into Islamic microfinance think they will fill this gap, and they would be happy to repeat the success of Al-Khair, which has operated around Patna since 2002. Collecting deposits of less than Rs 200 a day, Al-Khair today has 7,000-odd customers and a deposit balance of Rs 4.1 crore.
While it charges a service fee of 3.5% for regular loans, Al-Khair also offers short-term business loans, with a built-in profit-share clause, as one of its many products; it charges even lower fees on this product.
“It’s all about truthful relations, because you can’t always demand balance sheets from someone who takes a small amount,” says Arshad Ajmal, Al-Khair’s founder.
Al-Khair, a non-profit society, spends 30% of its earnings in social enterprise schemes; its main source of profit is selling merchandise products, such as fans, emergency lights and scooters, under a murabaha, or “cost-plus-finance” scheme.
This allows Al-Khair to buy goods from wholesalers, then sell them with an added financing charge of 8-15%. This still works out cheaper than retail prices.
Shiv Kumar Singh, who runs a clothing store in Patna’s Gardanibagh area, has borrowed from Al-Khair 14 times in the last four years. He also represents one of the invisible people that India’s formal banking network bypasses every day.
When Singh, 35, went to the local Canara Bank office for a loan, officials made him open an account. A year later, they informed him that his request couldn’t be processed because he lives in a rented accommodation without any permanent address.
Singh says he’s constantly in need of funds to expand his shop. So he asked his wife Sushma to open an SKS Microfinance account last year while he repaid his loan to Al-Khair.
He says he pays Rs 250, or 2.5%, on the Rs 10,000 he borrowed, while his wife is required to pay Rs 4,000, or 20%, on the Rs 20,000 she borrowed, apart from the rs 80 paid as insurance every month.
The repayment schedule at Al-Khair is six months, while at SKS collection begins within a week, he says.
His expenses grow every day, Singh says. “We need money to buy goods, but (we’ve always found it) difficult to get,” he adds.
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HWF will felicitate 2000 Muslim Minority students in India

New Delhi 17th September: Human Welfare Foundation New Delhi and P.M. Foundation, Kerala will jointly organize programme to felicitate 2000 Muslims meritorious students from four states of India.
The awards distribution ceremony will held on in many states of India in Bihar, U.P., Assam, West Bengal on 26 September, 3 October, 10 October, 29 November respectively. The students will be awarded with mementos and cash prizes in award distribution ceremony. Apart from the minority meritorious students the Foundation will also give awards to best minority schools whose performance and records have been excellent in previous years.
This should be noted that after award distribution ceremony the foundation held talent search test of 100 marks to evaluate the performance and ability of the students and thereafter foundation give career counseling guidance to students to choose best courses according to their ability and interest and also offer scholarship to poor students.
Last year, HWF and P.M. Foundation organised the programme on 8th November in U.P. and awarded 735 muslims meritorious students belonging from 46 districts of U.P. states only in which many important personalities, social activist, educationist and leaders made their valuable participation and they encouraged and appealed the students to do better in their examinations and be part of nation building.
The general Secretary of HWF, Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan said that we are organizing awards distribution ceremony in more states to promote muslims students so that they can do better in their near future.
He said that the trends of only medical and engineering is old now there are many courses and the students can avail the opportunities and select the course according to their interest and do better in their future rather than selecting those courses in which they have no interest and in this way they will only waste their valuable time.
He emphasized that right after the report of sachar committee we have started an NGO with a name of vision 2016 to uplift muslims educationally, socially and economically.
He further said that if the students will do better in their career and gain good result then they will certainly get good job and automatically the economical condition of muslim family will improve.
He said that this is the one such step of vision 2016 program to encourage students so that the students who have appeared in board examinations in 2010 will do more excellent in their further examination and the other students who will appear in coming board examination will also be encouraged.
The foundation is running many schools, colleges, giving coaching classes, offering scholarship to help poor students.

