Emdad Rahman Al Qalam Academy, based at the Hedgecock Community Centre, along with many schools across London got involved in the little heroes fundraising campaign organised by Lonely Orphans, a UK based charity in Whitechapel London. The pupils of the ...
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Community flocks to Holland Estate Play Street Event
Emdad Rahman EASTEND HOMES AND its Holland Estate Estate Management Board (EMB) arranged and delivered a community event on the Holland estate to celebrate the Tower Hamlets Play Street event and to also mark the official opening of the recently ...
Read More »Bangladesh gear up for ILFL Inner City World Cup!
Muhammad Ismael AHEAD OF Sunday’s Inner London Football League Inner City World Cup, Team Bangladesh got together to launch the team kit and thank well wishers for their support. The community event was sponsored by FC Workhouse and Sayed J ...
Read More »Football coach volunteered to help Syrian refugees
EAST LONDON football coach and humanitarian volunteer Emdad Rahman has spent a week with Sufian Refugees in Lebanon. The self-styled “Wandering Londoner” joined the UK-based Human Relief Foundation team on a charity deployment and spent time at various locations around Beirut. ...
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Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 2 We visited Arsal today. It is a Red conflict zone, but we had received special permission to enter the region and camps to meet the residents. After an information briefing from Badih, we travelled along ...
Read More »Tough Mudder: what are you waiting for?
Emdad Rahman FOR THE FIRST EVENT of the 2019 season, Tough Mudder headed to North London for five kilometres of awesome obstacles and epic teamwork. Abdal and I decided to really go wild on Friday night by travelling over to ...
Read More »Ramdhana Welfare Trust hold celebration evening
Emdad Rahman RAMDHANA IS A quaint and charming village which stands along the Pachla river in Bishwanath, Sylhet. The natural colour and vibrancy of the surrounding picturesque landscape permeate this humble Bangladeshi village. A common practice among the Ramdhana expatriate ...
Read More »DH Foundation raises £4k for Bangladesh crisis
ON 12TH JUNE 40 volunteers from the DH Foundation held street collections in various parts of Tower Hamlets to help the poor and needy across Bangladesh. Working from 10am through to 9pm, the volunteer collectors raised nearly £4,000. The DH ...
Read More »Man missing from Barking & Dagenham
POLICE ARE appealing for the public to help them find Errol Dorset, 35, who has been missing from his home address in Chadwell Heath since 19th May. Mr Dorset has two clearly visible tattoos: one, on the right side of ...
Read More »Yemen health threat as rainy season looms
THREE YEARS INTO a protracted civil war, Yemen is facing another rainy season. Refugees trying to survive in makeshift shelters will face a new round of challenges – and a greater threat of disease. It is estimated that there are ...
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