Make a Difference This Ramadan

Around 100 eyeglasses were donated to the Ophthalmology Department in Salmania Medical Complex by New Dawn Society. The glasses were donated through City Centre Bahrain’s Ramadan campaign: Make a Difference this Ramadan which collected clothes, food items, books and eye glasses. New Dawn donated the books to a public library in Bahrain, distributed the food items to some families in need during Ramadan, and distributed more than 8000 bags of clothes during and after Ramadan for families in need all around Bahrain.

قامت جمعية الفجر الجديد النسائية بالتبرع بحوالي 100 نظارة طبية لقسم العيون في مجمع السلمانية الطبي. وقد تم جمع النظارات عبر حملة مجمع سيتي سنتر البحرين الرمضانية التي تم فيها جمع الملابس والمواد الغذائية والكتب والنظارات. تم التبرع بالكتب لإحدى المكتبات العامة في البحرين، وتم توزيع المواد الغذائية لبعض الأسر المحتاجة خلال شهر رمضان، ووزع أكثر من 8000 كيس من الملابس للعائلات المحتاجة في جميع أنحاء البحرين

Let's Walk for Wellness. March 2014

To spread awareness about the importance of exercising and to encourage people to walk, New Dawn organized a short walk around Bahrain Fort on March 29th 2014 at 9am. Members enjoyed the lovely weather and view and it was and agreed to make that walk a frequent activity.

Ramadan boxes 2014

As we do every year, Ramadan boxes were distributed to the families in need around Bahrain a week before Ramadan. 86 boxes were donated this year in addition to Eftar Saem and donating food and water to mosques around Bahrain.

Yoga for members. June 2014

As a part of our monthly sport classes, we organized an outdoor Yoga session which was given by our member Eman Hussain (certified yogi). It was a very relaxing and enjoyable session.

Book Drive to Kenya. May 2014

For the 2nd year in a row, New Dawn organized a Book Drive to build libraries in schools and community centers in Kenya.

Three huge boxes were placed in three different locations around Bahrain from May 1st to May 9th: Al Aali Shopping Complex, Riyadat Mall and AlOsra Supermarket in Amwaj where people were able to drop their books throughout the week.

In addition to that, three presentations about how books can change the life of Kenyan students were given by Nicola Miles from Charles & Rita Field-Marsham Foundation to Al Bayan school, Discover Islam Center and Zain Bahrain. We have also received hundreds of books from AlBayan School, Ibn Khuldoon School, Zain and Discover Islam.

On May 10th 2014, thousands of books were donated to our Book Drive which was held in Riyadat Mall for one whole day. Additional activities included a calligraphy corner (design your own bookmark), Storytelling corner by Hazawi and tea&bun package from Obun. All kinds of books were donated; kids books, text books, novels, magazines etc. Society members sorted out all the books which were shipped to Kenya free of charge by ARAMEX.

Over 5000 books were shipped in addition to school bags and stationary which was donated by Zain.

Donation.

With the proceeds of the Food Festival that was organized in December 2013, a customized wheelchair was designed and donated to 16 years old Fatima.

New Dawn was connected with Fatima through Bahrain Association for Parents and Friends of the Disabled.

2014 Football Tournament

After the huge success of our Football Tournament back in 2007, New Dawn decided to plan a 2nd tournament as one of the major events of the year under our Sports theme.

The tournament took place at The Football Academy in AlMahd school on April 11th 2014. 10 teams played against each other for around 6 hours and the winner was team Hazawi. Beast Mode took the second place.

Questbar was sold for a special prize and the profit was donated to the society. Redbull was also distributed for free to all players.

Golf for Members. February 2014

Our second sports activity for the year was Golf. Members were taught the basics of golf by PGA Teaching Professional Chris McDonnell at the Royal Golf Club on 22nd February 2014.

Tennis for Members. January 2014

Under our 2014 theme "Sports & Physical Activities", we started our first activity this year with a tennis session for members with coach Mohammed Al Dosari at Durrat AlBahrain.

Food Festival

After the huge success of the cooking classes which were organized at the Royal Golf Club back in May and June 2013, New Dawn Society organized a Food Festival that aimed to bring the talented Bahrainis who are interested in cooking in one place. The festival took place in Dec 6th & 7th 2013 starting from 12pm to 7pm.

The main theme of the festival was Live Cooking. Different cuisines were available: Thai, Indian, Lebanese, Mexican, Italian etc in addition to healthy snacks and desserts.

24 food stands were available on Friday. A cupcake decorating competition was held at 4pm and was judged by Mrs. Layla AlSharif and the owner of Let's Eat Cake, Nadia. The winner of the competition was the owner of Cute Oven cupcakes.

26 food stands were available on Saturday and another cooking competition was organized at 4pm which was the highlight of the festival. Three young Bahraini chefs were challenged to cook a starter dish and a main dish out of secret ingredients. The judges of the competition were Mrs. Afnan AlZayani and Dr. Dalal AlSherooqi and the two winners were Muneera AlMannai and Aysha AlOraifi.

A cooking class by chef Yousef (from Bahrain TV) was also held on Saturday at 3pm. Other activities included live music and kids corner.

The festival was under the patronage of Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman AlKhalifa, the Governor of the Capital Governate. The official opening ceremony was attended by his vice Mr. Hassan AlMadani and other representative on Friday at 4pm.

The proceeds of the festival will be used to buy electrical wheelchairs for Bahrain Association for Parents and Friends of the Disabled.

We'd like to thank our sponsors for making this event a huge success: Al Aali Shopping Complex, Al Osra Supermarket, AlGhalia, ilcapopizza and all the restaurants & businesses that provided us with prizes.

Book Drive

The Month of May witnessed one of the most exciting events for the New Dawn Society this year.

We Collaborated with a Wonderful Young Woman named Niccola Milnes, Program Manager at Charles & Rita Field-Marsham Foundation in a Project to help build libraries for poor Muslim Schools in Kenya. Our part in this project was to help in collecting as many books as possible to be sent to these libraries.

To make that happen, we planned an event at Blaze Burgers in Adliya on Wednesday the 15th of May 2013, where we asked everyone we know to spread the word, that we will be collecting books from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. We also shared it with the public on all our social media platforms, welcoming anyone interested to join us in this wonderful cause.

On the day of the event, we were glad to see the number of wonderful people who gladly gave away hundreds of books for our cause. We were thrilled to announce a total of 1,000+ books at the end of the day, packed and ready to send to the schools in Kenya.

Here are some photos of that successful day.

Cooking Classes - Royal Golf Club

Over the months of May & June 2013, New Dawn Society arranged a series of different cooking classes in collaboration with Chef Mathew from The Royal Golf Club of Bahrain.
Classes were carefully designed to give the participants a bit of theory before the practical part.
We are delighted to share some photos taken from each class. Participants from both genders enjoyed the hands-on cooking experience especially filleting fresh fish & making their own pasta from scratch!

Let us know if you would like to get a copy of the handouts.

Painting Competition by AlRahma Center

New Dawn participated in the painting competition that was organized by AlRahma Center for Youth. The theme was to express your love for Bahrain in a painting. 24/25 Dec 2012