JIH’s President Appeal: Study the Islam Directly

New Delhi 13th September: Jalaluddin Umri, President of Jamaat-e-Islami, Hind appealed the people to directly study the Islam. He said this in a programme which held on the occasion of Eid on the name of Eid get-together (Eid Milan) in the headquarter of JIH on 12th September at evening. He said that the fasting give us the teaching to control on our desire.
Through fasting we develop fear of Allah, he said. We also develop the patience and tolerance through fasting in Ramazan but we should be patient and tolerant in our entire life as we practiced in Ramazan, he explained. Allah made one month of Ramazan compulsory for Muslims so that they may develop taqwa in whole life, he explained.
He withdrew attention of the whole participants in the celebration of Eid get-together and he mainly requested Hindu brethren to directly study Islam rather than searching the conduct and behavior of Muslims and comparing with Islam. He also requested them to ponder over the Ibadah (worship) of Muslims.
The programme was started with recitation of holy Quran by Arshad Nadeem and translated by Zainuddin in Urdu and Hindi respectively. Zonal president of Delhi and Haryana, Dr. Muhammad Rafat explained the lecture of Jalaluddin Umri in English. The programme was chaired by Secretary of Dawat section of JIH, Muhammad Iqbal. Many important personalities of the city like secretary of Iran cultural house, Dr. Kareem Najfi, former president of All India Muslim Majlis-e- Mushawarat, Syed Shahabuddin, Maulana Ataur Rahman Qasmi, chairman of Jain TV, Dr. J. K. Jain, famous documentary maker, Suberdeeb Chakravarty, Gopal Menon, Director of “Hey-Ram”, Co-ordinator of Jamia Minority Status Committee, M. Ilyas Malik, Secretary of Fiqh Academy, Ameen Usmani, President of Ambedkar Samaj Party, Tej Singh, Mohd. Athar of NDTV, Mahmood Ahmed of CNEB (News),and Roshan Ali of CNN-IBN among other renowned journalists of both electronic and print media valuable participation in Eid get-together programme.

HWT plans to open scores of hospital under vision 2016 program

New Delhi 8th September: HWT plans to set up scores of hospitals excluding Al-Shifa Multi-speciality hospital, in the campus of Dawat Nagar, Okhla, under vision 2016 program, a top official said on 2nd September.
He said that the set up of Al-Shifa Hospital, New Delhi is an initiative of Human Welfare Trust under vision 2016 program. The nation based NGO Human Welfare Foundation is also helping for the set up of Al-Shifa Hospital by financially, providing specialist doctors panel, architecture, pathologists, pharmacists and engineers to complete the civic work of Hospital and give it to best look and infrastructure. These efforts were made to provide maximum benefit and comfort for the patient. The hospital will be of 300 bed and covers the treatment from minor to critical diseases.
The medical fees will be minimum in comparison to other private hospitals in Delhi, according to a top official of the hospital.
He also said that Jamia Nagar is a densely muslim populated locality and the community will get Al-Shifa Multi-Speciality hospital at the end of this year.
“Our main focus will be to spread health in muslim community so that they can get education and further work in a better way and they could become a part of nation building,” He explained.
He also said that from minor illness to critical all the health illness will be cured.
The high technology equipment is already started to come in the hospital and almost many parts of hospital has been completed. Some furnishing work is to be done which will be completed in some months, he said while showing the hospital and its premises.
After the completion of Al-Shifa Hospital in Jamia Nagar, the HWT will soon set up scores of hospital in many parts of India, he added.

Jamia Nagar, Al-Shifa Hospital is in verge of completion

New Delhi: Al-shifa multi-speciality hospital of 300-bed, Jamia Nagar Okhla is in verge of completion, said CEO of Al-Shifa Hospital, Brig. Zafar.

He said that we are trying our best to complete the construction work of hospital soon but the recent heavy rains in the capital have badly affected the progress in the civil work of hospital as it did other construction in the capital.
The hospital is going to be built in the campus of Dawat Nagar a densely populated area of Muslims. The huge muslim population is due to Jamia Millia Islamia, a central University.

