Khak-e-Taiba Trust celeberates 20 years Celeberations

Khak-e-Taiba Trust is celebrating the 20 years of their exemplary service to the mankind on September 4, 2011 in Hyderabad.  The Khak-e-Taiba Trust was founded  in the year 1990 by a group of young expatriates from Hyderabad residing in Jeddah who felt the need to establish an organization dedicated towards serving the underprivileged amongst the Muslim community.  The leading Hyderabadis of those days came forward and associated themselves with this noble idea for a noble cause – to name a few: Laique Hussain, Shameem Kauser, Siadat Ali Khan, Late M.A. Samad, Minhajul Hassan, Azeem Qureishi,  Sadiq Ali, Mohammed Shokoor, Dr. Syed Ali, Dr. Shams Babar,  Jawed Siddique, Mohd. Yusuf, Mohd. Shujauddin, Ahmad Ali Khan and several others.

These pioneers than approached leading luminaries of Hyderabad to establish a legal trust and to enrich its working with the involvement of leaders in the muslim community – Late Janab Abid Ali Khan, Late Janab Wali Qadri , Janab Syed Azmatullah, Janab Ghulam Yazdani, Janab Zahid Ali Khan  were some of the people associated with the trust. A trust deed was made and duly registered in Hyderabad.  Janab Abid Ali Khan was the first chairman and Janab Ghulam Yazdani was the first Managing Trustee.

The first decade: 1991-2000

The first project undertaken was purchase of an ambulance to meet the growing need of Muslims in the old city to reach a hospital in time of emergencies.  This was a major achievement and thousands of Muslims benefited from this project.  Scholarships to Muslim students to encourage education were also started.  In Jeddah a KTT committee was formed.  This committee was a think tank and fund raising committee to establish various projects in Hyderabad.  Automation and computerization had made major inroads in Saudi Arabia.  Employees were given notices to either learn computers within a specified time or face termination.  The then members of the KTT Jeddah committee once again rose to the occasion and established the KTT computer Training center at Jamjoom building, Jeddah.  With a humble beginning of a single room with three computers, the KTT started coaching of computer software to students from various nationalities free of cost.  Hundreds of jobs were saved from this project.

New people were roped in to infuse fresh ideas and organizational expansion.  Mohammed Haseebullah, Majeed Ansari, Abdul Malik, Ahmed A. Hakeem, Shakeel Afsar were some of the community leaders of those times who joined in the KTT.  The computer center expanded from one flat to the present four flats with around 40 state of computers with around 17 different courses.  A project started under the stewardship if Dr. Syed Ali, nurtured and expanded by Mohammed Haseebullah was then taken to dizzying heights by its present director A.A. Hakeem.  To date more than 17000 students benefited from this center to date.  More than 10,000 people got employment after completion of their course at this centre.

In Hyderabad, the KTT expanded its activities in setting up tailoring and embroidery training and production centers, leather goods making training and productions centers in different localities for predominantly economically backward Muslim women.  Mobile clinics, Medical camps, education scholarships were some of the other activities in the initial phase.

In Jeddah, more and more leaders of the Indian community came forward to associate themselves with KTT – Badar Ansari, Obaid Bajhao, Salabat Lodhi, Sultan Mazharuddin, Mahmood Balsharaf,  M.A. Mateen, Anwar Sharfuddin, Aleem Khan Falki, Syeed Shaukat, Jamal Qaudri, Abdul Haq Hashim, Jamal Quadri, Ajaz Khan, Afsar Faheem and several others joined in.  New initiatives were taken – fund raising  activities like Mushairah (poetry reading) was undertaken.  KTT Jeddah participated in several humane causes’ activities like the Gujrat riots victims, earthquake and other natural calamaties.  While the KTT computer center added employable skill training, spoken English, organized lectures by eminent speakers.  KTT Jeddah had the privilege of having well wishers like Late Janab Maslehuddin Saadi, Janab Tariq Ghazi, Janab Fizaur Rahman and others.

The second decade: 2000 to date

During the course of the first decade of KTT several projects were undertaken, some continue to date and some were given up as per need.   Some associates passed away, some others left the organization but remained well wishers, some new enthusiasts joined in.

Major projects undertaken by KTT in Hyderabad in the past 9 years include the establishment of a Vocational training college – duly recognized by the Board of intermediate education, Government of AP – we run Primary Teachers Training course, Computer application courses, and AutoCAD courses – duly recognized and regulated by BIE.  Tailoring and embroidery courses, short term coaching for school going students etc.  All these are conducted at Golconda.

In 2006 – KTT undertook the major responsibility of reviving the Mohidasse Deccan School in the premises of Dargah Abdullah Shah Sahab.  Beginning with just 52 students in a shamble shed – in three years the school has on roll 292 students from KG to X.  The school is run on pattern of convent schools with English medium, uniforms, school band and compulsory Islamic teaching.  This KTT project in Misrigunj also has a huge centre for tailoring and embroidery training center, a free poly clinic and pathological lab.  Majority of the students at the school and the training centers come from below the poverty line families, slum dwellers, orphans etc. We have now undertaken an ambitious project of constructing a permanent structure which can house not just the school, the training center but also become a hub for major educational and vocational training for the most underprivileged among the community.  At Moghulpura we have a tailoring and embroidery center, pot painting and Mehendi designing training and a clinic.

 I request and advise 
you all to be a part of this organization with your ideas, funds and suggestions.

As the holy Quran says, “can there be any reward for goodness except good?”

Khaleequr Rahman