Category Archives: Minneapolis

The Dawoodi Bohra faith instills the value of education and lifelong learning in members of the faith from a very young age.  With a focus on hard work, many Dawoodi Bohra women go on to run successful businesses, while others pursue careers in medicine, teaching, academia and public service.  To mark International Women’s Day, we…

As world leaders assembled at COP26 in Glasgow, volunteers from Dawoodi Bohras communities all over the world continued to take practical action on a regular basis to protect the environment as part of the global Project Rise initiative. This weekend, volunteers from Minneapolis partnered with Wazyata High School to help the City of Plymouth, Minneapolis,…

Exacerbated by recent events such as the CoVid 19 crisis, certain neighborhoods in the twin cities have become food deserts. In these areas, essential items are in critically low supply. Recognizing this need, Dawoodi Bohras of Minneapolis raised over four hundred dollars to provide essential supplies to Minneapolis Communities in collaboration with local NGO, Second…

Dawoodi Bohras in Minneapolis recognized an acute shortage of face masks for healthcare professionals who are at the forefront of addressing the CoVid 19 pandemic. To address this need, an initiative was undertaken by a local group of Minneapolis Dawoodi Bohra women to sew face masks for doctors and other healthcare workers. Around 200 hand…

Community members in Minneapolis volunteered at a local non profit organisation called Feed My Starving Children which packages and delivers nutritious meals to starving children in Haiti. Young and old joined hands in preparing packages for those in need inspired by the Islamic tradition of feeding the hungry. The volunteers prepared a collective 15,000 meals…

The Bohra community in Minneapolis provided food and essential items to Mary’s Place homeless shelter in an effort to assist them in caring for the homeless. The polar vortex with temperatures of -45F, windchill and intense snowfall had put additional burden on Mary’s Place which prompted the community to lend a hand. They contributed non…