Idara Falah e Aam (Waqf) Srinagar, Kashmir

Idara Falah Aam (Waqf) Srinagar

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Introduction

In 1983 it was felt to set up an organization to help the needy and provide financial support for survival of the poor. Late Alhaj Gh. Mohi-ud-Din Wani of “Suffering Moses” played a basic role in establishing the Idhara Falah Aam (Waqf). He acted as first chairman of the Idara. Late Begum Zaffar Ali and Jenab Mir Gh. Rasool have been the founder Trustees of the Idara. Of late, a founding member Alhaj Munshi Gh. Hassan and the Board of Trustees stepped up the efforts to revamp the Idara and team of trustworthy persons is currently running it. The Board of Trustees is elected as per laid down guidelines of Trust Dead duly registered in the Court of Law.

Aims and objectives
To extend financial support for basic education of children belonging to poor families.
To grant scholarships and awards to meritorious students getting highest distinction.
To provide guidance and financial assistance to deserving students to carry on higher studies or admission in professional colleges and participation in other competitive exams.
To help the poor, orphans, widows, disabled persons, patients, sufferer etc. by way of monetary aid.
To organize seminars, workshops and base camps for multipurpose programs and general awakening/ awareness of the people.

Achievements
A number of poor families are being regularly given certain amount as aid on monthly basis.
A substantial amount to the tune of thousands of rupees is paid to widows and orphans.
There are many instances of incidents like fire mishap, natural calamity and other accidents where Idara comes for immediate rescue of the victims and helps the needy by all means within the reach of the Idara.
Cutting and Tailoring Centre to train the females for self earnings are formed at different places from time to time.

The Idara has funded so many students for the basic and higher education and continue to extend financial assistance besides providing guidance for widespread of the education in the community.

The Idara incurred an amount of Rs 50,000/- for supply of course material for current session of KAS candidates for whom coaching class was set up and 120 candidates passed the preliminary exam

Resources of funds

There is no permanent source of income except interest on the corpus but Idara rely on public donation, alms, Nazir/ Niyaz, Zikat/ khums and life membership. Life membership has been increased from Rs1000/- to Rs 2000/- in the recent past. The life membership fee forms the corpus of the Trust.

Idara has devised authority letter for monthly contribution of not less than Rs 100/- through bank account which is currently in vogue to fund the Idara. Further, Idara has been granted permission to collect and spend Khmus by the Grand Ayatulaah Uzma Syed Ali Sistani and Rehber Mouzum Syed Ali Khamanei.

Permission granted by His Excellency, Grand Ayatullah Uzma Syed Ali Sistani
Idara Falah Aam (Waqf) Srinagar is authorized to collect Sahim Mubarik Imam (a.s.) from the people in India and spend half of the amount of Sahim Mubarik Imam (a.s.) and remit fifty percent of it through Hujatul Islam Aga Syed Baqir kashmiri. Office of the representative of Rehber Mousum Ayatullah Syed Ali Khamenei

Organizational Setup
Munshi Gh. Hassan Chief Patron
Chairman - Mohd. Sadiq Wani Trustee
General Secretary - Er. Nisar Ali Trustee
Trustee - Showkat Rasool Alamgir
Finance Secretary - Er. Gh. Mehdi Dar Trustee
Trustee - Dr. Nazir Ahmad Malik
Trustee - Gh. Hyder Bhat
Trustee - Syed Mohd Hussain
Associate Trustee - Syed Rasool Kazmi
Associate Trustee - Ali Mohd.Bhat
PRO - Shabir Ali Qaidi
Office Secretary - Mirza Rafiq Ahmed

Women’s Wing currently comprises of ten members who work side by side to serve the community in line with the set goals of the Idara. The tailoring centre is working under their supervision. On the recommendation of Women’s Wing two girls from the vicinity of Mirbehri Srinagar have been sponsored for imparting paramedical training for two years in “Tahira Khanam’s Institute” in 2009 and Tuition fee of Rs 35,000/- as well as other fee dues for the first year were paid out of their donation and regular contribution of Rs 100/- per month.

