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Jazeem Abdul Hameed
Jazeem Abdul Hameed

The document summarizes a charity project conducted by Michael Jackson's Legacy (MJL) charity in collaboration with the Foundation of Goodness (FoG) in Sri Lanka. The charity provided school supplies to 235 poor rural children, exceeding their original goal of 100 packs. Generous donors and exchange rates allowed them to assist more children than planned. The school packs helped children in underprivileged areas to continue their education. Photos show the smiling children with their new supplies. The charities thanked all involved for helping the children receive an education.

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ISSUE 1262NEWSLANKA 11 FEBRUARY - 2016PAGE 18 Conveyancing Specialist Edward De Silva & Co. Incorporating J.A. Phillips & Co. Est. 1947 Will do house conveyancing at 贈450贈450 plus VAT and disbursements Will also undertake Business Sales, Purchases & Transfers, in UK & Sri Lanka on different fee scales. Company Law, Immigration & Nationality, Work Permits, Wills & Probate, Family Law Solicitors Tel: 0208 571 2299 Fax: 0208 571 2014 econ. 11 Greenford Avenue Southall Middlesex UB1 2AA DX: 119585 Southall 3 Specialist in speeding & traffic Offences. Email: edslawyer@btconnect.com by Anusha Seneviratne In August 2015, we at the small UK-based charity Michael Jackson's Legacy (MJL) ran a fundraising appeal to provide poor rural children in Sri Lanka with school packs in collaboration with the Foundation of Goodness (FoG). MJL is a charity founded in memory of the legendary Michael Jackson, who spent much of his life doing charitable work in aid of the world's most disadvantaged, particularly children and wildlife. Since 2011, we have completed numerous projects worldwide including the building two children's homes in Liberia and Haiti, and funding conservation measures for elephants and horses, to name a few. Sri Lanka's free education system means that the country has a literacy rate of 98%, but the poorest children from rural areas need other essential items such as books, bags, pencils and mathematical instruments to excel in their studies. Without such items children cannot make notes during class, fail at mathematics due to a lack of instruments and can eventually drop out of school without completing their studies. Thus many children are unable to realize their full potential and continue their lives in a cycle of poverty and hardship. Thankfully there is hope for these children due to many generous hearts across the world. As we began our appeal last year, we aimed to raise enough to fund 100 school packs (priced at 贈20 each). When we completed our campaign last year, we were under the impression that we had raised enough to fund 174 school packs. However, favourable exchange rates meant that we eventually funded 235 school packs! This brought the total number of school packs distributed by the Foundation of Goodness 2015 Essential School Supplies Programme to 3,236. To add some extra sparkle to these schoolbags, our very own artist Mimi O'Garren designed postcards and bookmarks to accompany every bag, each with a beautiful piece of artwork on one side and inspirational quotes by Michael Jackson on the other. In addition a kind supporter of ours, Cynthia Kent, sent 200 handmade keyrings to Sri Lanka, each with their own decorated pouch. The school packs funded by MJL were distributed at the FoG Monaragala Children's Goodness Club in the Uva Province and the Gouravilla Primary Tamil Maha Vidyalayam in the Central Province. In the words of Swanthri Jayawardena at the FoG: With the incredible help of Michael Jackson's Legacy, we have been able to make a large group of poor but talented young children very happy! Even though the funds were meant for 200 school packs, due to favourable exchange rates we were able to provide complete school provision packs for 235 children! These young lives will now have the necessary support to stay in school, do well in their studies and escape their current poverty stricken life. Thank you for giving them hope for the future and an opportunity to excel! Your kind generosity has made a real difference in shaping a better future! The difference made for these children can be clearly seen from their beaming smiles in these pictures. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincerest gratitude to all of the donors who contributed to our fundraising campaign, all members and supporters of MJL who ran and publicized the campaign, and all those at the FoG who helped to deliver the final result of this project to the children, in particular Kushil Gunasekara, Fazana Ibrahim, Amaarah Kellapatha, Swanthri Jayawardena and Anusha Perera who were all such a joy to work with on this project. We are sure this will not be the last time we work with the FoG to help those in need in Sri Lanka and enrich humanity. And of course thank you to Michael Jackson who continues to inspire us with his incredible humanitarian spirit. In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. Michael Jackson Taking Michael Jackson to Sri Lanka The children hold the schoolbags and postcards they received. The children compare the key rings they received. Some of the postcards with the inspiration quotes on the back. Jazeem Abdul Hameed, Founder and Director, London School of Entrepreneurship and the Chairman of Jazah Group, was short-listed from the Sri Lankan Communities in the United Kingdom to be awarded the Educational Excellence Award for the year 2015/2016. The awards are aimed at celebrating the exceptional academic achievements of Sri Lankan