The purpose of establishing the hospital is to provide health care facility to poor people especially muslim community at lowest fees structure which they can afford.
He also said that the biodata of doctors are coming to us and we will soon finalise and appoint them after completion of hospital, said Brig. Zafar.

Al-Shifa Multi-speciality hospital is of Human Welfare Trust under vision 2016 program.
The Al-Shifa hospital will provide all health care facilities like obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and neonatology, internal medicine (general medicine) and general surgery. Besides, the hospital will provide specialist consultation in cardiology, orthopedics, gastroenterology, endocrinology, neurology, nephrology, pulmonology, ENT, Dermatology, dental and ophthalmology.

Besides these, hospital will provide other medical services and facility like: Casualty and emergency (24X7), labour delivery suite, neonatal ICU, operation theatres, ICU and surgical ICU, clinical lab, imaging services (CT, X-ray, Ultrasound), diagnostics (ECG, TMT, EEG, EMG, Spirometry etc), consultation room (separate for women), pharmacy, physiotherapy, comfortable waiting areas, accommodation (Deluxe, Single and General).

The hospital will be self-dependent, and so to bear medical expenses of poor patients, there will be a separate organization. That organization will pay the medical cost of such patients to the hospital, said Zafar Ali.

“High-tech medical care has become very expensive, mainly due to the exorbitant prices of imported equipment. It is therefore not possible to offer free treatment for procedures like heart surgery, angioplasty, neurosurgery, laser treatment, and so on. Thus, user charges are necessary, but can be kept reasonable if the services are efficiently utilized and equipments are carefully maintained. Keeping in view of public benefit, the Human Welfare Trust has kept the provision in its plan to provide health care facilities at an affordable cost,” says a brochure of the coming hospital.

“As per the plan, the first phase of Al-Shifa Multi-Specialty Hospital comprising outpatient department, inpatient department accommodating 40 beds and a diagnostic centre which will be completed soon, “said Zafar Ali, The process of purchasing of medical equipments, machineries has already started. The Advisory Board and Managing Committee of Hospital have already been constituted. The process of recruitment of doctors and other medical, non-medical staff has also started, he added.

HWF distributed Iftar kit to poor families in Meerut

Meerut: HWF distributed Iftar kit in Meerut district among poor Muslim families. The volunteers and members of HWF made their valuable support and efforts for distributing Iftar kit to poor families in Kathore, Meerut, Radhna, Inayatpur, Beyana, Shahjahanpur, Sardhana, Mesrapur district. Aslam, district director of Darsgah Islamia, Inayat pur, Radhna said that the kit contains food ingredients of one month for an average family. He also said that HWF distributed Iftar kit to poor muslim families in last ramazan also. After seeing the success and appeasement among poor families it is distributing Iftar kit which contains one month of food items.
HWF is also running other social welfare schemes in which iftar party for poor and rickshaw distribution among rickshaw puller is included. The aim of foundation is to uplift the marginalized section of the society in socially, economically and educationally.
The project of vision 2016 under HWF are scholarship for poor students, establishment of schools, colleges and institutions, medical facility, opening of hospitals like Al-Shifa Hospital, interest free loan and banking, other schemes for poor and backward classes of the society.
He also said that if zakat system get support from Shariah for implementation then every section of the Muslim community will be benefited and satisfied and the economical condition of Muslim and the nation will be improved. He said that the ramazan gives the opportunity of introspection, purifying the soul whereas it also gives the chance to feel the problem of poor and destitute and try to remove it. He also emphasized that the Muslim should unite and change the condition of Muslim Ummah in an accordance with the Islam.

