by Rizwan Asad & Shaheen Raaj
Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan, hailing from Bangalore happens to be a highly qualified woman having acquired her Master’s degree (graduate) in Economics from Bangalore University.
During the period of going through her academics qualification Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan also happened to be a junior under officer in NCC and successfully completed 12 NCC camps and also holds a “C” certificate.
That apart, Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan before becoming an entrepreneur was also an active social worker and was even an executive board member of an NGO. Fathima Tabassum later on joined an NGO as a co – founder & chairman of NAARI FOUNDATION for the women’s in conflict areas such Victims of social abuse, rape, acid attacks, welfare of literate, illiterate & downtrodden women in fact women from all strata of life as well as children.
Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan’s portfolio also includes, being the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Agni Leadership Centre, besides she is also the managing partner of an FMCG trading firm running under the brand of “FAIZA FOODS”.
NAARI Foundation being recognized by Indian Economics Trade Organization (IETO) along with Asian Arab Chambers of Commerce(AACC) and Diplomatic Council Corps of Karnataka (DCCK) and British South India Council of Commerce (BSICC). Was facilitated by the Member of Parliament UK from Ealing Southall Mr.Virendra Sharma along with the President of IETO Mr. Asif Iqbal & Christy Paul – General Secretary & Director of Commercial Trade – IETO. It was an honor and privilege for Fathima Tabassum Founders of NAARI Foundation in acknowledging our work for the women who are in distress in Bengaluru – Karnataka.
Elaborating about the need to start an active NGO namely NAARI FOUNDATION Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan avers, “Starting an NGO for women was the need of the hour. You see many women from the lower strata of society and for that matter even from the upper strata of society find it impossible to voice their opinion or even fail to express their grievances openly. They are so meek sometimes that they quietly give in to the dominating power of their husbands, in laws & sometimes even the society at large. So I sincerely felt that there should be a strong platform for all these women. And this platform is NAARI FOUNDATION.”
Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan further explains on how it was difficult to make these women come under the roof of NAARI FOUNDATION, “Initially it was quite an uphill task to convince these women but I stuck to my guns and slowly, slowly and with a more consistent efforts I succeeded in making them see the reason for their suffering and how NAARI FOUNDATION can come to their rescue and help them to solve their problems and sometimes even the day – to – day ones.”
Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan continues by stating, “To be very frank as far as funding NAARI FOUNDATION is concerned 50% of my earning from my own business of FAIZA FOODS under FMCG.
Then Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan goes ahead to clear the air regarding certain confusions as far as NAARI FOUNDATION is concerned, “I joined this organization mainly to teach the girls on how to lead their life following the right path and fight for their rights and this in no way means that we are making them a rebel. No we are not!!! Besides there is no restrictions on the age limit too, to be a member of NAARI FOUNDATION as we have members ranging from the age of 18 to 80. Not only these we also enlighten them about the proper teachings of the way of living and the over – all response is very good. And come to think of it, it’s only a year since NAARI FOUNDATION has been started. First of all we help these women by counseling them on varied aspects and problems of their life which also includes domestic violence and their marital issues too.”
Fathima Tabassum Nawab Jaan says this in conclusion, “These women were also helped during the phase of demonetization, the scheme which was implemented by our honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. We rushed towards a small bank opposite Amaanat Bank in Bangalore. There was a long serpentine queue in front of the Bank and the women were complaining that “we poor women are standing here since hours and none of the rich people are seen here and we need money which we are not getting.” So we helped them in all possible ways.