Muslims in the UK and has been being organised annually by the Education & Community Development Committee (EdCom) of Sri Lankan Muslim Cultural Centre (SLMCC) in the UK. Mr. Jazeem became the first Sri Lankan origin to be awarded the 'Fellowship' of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (IOEE) in the United Kingdom. The IOEE is the professional institute dedicated to recognising the profession of enterprise, entrepreneurship and enterprise support. It is a not for-profit company led by the government- recognised Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI). He also obtained the Fellowship of the Institute of Administrative Management (InstAM-UK) in recognition of his dedication and excellent services in his career. The Institute of Administrative Management (IAM) is the oldest management Institute in the UK having inspired professional business managers and administrators since 1915. Mr. Jazeem received this award for his outstanding achievement in the field of Entrepreneurship and Administrative Management. The award ceremony took place on 6th February 2016 the SLMCC Hall, Harrow in the London. Jazeem awarded Educational Excellence Award in the UK. IMF CONT FROM P16 exemptions and bolster the efficiency of tax administration) are welcome, the mission highlighted the macroeconomic and financial risks of a large deficit and the associated need to borrow from domestic and international markets. The mission urged the authorities to take a growth and investment friendly approach to lowering the size of the 2016 budget deficitfocusing mainly on measures to raise revenues by broadening the tax base, simplifying and making equitable the tax system, and improving tax administration, to lay the groundwork for further consolidation and debt reduction while also allowing for higher public investment. IMF said the end-of-mission press releases included statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMFs Executive Board. This mission will not result in a Board discussion. Asian Mirror revelation compels Acting AG to retain senior State Counsel in Eknaligoda case After Asian Mirror exclusively reported Senior State Counsel Dilipa Pieris' removal from Prageeth Eknaligoda's case, Acting Attorney General Suhada Gamlath came under heavy pressure from many sections of the legal fraternity, including the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. Bar Association President Geoff Alagaratnam, in a telephone conversation with the Acting Attorney General on Tuesday night, expressed their serious concerns over the decision. Some civil society members too carried out SMS and email campaigns in protest of the sudden decision made by Gamlath. They charged that Gamlath was attempting to protect certain elements involved in the case by appointing a relatively young and inexperienced Counsel from the Attorney Generals Department. As an immediate result of this resistance, Gamlath has now decided to reverse his decision and re - assign Pieris to the case. He telephoned the Senior State Counsel at 9. 15 pm on Monday and informed that he would not be taken out of the case, sources close to Gamlath confirmed.

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  • 1. ISSUE 1262NEWSLANKA 11 FEBRUARY - 2016PAGE 18 Conveyancing Specialist Edward De Silva & Co. Incorporating J.A. Phillips & Co. Est. 1947 Will do house conveyancing at 贈450贈450 plus VAT and disbursements Will also undertake Business Sales, Purchases & Transfers, in UK & Sri Lanka on different fee scales. Company Law, Immigration & Nationality, Work Permits, Wills & Probate, Family Law Solicitors Tel: 0208 571 2299 Fax: 0208 571 2014 econ. 11 Greenford Avenue Southall Middlesex UB1 2AA DX: 119585 Southall 3 Specialist in speeding & traffic Offences. Email: edslawyer@btconnect.com by Anusha Seneviratne In August 2015, we at the small UK-based charity Michael Jackson's Legacy (MJL) ran a fundraising appeal to provide poor rural children in Sri Lanka with school packs in collaboration with the Foundation of Goodness (FoG). MJL is a charity founded in memory of the legendary Michael Jackson, who spent much of his life doing charitable work in aid of the world's most disadvantaged, particularly children and wildlife. Since 2011, we have completed numerous projects worldwide including the building two children's homes in Liberia and Haiti, and funding conservation measures for elephants and horses, to name a few. Sri Lanka's free education system means that the country has a literacy rate of 98%, but the poorest children from rural areas need other essential items such as books, bags, pencils and mathematical instruments to excel in their studies. Without such items children cannot make notes during class, fail at mathematics due to a lack of instruments and can eventually drop out of school without completing their studies. Thus many children are unable to realize their full potential and continue their lives in a cycle of poverty and hardship. Thankfully there is hope for these children due to many generous hearts across the world. As we began our appeal last year, we aimed to raise enough to fund 100 school packs (priced at 贈20 each). When we completed our campaign last year, we were under the impression that we had raised enough to fund 174 school packs. However, favourable exchange rates meant that we eventually funded 235 school packs! This brought the total number of school packs distributed by the Foundation of Goodness 2015 Essential School Supplies Programme to 3,236. To add some extra sparkle to these schoolbags, our very own artist Mimi O'Garren designed postcards and bookmarks to accompany every