Jamaat-e-Islami, U.P. distributed Iftar kit to poors

Saharanpur 27th Aug’2010: Jamaat-e-Islami distributed Iftar kit with the help of vision 2016-Human Welfare Foundation to poor women.
According to volunteers about 90 Iftar kits were distributed to poor women.
Each Iftar Kit contains
Rice/Wheat Flour 20 Kgs
2. Sugar 3 Kgs
3. Cooking Oil 2 Kgs
4. Besan (Gram Flour) 2 Kg
5. Dal (Pulses) 2 Kgs
6. Salt 1 Kg
7. Milk Powder 1 Kg
8. Tea Leaves ½ Kg
9. Dates 2 Kgs
The Iftar Kits were distributed in Muslim girls inter college.
On this occasion, the U.P. zone president, Maulana Kafeel Ahmad (Bijnaur) along with district director Iqbal Khan, local president Abdul Haseeb and former district director Jameel Manvi and many important personalities of Jamaat-e-Islami made their participation.

HWF decides to distribute Excellence Awards in five states

New Delhi 28th August‘ 2010: Human Welfare Foundation, Delhi based NGO has decided to distribute academic excellence award, cash prizes and certificates (under vision 2016, a mega socio-economic empowerment program) among meritorious students of U.P. state on 3rd October’ 2010 at 9 am in Baradari, Kaisar Bagh, Lucknow. Besides U.P. the award for academic excellence will also be distributed in a function which will held on 26th September in Bihar, on 10th October in Assam, on 7th November in West Bengal. The date of Jharkhand for distributing award for academic excellence is yet not decided.
Apart from this, the foundation has also decided to give awards to minority-run schools whose performance report has been remarkable and best in their districts in last three years.
These awards for academic excellence-2010 (U.P.) will be distributed to encourage the students so that they can perform better in future also and become a part of national building, said Salimullah Khan, National Co-ordinator of HWF.
It should be noted that the foundation distributed academic excellence awards in U.P. last year. After seeing the good response of people living in U.P. state and media coverage, the foundation has again decided to organise academic excellence award function.
The foundation is helping poor students also with many schemes like scholarships program for meritorious and poor students. Besides these foundation is running a scholar school in Abul Fazal Enclave, Delhi. The foundation has opened many schools in different parts of India like West Bengal, Jharkhand etc. Foundation is also proposed to open schools in different places of India. These steps are being taken by Foundation soon after the report of Sachar Committee in which it showed the pathetic and deprived condition of Muslim educationally, socially and financially.
“The Award for Academic Excellence- 2010 is to motivate the minority students for performing excellently in their academic studies. It is to be noted that the Higher Secondary Examination Results of Muslim Community in the state has been on the poor side during the recent years,” said Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan, General Secretary of Human Welfare Foundation.
Prof. SidheeqHassan also said in a press release about the role of education in the development of our country. Therefore we are making every effort to improve the quality of life of the neglected sections of the society through Vision 2016 program, Prof. SidheeqHassan added.
Last year, HWF felicitated 750 meritorious Muslim students of U.P. state in an award function which was held at Hari Ram, Ashok Marg, Lucknow. About 10 schools were also felicitated on this occasion and were given mementos and citation.

HWF organized Iftar Party for above 500 rickshaw pullers

New Delhi 24 August’ 210: An Iftar Party for rickshaw pullers and labourers by HWF held in Milli Model School, Abul Fazal Enclave, New Delhi. The foundation also organized such Iftar Party in last year too in the campus of Dawat Nagar. More than 300 rickshaw pullers and labourers participated in this Iftar Party. After breaking the fast (Iftar) they were served with dinner (meals) and dates also.

Salimullah Khan, National Co-ordinator of HWF said that foundation has always been involved for the welfare of muslim community and their upliftment. He further said that we tried to do something worthful and organizing Iftar Party for rickshaw pullers and labourers is one of the project under vision 2016 of HWF. Such Iftar Party for rickshaw pullers and labourers is with a purpose to instill in them encourage so that they can come to us carrying with their problems without hesitation.

Apart from Iftar Party and dinner, the foundational also distributed Kurta and Pajama as Iftar Kit among rickshaw pullers and labourers so that they can better celebrate Eid. It is to be noted that the foundation has also distributed rickshaw to rickshaw pullers in Delhi and in other states of India too.
Like in earlier Ramazan, in this Ramazan too, the foundation distributed Iftar kit to more than 300 poor muslim families so that they can break the fast like common people in whole month of Ramazan.

