The participants at the Hajikka Memorial Essay Writing Contest 2019 pose for a photo.
Doha: The Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), a charitable organisation under the patronage of the Embassy of India, has conducted the Hajikka Memorial Essay Writing Contest 2019, in memory of Late Hajikka at Doha Modern Indian School (Abu Hamour, Doha). Approximately 350 students of Classes 7 to 12 from at least ten prominent Indian schools from Qatar participated in this contest.
The children from ten prominent schools in Qatar, Doha Modern Indian School, Delhi Public School-MIS, MES Indian School, Ideal Indian School, Olive International School, Birla Public School, Bhavans Public School, Shantiniketan Indian School, Noble International School, and Pearl School participated in two categories Juniors (Class VII, VIII & IX) and Seniors (Class X, XI & XII)
The contest was mainly intended to inculcate the need of benevolence in young minds to help the needy, as these students stride the path towards their prospective future. It would also help to spread awareness about ICBF services in Qatar and serve as a source of innovative young ideas to expand ICBF services in future for the benefit of the society.
Late Abdul Khader Haji was a social and charitable activist who is remembered for his humanitarian services spanning 40 odd years in Qatar. ICBF has been conducting the Hajikka Memorial Essay Writing Contests since 2014. And every year efforts are being made to include more children to participate in this contest from more schools.
The theme for the contest remained benevolence and humanity depicting the nature of the commemorated personality Hajikka.
When M V Abdul Khader Haji, addressed lovingly by people of Doha as Hajikka, passed away at the age of 67 on December 22, 2013, after his 47 years of social service in Qatar, he not only left his wife Zuhra and four children, but also a legacy of life and death with an invaluable message.
He conveyed to his fellow human, that whatever differences life had to offer, death unites all on a common ground. Irrespective of religion, nationality and language, people used to seek his assistance, whenever a dear one passed away, to perform their final rites, to complete the legal entanglements and medical formalities and Hajikka used to do it considering it a divine responsibility without expecting any worldly returns.
Though losing him left an irreplaceable vacuum and was mourned by every soul who knew him or who at one time or other had been a subject of his benevolence.
ICBF considers itself fortunate till date that he worked in association with it as a part of its Death Case Task Force and was honoured to confer this advocate of humanity with the Indian Community Benevolent Forum Humanitarian Award during 2003-2004.