bag, each with a beautiful piece of artwork on one side and inspirational quotes by Michael Jackson on the other. In addition a kind supporter of ours, Cynthia Kent, sent 200 handmade keyrings to Sri Lanka, each with their own decorated pouch. The school packs funded by MJL were distributed at the FoG Monaragala Children's Goodness Club in the Uva Province and the Gouravilla Primary Tamil Maha Vidyalayam in the Central Province. In the words of Swanthri Jayawardena at the FoG: With the incredible help of Michael Jackson's Legacy, we have been able to make a large group of poor but talented young children very happy! Even though the funds were meant for 200 school packs, due to favourable exchange rates we were able to provide complete school provision packs for 235 children! These young lives will now have the necessary support to stay in school, do well in their studies and escape their current poverty stricken life. Thank you for giving them hope for the future and an opportunity to excel! Your kind generosity has made a real difference in shaping a better future! The difference made for these children can be clearly seen from their beaming smiles in these pictures. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincerest gratitude to all of the donors who contributed to our fundraising campaign, all members and supporters of MJL who ran and publicized the campaign, and all those at the FoG who helped to deliver the final result of this project to the children, in particular Kushil Gunasekara, Fazana Ibrahim, Amaarah Kellapatha, Swanthri Jayawardena and Anusha Perera who were all such a joy to work with on this project. We are sure this will not be the last time we work with the FoG to help those in need in Sri Lanka and enrich humanity. And of course thank you to Michael Jackson who continues to inspire us with his incredible humanitarian spirit. In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. Michael Jackson Taking Michael Jackson to Sri Lanka The children hold the schoolbags and postcards they received. The children compare the key rings they received. Some of the postcards with the inspiration quotes on the back. Jazeem Abdul Hameed, Founder and Director, London School of Entrepreneurship and the Chairman of Jazah Group, was short-listed from the Sri Lankan Communities in the United Kingdom to be awarded the Educational Excellence Award for the year 2015/2016. The awards are aimed at celebrating the exceptional academic achievements of Sri Lankan Muslims in the UK and has been being organised annually by the Education & Community Development Committee (EdCom) of Sri Lankan Muslim Cultural Centre (SLMCC) in the UK. Mr. Jazeem became the first Sri Lankan origin to be awarded the 'Fellowship' of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (IOEE) in the United Kingdom. The IOEE is the professional institute dedicated to recognising the profession of enterprise, entrepreneurship and enterprise support. It is a not for-profit company led by the government- recognised Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI). He also obtained the Fellowship of the Institute of Administrative Management (InstAM-UK) in recognition of his dedication and excellent services in his career. The Institute of Administrative Management (IAM) is the oldest management Institute in the UK having inspired professional business managers and administrators since 1915. Mr. Jazeem received this award for his outstanding achievement in the field of Entrepreneurship and Administrative Management. The award ceremony took place on 6th February 2016 the SLMCC Hall, Harrow in the London. Jazeem awarded Educational Excellence Award in the UK. IMF CONT FROM P16 exemptions and bolster the efficiency of tax administration) are welcome, the mission highlighted the macroeconomic and financial risks of a large deficit and the associated need to borrow from domestic and international markets. The mission urged the authorities to take a growth and investment friendly approach to lowering the size of the 2016 budget deficitfocusing mainly on measures to raise revenues by broadening the tax base, simplifying and making equitable the tax system, and improving tax administration, to lay the groundwork for further consolidation and debt reduction while also allowing for higher public investment. IMF said the end-of-mission press releases included statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMFs Executive Board. This mission will not result in a Board discussion. Asian Mirror revelation compels Acting AG to retain senior State Counsel in Eknaligoda case After Asian Mirror exclusively reported Senior State Counsel Dilipa Pieris' removal from Prageeth Eknaligoda's case, Acting Attorney General Suhada Gamlath came under heavy pressure from many sections of the legal fraternity, including the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. Bar Association President Geoff Alagaratnam, in a telephone conversation with the Acting Attorney General on Tuesday night, expressed their serious concerns over the decision. Some civil society members too carried out SMS and email campaigns in protest of the sudden decision made by Gamlath. They charged that Gamlath was attempting to protect certain elements involved in the case by appointing a relatively young and inexperienced Counsel from the Attorney Generals Department. As an immediate result of this resistance, Gamlath has now decided to reverse his decision and re - assign Pieris to the case. He telephoned the Senior State Counsel at 9. 15 pm on Monday and informed that he would not be taken out of the case, sources close to Gamlath confirmed.