Mohd. Rafeek, treasurer of foundation delivered an elaborated speech soon after Iftar Party. He appealed to rickshaw pullers muslim brethren to take care of their health and this can be possible only after one will live with cleanliness. He said that cleanliness is half of faith. He also drew attention of them and raised some questions regarding the existence of mankind and universe and replied that Allah has created everything. We should prepare for life after death and death will certainly come either we want or not,” said Mohd. Rafeek.

Lastly, he appealed them to build interest of learning and then we will plan to impart education and learning classes to you all,” he appealed.

The acclaimed editor of Radiance Viewsweekly and social activist, Mohd. Ejaz Ahmad Aslam has also welcomed the guests who made their presence in Iftar Party.
Many Journalists like Arshad Bastavi of Dawat Urdu Newspaper and other newspaper like Siasat were also present on this occasion for taking photos of Iftar Party.

HWF to give Ramazan kits to 3000 poor families

New Delhi: The Human Welfare Foundation, the social service wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has started distribution of Iftar kit to more than 3,000 poor Muslim families in states like Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Haryana and Delhi.
Each kit will carry ingredients enough for an average family for the whole month of Ramazan.
Salimullah Khan, National Co-ordiantor of Human Welfare Foundation said today that the foundation distributed Iftar Kit to poor Muslim families in last Ramadan also. After seeing the success the Foundation made some changes in Iftar Kit by adding more weights in the ingredients. In this Ramadan the ingredients in Iftar kit will be for one month which will cost about rupees fifteen hundred (Rs. 1500).
Apart from this, the foundation also organized Iftar Party in last Ramadan in Abul Fazal Enclave, New Delhi in which it invited poor Muslim fasting people including rickshaw puller. The foundation also organized Iftar Kit party in various places of the states in last Ramadan. The aim of this foundation is to provide maximum support and benefit to poor Muslim families so that they can fast and break Iftar like common people rather than taking fast and breaking Iftar without proper meals and Iftar.
Iftar Kit contents:1. Rice/Wheat Four 20 Kgs2. Sugar 3 Kgs3. Cooking Oil 2 Kgs4. Besan (Gram Flour) 2 Kg5. Dal (Pulses) 2 Kgs6. Salt 1 Kg7. Milk Powder 1 Kg8. Tea Leaves ½ Kg9. Dates 2 Kgs

INDEPENDENCE DAY PROGRAMME IN SCHOLAR SCHOOL

New Delhi 14th August: Scholar school organized a progamme on Independence Day on 14th August 2010. Children delivered their speech on several interesting and important topics like terrorism and the problem facing by students at this time.
The teachers and important dignitaries who were participated in the meeting highlighted the importance of education and emphasized the struggle and sacrifices given by the leaders like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Gandhiji, Maulana Mohd. Ali Jahar and Jawahar Lal Nehru.
On this occasion, Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan, Secretary of Human Welfare Foundation appealed to everyone for removing the illiteracy from minority community. He also added that the HWF is a part of vision 2016 and our project is to open many schools in different places of India. Our aim is to remove the illiteracy rate of minority community which is clear from Sachar Committee report. The opening of scholar school is also in aim of uplifting the children of minority community in the field of education. He further said that the purpose of this school is to impart education to the poor students. These students will get quality education along with Islamic education which most of the school forgive to give, emphasized K. A. Siddique Hassan. He also insisted the importance of education to children and also said that we can feel the full and real freedom only after the majority of us will be literate and serving the society in a respected position. It should be noted that scholar school established in Abul Fazal Enclave to impart Islamic Education along with modern education.
Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Ashfaque Ahmad, Abdul Basit Anwar, National co-ordinator of HWF, Saleemullah Khan mainly made their participation on this very occasion.
The guests and important personalities appreciated the efforts of manager of scholar school, Qazi Mohamamd Miyan, Headmistress, Zar Nigar Khan, Amreen Siddiqui, Afroz Noor, Nuzhat Banu.