BRIEF REPORT OF WOMEN'S WING

BACKGROUND

The whole Shia community in Kashmir is backward in every sphere of life. The women are the worst hit in our society. They are being ignored altogether. The education was not imparted to the females till the recent past. The girls outside the Srinagar city are still deprived from education. In nut shell, the woman in our society is living a miserable life. 

FORMULATION OF WOMEN WING

A group of educated women established “Women Wing” under the control of the umbrella organization Viz., Idara Falah Aam (Waqf) to oversea the matters relating to females of the community. The Women’s Wing is striving very hard for empowering the women of the community in Kashmir. Indeed, there are great difficulties still persisting in the society which are contributory to the discomforts of the women. The “Women Wing” of the Idara has taken certain initiatives for the wellbeing of the females of the community.

MISSION

01.     Education Awareness Programs - The trust area is education for the females. Every individual member of the Women Wing has been canvassing for female education in every shia locality in Kashmir . The environment is created to motivate the people for imparting education to the girls. The financial assistance is being also provided to the girls for pursuing higher education.

02.   Health Care of the Women - The Women’s Wing comprises of certain doctors, who are working in Govt. Health Centers in Srinagar Kashmir. They specifically focus on the health care of the women of the community. Two poor girls from a remote coastal area of Dal Lake Srinagar (Meerbehri) have been sponsored for paramedical trainings in a private institute. The entire training expenses to the tune of Rs 1.00 lac is borne by the Idara at the moment.

03.      Vocational Training Center - The cutting and tailoring center is being set up at different locations to train the females on an ongoing basis. There is capacity to teach maximum 10 candidates at a time in the center. This has provided earnings to many women.

04.   Help the Poor Women - The poor widows’/women do often approach for funds. Such cases are recommended on merits and most of them are provided a fixed amount on monthly basis. The onetime aid is also sanctioned in favour of certain destitute for their livelihood.   

05.      Career Counseling - The women are continuously guided to keep themselves apprised of the situation taking place around the world. The inspiration of self-help is inculcated in the minds of young girls through individual efforts of the members of Women Wing.

Vision

Educatinal Coaching Center - To setup an Educational Coaching Center mostly for science students in a Shia dominated area of Mirbehri, consisting of 50 villages with 20 thousand populations in the Srinagar City. This is an interior coastal area of Dal Lake without connectivity to main roads. There are no transport facilities available in the area of Mirbehri Dal. These villages are linked with the main roads by self-made wooden logs. Mostly people use boats as a means of transport.

Keeping in view all these difficulties, the Women Wing is contemplating to set up a Coaching Centre particularly for science students in the centre of Mirbehri Dal. This will go a long way in helping the females to pull on their studies in the science stream as well.

Cutting and Tailoring Centers - To begin with, a few centers will be opened in different locations for a specific period of time and thereafter shall be shifted to other places on an ongoing basis. The trainees on completion of basic course shall be given sewing machines on loan for their earnings.  

Medical Camps - The Doctors working in the Women’s Wing are planning to organize medical camps through out the valley of Kashmir and will provide healthcare services specifically women of the community. The medical tests shall be free along with medicine for the patients.  

Sponsorship of Students - The Women Wing would in future help to the full extent under sponsorship scheme destined for poor talented female students. This will also include adoption of female candidates for higher studies by the identified well-off people of the community.  

Source of Funds - There is no permanent source of funds of the Women’s Wing. The members of the Women’s Wing generally meet up the expenses of the forum from their own pockets. The forum is not in a position to cater the needs of all the deserving females to a large extent. This is really unfortunate that we could not come up to the expectations of the needy women of the community due to scarcity of the funds.

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                                                                                      DR. Kouser Aga

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Generosity is to help a deserving without his request, and if you help him after his request, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.

Saying- 53 from “Nahjul Balagah” by Imam Ali (a.s.)

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