World Food Day Activities in Bohra Jamaats & Schools Worldwide

On the 16th of October each year, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day to inspire people to fight against global hunger and food wastage.

This year the theme for world food day was to strive for a hunger-free world by the year 2030 and was especially targeted at students and educators.

The Dawoodi Bohra community under the guidance of His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin ^TUS has made great strides in the fight against hunger and food waste. The FMB and Dana committees successfully strive towards these goals on a daily basis.

To commemorate World Food Day, in keeping with the theme prescribed by the UN, the community's educational institutes, namely MSB, Madaris and Raudat al-Quran, teamed up with local FMB and Dana committees as well as other NGOs to distribute food to the needy and create awareness about global hunger and prevention of food waste.

Across more than 100 cities world wide, students engaged in four types of activities:

1. Food banks were set up in more than a 120 community centres worldwide and effectively collected tonnes of non-perishable food items which were then handed over to local charities or to the those in need directly.
2. Awareness walks were organised with students carrying placards and taking to the streets in order to convey the message of hunger and zero food wastage to society.
3. Poster making competitions saw students exercise their creative faculties to artistically depict the phenomenon of global hunger and suggest ways in which the problem can be tackled through innovative practices.
4. Students attended lectures and talks on the subject of global hunger and food waste to broaden their own horizons and appreciate the movement on a more intellectual level.

The activities were an overwhelming success with tonnes of food collected and distributed to those in need. NGOs and local government bodies praised the community for taking up the cause with such discipline and dedication.

Below is a list of all the educational institutes and community centres across the world that took up the cause with passion and enthusiasm.

Educational Institutes

Raudat al-Quran al-Kareem

MSB Centres (India)

1. Bangalore
2. Banswara
3. Bhopal
4. Chennai
5. Godhra
6. Indore
7. Kolkata
8. Kota
9. Mumbai
10. Nagpur
11. Nasik
12. Pune
13. Raipur
14. Rajkot
15. Secunderabad
16. Vasai

MSB Centres (International)

1. Nairobi
2. Mombasa
3. Dar es Salaam
4. Tananarive
5. Kuwait
6. Dubai
7. Karachi

Schools under the guidance of Attalim Department

1. Ammar Bauge Nounihaal Senior Secondary School Indore
2. Saifi High School Mumbai
3. Mohammediyah Higher Secondary School Mandsaur
4. Taiyebiyah English High School Ujjain
5. Taiyebiyah Senior Secondary English Medium School Partapur
6. New Haideriyah English Senior Secondary School Sunel
7. Panjataniyah High School Barwani
8. Nooraniyah English School Rajkot
9. Taheriyah Senior Secondary School Salumber
10. Saifiyah Senior Secondary School Galiakot
11. Saifiyah Higher Secondary School Khargone
12. Saifee Senior Secondary English Medium School Udaipur
13. New Taiyebiyah Senior Secondary School Ratlam
14. Jamali English Medium School Dholka
15. Burhani English Medium School Dahod

Dana Committees

1. Kankroli
2. Ahmedabad
3. Kapadwanj
4. Sidhpur
5. Harda
6. Hoshangabad
7. Sehore
8. Shirpur
9. Patna
10. Alirajpur
11. Bhabra
12. Dohad - Ezzy Mohallah
13. Dohad - Saifee Burhani Dohad
14. Jobat
15. Kushalgarh
16. Jhalod
17. Sanjeli
18. Thandla
19. Eldoret
20. Kampala
21. Morogoro
22. Nakuru
23. Chittagong
24. Hong Kong
25. Indore - Saifee Nagar
26. Kukshi
27. Rajkot-Qutbi
28. Surendranagar
29. Zakavi Jamnagar
30. Rajkot - Zakavi Mohallah
31. Abu Dhabi
32. Bahrain
33. Doha
34. Khaitan Kuwait
35. Bangalore.
36. Chennai - Mohammedi masjid
37. Chennai. Saifee Masjid
38. Cochin
39. Coimbatore
40. Hyderabad -Husainialam
41. Hyderabad- Red Hills
42. Madras - Mohammedi Mohallah
43. Secunderabad
44. Visakhapatnam
45. Dombivali
46. Bhayander West- Fakhri Colony
47. Borivali
48. Kalyan
49. Mumbai - SANTACRUZ
50. Virar
51. Mumbai - Jamali Mohalla
52. Mumbai - Mohammedi Mohallah
53. Mumbai - Mufaddal Mohallah
54. Mumbai - Saifee and Fatemi
55. Mumbai-Taiyebi Mohallah
56. Nagpur - Badri Mohallah
57. Nagpur City
58. Nagpur - Saifee Mohallah
59. Dondaicha
60. Manmad
61. Shahada
62. Karachi
63. Karachi - Almohallatul Burhania
64. Karachi -Adam Mohallah
65. Karachi_Burhani Mohallah
66. Karachi-Ibrahim Mohallah
67. Karachi-Saleh Mohallah
68. Multan
69. Rawalpindi
70. Kasarwadi
71. Poona - Burhani Mohalla
72. Poona Fakhri Mohalla
73. Poona Kalimi Mohallah
74. Poona Mithanagar
75. Poona Saifee Mohallah
76. Poona Taiyebi Mohallah
77. Bhanpura - Bohra Mohalla
78. Burhani Mohallah Mandasaur
79. Chotti Sadri
80. Jhalrapatan
81. Kota- Burhani Mohallah
82. Kota Junction
83. Manasa
84. Neemuch
85. Sitamau
86. Sunel
87. Suwasra
88. Vajihi Mohalla
89. Banswara - Fakhri Mohalla
90. Dungarpur
91. Galiyakot- Mohammediyah
92. Udaipur
93. Ratlam -Raoti - sadarbazar
94. Sailana
95. Bradford
96. Detroit
97. Houston
98. Mississauga
99. Toronto