A NATIONAL NGO, SBF MEETING ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT

New Delhi 25th July 2010: An annual general body meeting of SBF (Society for Bright Future) was held on 25th July 2010 at shoora Hall, Markaz JIH in New Delhi. Various dignitaries and trustees of SBF from different states joined the meeting.
Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan, Secretary of SBF and Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami gave an elaborated speech about SBF. He said that SBF (Society for Bright Future) is a newly Delhi based NGO which is under vision 2016. The main purpose of establishing SBF is to work on disaster management. He further said that we daily come to know that disasters both natural and human-made often take place in many parts of India especially in disaster prone areas. He emphasized and appealed to the people who are actively working in disaster management of SBF to work in effective, pre-planned manner and in a well trained way. “For this we should make a group of trained workers to minimize losses of lives and properties in disasters, he explained. There is need to educate the people who live in disaster prone areas, he emphasized. “For this purpose a team of trained volunteers need to be formed to educate the people in large numbers by distributing CDs, pamphlets, brochures and through organizing programmes in schools, colleges etc., he said. He said that the Director of MSS will also be present in the disaster affected place. It should be noted that MSS (Medical Service Society) is proposed to be function. And above all Al-Shifa hospital is going to be completed very soon at Jamia Nagar of Delhi. Soon thereafter scores of hospital will be established to give medical facility to the poor patients and disaster affected victims. Hassan said that SBF is newly formed NGO and it has done well so far. Many staffs have also been appointed in SBF to provide relief and rehabilitation to the victims of disasters. Siddique Hassan sb said that the emergency kit and relief fund should be send in advance and it should be already kept in all states. He also said that the doctor forums will also be formed to give immediate medical aid to the victims of disasters.
Md. Jafar, Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami, Hind said that JIH has always been involved to provide relief and rehabilitation to the victims of disasters. The SBF effort to provide relief, medical aid and rehabilitation to the victims of disasters is appreciable. The government has rich resources but it delay in providing immediate and direct help and relief to poor and victims of disasters. On the other hand the NGOs like SBF has not the resources in abundance to provide relief on large scale. . A Volunteer core of 5000 trained people is being created under the aegis of SBF with an aim to respond to emergencies in an efficient way. Training programs are planned for these volunteers.

Mr. Rafeek Ahmad sb, presented the minutes of meeting and the progress done by SBF till now.

The relief work was done by SBF in the storm hit areas of Bihar. SBF under Vision 2016 started emergency relief work and rehabilitation to the victims soon after kosi flood which came on 18th August 2008 and affected many districts of Bihar like supol, Araria, Madhepura and Purnia. The volunteers of SBF rescued more than seven thousand people from 50 villages and provided shelter, meal, milk, garments and medicine to 12000 flood affected people in its 8 camps located in Basmatia, Forbasganj, Narpatganj, Araria Court, Siraba, Rajokhan, Dutha Bazar and Raghupur regularly. Along with, Eid kits were also distributed to 5000 people and eid gifts to 2000 children of the flood affected families. SBF done relief work by distributing 5000 blankets, warm cloth to 250 children, and 300 houses were repaired, 220 quintals of rice have been distributed, marriage was arranged for 27 girls, 81 students were helped to continue their studies further, in four places arrangements of pre-matriculation examination was also done, 48 persons were helped in order
to earn their livelihood, 51 tube wells were arranged for clean drinking water
in different places of flood affected areas of Bihar. 71 persons suffering from different diseases were provided with necessary treatment. The SBF is planning to give permanent rehabilitation to these victims fo flood and is constructing small homes for the survivors, each costing Rs. 42,000. A Group Marriage ceremony was also organized by SBF, vision 2016 for Kosi Flood victims. 67 couples got married on this occasion. Each couple was provided with some cash and a bridal gift. A kit of household items was distributed to about fifteen thousand flood affected families in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. More than 150 volunteers participated in these relief work. More than one core Indian rupees have been spent on the work so far.
The vision 2016 sponsored 20 houses for the people below poverty line in Assam, each costing Rs. 25,000. The beneficiaries are basically victims of a series of human-made and natural disasters.

