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

http://www.twocircles.net/?q=2010sep25/relief_reaching_jamia_nagar_flood_victims.html
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
http://www.timesofoman.com/searchdetail.asp?cat=&detail=39276&rand=CKl4hnblcWG4l4O1JSH2MJvQv4
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.”