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Race 4 Good: Students Support Villagers in Nepal

Zahra Bandukwala of the Dawoodi Bohras of Bahrain

Zahra Bandukwala, a 17 year old student at the British School of Bahrain, and her teammates won First prize in the Race4Good Challenge to help uplift the Bung village in Nepal. Race4Good is a global competition organized by the Federation of British International Schools (FOBISIA) in Asia that provides senior school students around the world…

Sultan al Bohra Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin Leads Efforts to Expand Date Palm Tree Cultivation in Dubai

His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin plants a date palm tree in Al Qusais, Dubai, as part of the overall effort to plant 80 trees promoting sustainability in the region.

The leader of the worldwide Dawoodi Bohra community, Sultan al-Bohra Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, initiated the planting of 80 indigenous date palm trees in Al Qusais, Dubai to foster positive climate action and promote sustainable development in the UAE. To inaugurate the project, Syedna Saifuddin planted a date palm tree at the reservoir near Burhani Masjid…

Bohra community Hosts Green drive for World Environment Day in UAE

The Dawoodi Bohra community across the UAE successfully organised a Dawoodi Bohra Green Drive to mark World Environment Day.

This story was reported by Gulf Today on June 6, 2023 The Dawoodi Bohra community across the UAE successfully organised a Dawoodi Bohra Green Drive on Sunday to mark World Environment Day. The event was organised to promote sustainable living and raise awareness of the importance of taking care of the environment and tackling climate…

Giving Back to Society

Under the banner of Project Rise, the Bahrain community has undertaken several welfare and development projects for the benefit of society.

This article was reported in Gulf Daily News on April 24, 2023 Every year, the Dawoodi Bohra community takes part in the group’s global initiative, Project Rise, aimed at uplifting and elevating the less fortunate. The Dawoodi Bohras, a religious denomination within the Ismaili branch of Islam, work in partnership with governments and NGOs to…