Many important personalities related to HWF, SBF and JIH made their participation. Among them are Salimullah Khan National Co-ordinator, HWF, Aquil Ahmad (SBF, Co-ordinator), Rafeek Ahmad, Athar Karim Qidwai, Kudroli Ashraf, M.I. Khilji, Abdul Shakoor, Md. Isfeequl Hussain, Sayyad Hassan, Sheth Amin, Md. Reyaz and Mohammad Gauhar Iqbal.

SBF orgnised Training programme on Disaster Management

New Delhi : SBF conducted Training programme on Disaster Management in West BengalOn 19 & 20 June’2010. Society for Bright Future (SBF) Organised a state level two days training programme on disaster management at Iqra Model Academy,Champdany, Hooghly, West Bengal . The camp inaugurated with the recitationof Holy Quran by Molana Riayazuddin Falahi. On his welcome address Mr. AquilAhmad, Co-ordinator of SBF said, “The geographical structure of India causes manynatural disasters every year. We cannot stop these but we can reduce the casualtiesby spreading awareness among people, he said that there is a planning for preparingtrained volunteer core group in each state as it is already started to give trainingto 130 volunteer in West Bengal.” He also formed five groups of volunteer to studyand plan relief activities related to incidents like flood, cyclone, earthquake, fire, &landslide etc. which is most needed in their districts.Several Government officials delivered their lecture and practically demonstratedhow to do disaster management works, rescue, relief & rehabilitation etc. Mr. JonabAli Mondal, SDDMO, spoke on the topics awareness Generation, governmentassistance to the victims of disaster. During his speech he emphasized that, noproject can be implemented properly without the public participation. He also said,we have to take the matter for a survival cause.Mrs. Bandana Guha, BDMO, spoke on “Types of Disaster”. She said how peoplesuffer by various types of disaster. Sandip Biswas, BDMO spoke on ‘DisasterManagement Act’, ‘Flood Scenario of Bengal’, ‘School safety and disastermanagement’, ‘Gender issues and trauma counselling’. He emphasized that childrenmust learn swimming.Besides, Mr. Ashoke Sadhukhan-Civil Defense officer, Dr. Shamim-Commander St.John Ambulance, Monoj Banerjee-BDMO, Tapan Ckaroborty-SDDMO, Mr. P.Mitra-BDMO also spoke on “Different problems during Disaster & Rescue operation”, “firstaid”, “Pre-Post disaster phase”, “Cyclone” and “earthquake” respectively etc.Dr. Masihurrahman Secretary JIH West Bengal spoke on “Khidmate Khalq Allahko raazi karne ka jariya”. Member of AIMPLB Dr. Raisuddin spoke the concludingspeech. Thanks given by Md. Tahiruddin, JIH-Nazim. Others present in the campwere Z.A. Gazi, Regional co-ordinator-HWF,Khaliquzzaman, Md. Mannaf SecretarySSW, Abdul Aziz-Asst Sec SSW. 130 Volunteer from all over the state attended the

