Community Donates to Help Families This Holiday Season Fremont, CA – This holiday season many families in Fremont – particularly those with lower incomes – are feeling the stress of a post-COVID economy and rising costs, struggling to find ways to bring cheer to loved ones this time of year. Local Dawoodi Bohra community volunteers…
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In 2020, healthcare professionals and kids from the Dawoodi Bohras of Dallas & Fort Worth started selling houseplants to raise money for a community garden in the grounds of their Masjid. Two years later, the volunteers raised enough to plant a garden of native species to attract pollinators.
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Dallas-based Dawoodi Bohra women take the initiative to support their women entrepreneurs by hosting BBAG Fest 2022 and attending Pinners Conference.
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To mark World Food Day 2022, the Dawoodi Bohras of Detroit held their annual drive-thru food pantry to support local families in conjunction with community partners, C.A.R.E.S. in Farmington Hills and Farmington Public Schools. This year, the Dawoodi Bohras of Detroit acknowledged that, as food insecurity increases, it is even more important to make it…
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To mark the United Nations’ World Teachers’ Day, we asked two esteemed teachers from the Dawoodi Bohra community of Detroit what inspired them to take up the profession and how they maintain their passion for teaching. Hasan Khamusi (Photographed above), a long term member of the Detroit community, has been teaching students for over 37…
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Throughout August and September, Project Rise volunteers from the Dawoodi Bohra’s Chicago community delivered donations of laundry, personal hygiene, and household supplies to local area nonprofits focused on aiding families in need.
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To mark the United Nations’ World Teachers’ Day, we spoke to Fakhruddin Bootwala of the Dawoodi Bohra community of Maryland about his teaching philosophy and love of learning.
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Earlier this month, the Dawoodi Bohra community of Chicago hosted Mashtal, a women entrepreneur’s expo, at their masjid complex in Willowbrook, Illinois. The word “mashtal” means “nursery” and “bohra” is the Gujarati word for “traders.” The expo was designed to nurture the business ventures of Dawoodi Bohra women, enabling them to market and grow their…
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Members discuss how to nurture peace, tolerance and harmony across cultures. Members of the Dawoodi Bohra community of San Francisco participated in the 2022 UN International Day of Peace event hosted by the East Bay Regional Park District. Set at the beautiful Lake Chabot Regional Park, people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds came together…
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Project Rise volunteers of all ages from the Dawoodi Bohra community of San Francisco took to the street on Old Canyon Road in the Niles Area of Fremont to pick up cans, bottles, cigarette butts, and other trash throughout the neighborhood near Mohammedi Masjid. Bordered by the environmentally sensitive Alameda Creek, trash of all types…