Type Orphanage Nickname WMO Muttil Number of students 6,000 Founded 1967 | Established 1967 Website www.wmomuttil.org Phone 04936 202 294 President Bran Kunhabdulla Haji | |
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Founders Marhoom K.P Haji,Neelikkandy Kunji Pokker Haji Motto Respect the child as a person Hours Closing soon · 8AM–9PMSunday8AM–9PMMonday8AM–9PMTuesday8AM–9PMWednesday8AM–9PMThursday(Maundy Thursday)8AM–9PMHours might differFriday(Vishu/Ambedkar Jayanti/Good Friday)8AM–9PMHours might differSaturday8AM–9PMSuggest an edit Similar WMO Arts and Science, Wayanad Cybele Hill Resort, Tranquil Resort, Wayanad Links, Wayanad Notice Board | ||
Wayanad muslim orphanage organize mass wedding
Wayanad Muslim Orphanage (WMO) is an institution based in Wayanad district, Kerala, India. The orphanage is located in Muttil village near Wayanad district headquarters Kalpetta. It runs about 20 educational institutions apart from the charity outfits and small scale industrial firms. It includes a school, a college, foster home, crèche, an academy for Islamic studies, and a special school for visually or hearing impaired pupils
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- Wayanad muslim orphanage organize mass wedding
- Wayanad muslim orphanage organizes mass wedding
- Financing fraud accusations
- References
WMO was established in 1967 under the leadership of Syed Abdul Rahman Bafaqi with a few children as a branch of the Mukkam Muslim Orphanage. As of 2007 gives food, clothes, shelter and protection to nearly 1,100 orphans and destitutes. In an article about its 40th anniversary in 2007, The Hindu wrote that the orphanage has been playing a vital role in improving the social and economical status of the Muslim community and the society at a whole in Wayanad district. It has criticized the dowry system that prevails apparently in the society and has organised several sans dowry wedding fetes in connection to that. This institution is managed and looked after by General Secretary M.A Mohammed Jamal for over decades. The current vice-president is Abdul Khader.
Wayanad muslim orphanage organizes mass wedding
Financing fraud accusations
In 2014, the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act Wing of Foreigners Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs (India) reported that WMO had received over 30 million rupees in the 2010-2011, 2011-2012, and 2012-2013 fiscal years from donors in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE without reporting those donations to the government while, also requesting and receiving state aid.