JIH state presidents’ meeting on interest-free microfinance project

New Delhi 9th July: JIH state presidents’ meeting on interest free microfinance project was held at the headquarter of JIH, New Delhi on 9th July 2010.
The meeting was chaired by Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan, president of Sahulat microfinance society and vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami. He presented the success of Sahulat microfinance (which is under vision 2016) achieved till now.
Thereafter, Arshad Ajmal, vice president of Sahulat microfinance gave full information about interest-free microfinance project, the process of registration, need and scope of interest-free microfinance in Indian situation, functioning of interest-free cooperative credit society, project and expected impact of Sahulat scheme of interest-free microfinance. He also gave the example of Al-Khair which is registered and functioning as interest-free cooperative since 2002. He said that Al-Khair an eight years of interest-free cooperative experiment has proved the viability of interest-free micro-financing in India.
Arshad Ajmal also said that Sahulat microfinance will promote and facilitate 500 cooperative branches by the end of 2016 and mobilize seed money for new cooperatives and branches. “It will establish 4 Regional offices and training and research unit along with it will provide framework for networking of cooperatives at the national level,” he added.
Participants agreed to establish the interest-free microfinance institution and Al-Khair co-operative credit society Ltd. in all the states mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand, U.P. & Delhi with the help of Sahulat microfinance and Jamaat zonal office.
Amir-e-Jamaat concluded the speech and appealed everyone to help for establishing and well functioning of interest-free microfinance institution in almost all places of India for the sake of Allah. He further said that when interest-free institution will work and give the benefit to people then the downtrodden section of the society will automatically be uplifted and the souls of people will be awaken from the message of Allah. “Our strategy should be inclusive and effective to cast a positive impact on society,” said Jalaluddin Umri. He wished success to the alternative model of microfinance being launched on interest-free basis with a vision to bring justice and equity in Indian society.

Launching programme of MSS (Delhi Chapter)

New Delhi 4 July :Human welfare Trust launched a programme of MSS under vision 2016 on 4th July 2010 at Shoora Hall, headquarter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. The programme was inaugurated by Khalil Ahmad sb, Ameer-e-Mukhami, Jamia Nagar. He said that Jamaat-e-Islami was set up for the upliftment of minority section of the society in educationally, economically and socially. It has benefited people in every need. For long time there was a need to give medical facility to poor people who cannot afford costly medicines, medical facility and treatment etc. The Al-Shifa Hospital in Jamia Nagar of trust is in verge of completion. Thereafter the Trust will open such hospitals in other places also.
He said that we have sent here for the welfare of mankind and giving medical facility to patient is one of the novel work. He quoted some hadith regarding patients’ treatment and highlighted the importance of providing medical service to them. He also said that Allah has sent medicine for all the diseases but we should trust on Allah that the medicine will work and the patient will be cured by the wishes of Allah. For this the doctors should pray for the healing of the patients. He also said that the doctors should uplift the patients’ spirit because patient follow the instructions of doctors apart from taking medicines. The doctors should do for the healing of the patient who are addicted of alcohol, tobacco etc.
Mr. Basit Anwar sb, Secretary of Tarbiat gave the clear view of Jamaat-e-Islami, hind and said that vision is its part in which there is a target of opening score of hospitals in many parts of India in those places where there is a huge population of minority and lack of medical hospitals.
Dr. Moti Lal, the vice president of Medical Service Society conducted the programme. He said that such meetings of MSS will be done in near future for better functioning of MSS. He also appealed to the panel of doctors which were present in the meeting of MSS to organize free medical camp and blood donation camp on time to time to approach most of the patients and help them directly. Various doctors participated in this meeting, some of them are Dr. M. Husain, Dr. Sajid Khan, Ahmed Abdullah, Zakir Hussain Bahlim, Dr. Saha Safder, Dr. Shaklur Rahman, Dr. Md. Abasar, Dr. Md. Aslam, Dr. Faiza Manzoor, Dr. Shamshad Ahmad, Dr. Dilshad Sami, Dr. Md. Shamsher Akhtar, Khursheed Anwer, Dr. Ajit Kr. Thakur, Dr. Mohammad Saleem, Dr. Rehanullah Khan. Dr. M Hussain, vice president of MSS introduced about the MSs.
There were doctors from reputed hospitals of Delh also like Escorts and AIIMS. The next date of meeting of MSS was scheduled on 1 August for medical camp. Temporarily Dr. Rahnullah Khan, G. Surgeon is elected for President, Dr. Ahmad Abdullah, vice president, Dr. Mohammad Salim, Pathologist elected for vice president of MSS.
Human Welfare Foundation is a nation based NGO comprising famous leaders, social workers and intellectuals. It focuses on Education, Health, Economic upliftment, Empowerment of women and disaster management. It has 50 NGOs as its affiliates spread over 20 states, implementing more than 125 Projects.