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Please Pray for Mohammad Shakoor Former President of Islamic Association Western Suburbs Sydney
Dear Br. Zafar Hussain, AoA
Once again we do acknowledge with thanks that you always place the community news on your web www.sadaewatansydney.com as an information or where community get benefited. Below are couple of items should you consider appropriate to place on your Sada-e-Watan web separately.
With kind regards to you & your family
Qamar Khan - Sydney
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(1) Mohammad Shakoor Ex. President of IAWSS is struggling for his life in a Nursing Home
Dear Sada-e-Watan readers, Assalamu Alaikum
The one of the best Community worker I come across Br. Mohammad Shakoor is currently struggling for his life in Bossley Park Nursing Home Sydney.Br. Shakoor was diagnosed brain tumour over six years ago when he was in late 60s. Soon after he was operated at Westmead Hospital Sydney.Though he did survive the major operation. However, he was unable to maintain his active life since then. Over an year ago he was again diagnosed the re-appearance of brain tumour. And his family in consultation with the medical experts decided not to get him operated again.
On my last visit on Friday 16 April 2010, I found him very week and his memory is fading too. On entrance to the room he was sharing with other three, he did recognise me by face. And asked me to call the Nursing staff to clean him up as he could not get anyone to do so for some time. After the staff got him clean, I asked Shakoor saheb would he like to go on wheel chair outside to have a bit of fresh air. He readily agreed.
Shakoor Saheb was born in Faisalabad (Pakistan) and associated in teaching. He was married at Kampala (Uganda) with Shugufta Bhabi whose parent were also from Pakistan. Shakoor Saheb came to Australia with his wife and a daughter back at early 1970s. Shakoor Saheb has been a teacher in public Schools for a long time. My family association with Br. Shakoor's family goes back to 1979. I still remember during the initial period of fund raising for Rooty Hill Mosque and School projects, after the job he used to come to my office at Alcatel-ST, Alexandria to collect small or large amount of donations and encourage each others.
Br. Shakoor has been President, Gen. Secretary and Treasurer of Islamic Association Western Suburbs Sydney (IAWSS) and still he and his family are the foundation members.I feel sorry when Shakoor Saheb tells me very few community members come and visit him. As we all know Br. Shakoor case is not an isolated one. There are many community members who are in similar if not the same situations.
There is no doubt we do need accommodations, aged cares and nursing homes where our community members in need can live within our cultural environment and be able to maintain values, respect, independence and at the same time be able to communicate with their love ones.
With best wishes to you all
Qamar Khan - Sydney
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2) Expression of Interest for Community Volunteers
Dear Sada-e-Watan readers, Assalamu Alaikum
In order to carry out the feasibility studies for possible planning & developments of community projects e.g. family accommodations with at-least one member 55 or over , aged & child cares and nursing homes on our lands in Sydney Hills District. We invite submissions from Volunteers of all genders to participate in community project-works at their flexible hours. It is desirable (not essential) the interested Volunteers to have at least two or more skills or experiences as per the list below:
Able to communicate in English both in speaking and writing to Local, States and Federal authorities as well as to private professionals;
Have some Community project development experience;
Being involved in making Concept plans/modelling, architectural or surveying drawings using CAD/CAM packages;
Ability to produce planning documents for staged developments acceptable to the Council & EPA;
To carry out project costing and funding arrangements;
Had local experiences with builders and sub-contractors in the recent past;
Willingness to work as a team and knowledge of community needs for all ages.
Volunteers are welcome to make submission via: Email: qamark@bigpond.net.au or FAX: (02) 9629 4993 and can make initial enquiries on 0411 657 786.
With best wishes
Qamar Khan - Sydney
