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Emdad Rahman The Welsh Bengal Dragons travelled down from Wales to take part in a crucial exhibition friendly as part of a fundraising drive to build the first ever girls only orphanage in Palestine. The “Unity Through Sport” match saw ...

Emdad Rahman Local businessman Kam Ali was among the winners at the twelfth Community Leadership Awards Gala Dinner in partnership with SOAS, University of London. The glitzy event took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Western Gateway, London. The philanthropreneur ...

Emdad Rahman Pupils from London East Academy and Al Mizan school in east London raised £3,239.57 for the Ummah Welfare Trust’s winter appeal to support the desperately needy citizens of war ravaged Syria. Year 8 were top of the table ...

Syed Ali Tarek The University of East London (UEL) Bangladesh Alumni Network UK held its annual London event at its Stratford campus on 20th November. This was an engaging and encouraging event which brought more than 50 UEL graduates, their ...

Emdad Rahman Addiction – stress – domestic violence – mental health – broken relationships – grief – unemployment – despair. These are all very real catalysts for homelessness. It’s easy to forget that the homeless are people, people who have ...

Emdad Rahman As part of interfaith week, Our lady and St Joseph Catholic School in Poplar hosted a multi-faith gathering at which presentations from Jewish, Christian and Muslim speakers were followed by refreshments. The well attended event focussed on the ...

Emdad Rahman An international aid charity has opened the doors to its new office in London’s East End. There was a small celebration as the Human Relief Foundation launched a new site in Whitechapel from where the charity’s southern-based aid efforts ...

Emdad Rahman Students and staff at the London Islamic School, east London, teamed up to raise a whopping £11,000 to support some of the poorest and most persecuted citizens on the planet. Headteacher Abdul Hadi, staff and students dug deep to ...

Emdad Rahman Kind hearted staff from Langdon Park School in Poplar joined youngsters from the local SPLASH Life Skills Project to feed homeless citizens who are staying at the local St Matthias Church and community centre. The meals were provided ...

Emdad Rahman A team of fundraisers from the Human Relief Foundation have returned to England after successfully trekking the Great Wall of China in support of the humanitarian work that the UK charity carries out with needy people all over ...