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Saga of Anjuman 's public-spirited services

Rakib Ahammed
With a view to alleviating poverty' in the society and developing the living standards, Anjuman Mofidul Islam (AMI), a voluntary organisation providing humanitarian services to the poor, has been furnish-ingits services diligently for over five decades.
Veteran Indian Muslim icon Ibrahim Mohammad Duplay launched its journey in 1905 in Kolkata with the primary objectives to btuy the unidentified and unclaimed dead bodies of Muslim believers maintainingtheduerituals.
In course of time, the organisation has become one of die pioneering charities in India. AMI started it journey its Bangladesh chapter in 1947.
While talking to The Daily Star recently, AMI Vice President Azim Box said the century-old organisation is now conducting its service activities in 43 districts, including all divisional cities, in the country. It has a plan to extend its function to
every nook and cranny across the country by next two years.
Anjuman Mofidul Islam is involved in a number of humanitarian and social development activities mainly serving the poorer section of the community.
Over time, AMI has continuously improved and expanded its activities which include collection and burial of unclaimed dead bodies, free ambulance service, running homes of orphans, non-formal education centre, a junior girls high school and a technical training institution.
It is also running a poverty alleviation project which aims at rehabilitating the people who are living below the poverty line.
From 2005 to '08, AMI buried a total of 6,371 unidentified and unclaimed dead bodies, according to the annual administrative and organisational and financial report (2007-08) of the organisation.
A total of 18.959 j u received ambulance facilities free of cost and 1344 patients with dona-
tion while the total number of dead bodies carried out across the country free of cost was 2,215 and 2092with donation during the period, die report added.
T\vo orphanages, one for girls and another for boys, are being run by the institution in Dhaka city where above 150 orphans receive food, shelter, education, clothing and medicare facilities.
It further said the organisation is going to start three more orphanages at Narayanganj, Narsingdi and Netrokona by January next.
Azim further said AMI has a plan to build up a 25-story commercial complex on the land of 0.50 acre of its service centre in the city. A modern medical service centre would be built up in the building.
The main source of income of tins charity organisation is individual donation and rents of the houses and shops. It also gets an annual grant from the government.
The organisation around 1 k 20 to 25 lakh from selling donated lather of animal in Eid-ul-
Adha every year. It also finds Tk 58 lakh as government allowance and receives TK 90 to 95 every year as Zakat (religious donation), informed Azim.
The organisation celebrated its centenary amid two-day gala programmes in the capital in 2005.
For its outstanding contribution in humanitarian service, AMI received the country's highest award 'Independence Award' in 1996. In 200-1, it received 'Rafiqul Islam Banking Award' as the best social welfare institution. Islamic Foundation Award in 1994, Dr Ibrahim Memorial Award in 2004 and Nagar Padak in 2005.
Besides, Conrad Hilton Foundation of Los .Angeles of the United States nominated AMI for 'Hilton Foundation Award' in 1999 for its humanitarian services.
The report mentioned that AMI is totally a non-political Islamic welfare organisation. People from
ire associated with the chanty with the principleof'Good to tire Humanity’.