Some of the campaigns India Club has participated in are listed below : -

THE GREAT INDIAN RUN 2012

The Chairman of India Club, Siddharth Balachandran along with the management team and members of India Club participated in the Great Indian Run 2012 held on Friday, February 10, 2012 at the Mamzar Park, Dubai. The 4km. run along the Mamzar Beach Road, attracted over 1500 participants was held to raise funds for the DFWAC (Dubai Foundation for Women and Children). This is the second consecutive year the run has been organized. The organizers, AKCAF (All Kerala Colleges Alumni Forum) also ensured that the crowd was entertained before the run began with performances by Dhol players from Punjab and Chendamelam (traditional Kerala drum beating).

The Chief guest for the event was H. E. Sanjay Verma, the Consul General of India to Dubai. Also in attendance were various Consuls from the Indian Consulate and members of the Indian Community Welfare Committee.

Remedial Education Program

Members of India Club participated in the Remedial Education Program organized by Navjyoti India Foundation.

Please click here to view the letter from the Founder & General Secretary of Navjyoti India Foundation, Dr. Kiran Bedi. The letter also links you to the children who will be benefiting with the kind support.

Pink Walkathon

Members of India Club participated in the Pink walkathon organized by the Bur Juman Mall.

The 3.6km walk, held for the past decade is part of the Safe & Sound campaign, to create awareness of breast cancer and raise funds for mammogram screening. Over 75 members joined the walk.

Half the cost for the entry to the walk was borne by India Club to encourage members to participate in the walk.

My Tree in Dubai Campaign

India Club has become the first Club anywhere to be awarded ISO 9001:2008 accreditation by Lloyds' Register Quality Assurance.

My Tree planting in Dubai took place on 24th April 2010, the Regional Environmental Day.

India Club participated in making the Environment more greener & eco friendly. The campaign gave people an opportunity to recycle paper and get a tree planted in their name, in the city of Dubai. This innovative campaign also supports and contributes to UNEP's Billion Tree Campaign, which EEG is proud to be part of.

In total over 30 tons of paper was collected for recycling since February and the campaigns' popularity and success has been astonishing. EEG managed to involve many people in a social and environmental campaign, creating a double positive outcome for Dubai and the environment.

As a part of its Green policy the Club and its Members collected over 400 kgs of newspaper in a matter of 10 days to be used for recycling. To appreciate the efforts of the Club, 5 saplings of trees were planted under its name at Mamzar Park.

Container sent to Howrah

Sarada Seva Sangha, a non-government organization in Howrah, West Bengal was the recipient of a container load of clothing items from India Club. The NGO working for the down trodden in Howrah runs a school that has about 125 extremely needy children hailing from the slums of the area.

India Club’s affectionate donation received from Members and their friends helped to fill a 20-feet container load of quality used and new clothes, blankets, toys etc meant for the poor kids that the Sangha takes care in Howrah.

Recipients of these beautiful gifts were seen shedding tears of joy and gratitude and will be treasured in the hearts of these beneficiaries for a long time to come.

Charity begins at home and India Club has continued its commitment to the less fortunate through this act of charity.

Tsunami Fete

The evening of April 15, 2005 proved great fun for many club members and their guests. India Club held the Family Fun Fair in aid of tsunami victims in India. Members came together for this worthy cause, setting up innovative game stalls and craft bazaars with articles creatively made by members and their children to raise funds for the victims of the tsunami.

Exciting games, a grand auction of some quaint and interesting items, lucky dips, henna artists, creative arts and crafts and food of all kinds including Parsi, Gujarati and Christian home made delicacies were available.

Water Bucket Walk

On Friday, November 20, 2009, members and the management team of India Club participated in the Water Bucket Walk, a symbolic walk-a-thon in support of children who do not have access to clean drinking water around the world. Most of us are not aware that children in developing countries walk on an average more than 6 kms daily to collect water that is likely to make them sick, thus preventing them from attending school.

Water Bucket Walk gave India Club Members the opportunity to experience a fraction of the difficulties children face on a daily basis, by walking 3 kms carrying a bucket much like a child in a rural community would do daily. The registration fees, covered by India Club, provided each child access to clean drinking water for one year. Over 75 members participated in this event.

IC donates for PM’s Relief Fund

India Club collected a sum of Rs. 3,50,000/- through a fun fair and donations from Members as part of a fund raising drive and sent to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. These funds provided relief to people in disaster affected areas of India. The fund renders assistance to individuals facing distress situations. Its resources are utilized for the provision of immediate relief to the families of those killed in natural calamities such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes. It also grants assistance to families affected by major disturbances, riots and accidents.

Special Needs Family Support Events

India Club is pleased to associate itself with Special Needs Family Support Group (SNF). It offers its support by offering its halls for seminars without any charges. It also encouraged special needs kids to participate in the Swimming Gala held by the Club and ensured every kid was given a prize.

At many occasions India Club has allowed its Bowling Alley by Al Noor Special Needs children.

Badminton tournament where special needs children participated, has encouraged us to go one step further and so this year a separate category was introduced for students from Dubai Autism Centre and SNF.

We have also been actively involved in promoting other causes – the prevention of child abuse where we tied up with Dubai foundation for women and Saathi to raise awareness of this topic.

Earth Hour in India club