The 39th Annual General Conference (AGC) together with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Islamic Foundation for Education and Welfare (IFEW) was held in person from Saturday 24 September to Sunday 25 September 2022.
Starting as the Australasian Integrated Family (AIF), IFEW has been one of the pioneers in establishing daawah, education and welfare activities for almost 40 years in Sydney.
This was the first in-person AGC after a break of 2 years due to COVID-19 restrictions and that the two first-generation founder members of IFEW were missed, namely Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad and Mrs Jamal Are Ahmad who passed away earlier this year.
The theme for the AGC 2022 appropriately was “Maintaining Family Legacy” and was broken down into two presentations, ‘Half a Century of Family Legacy’ by Zia Ahmad and ‘Dealing with blessings, loss and grief ‘ by Najia Khalil followed up by a workshop on ‘Enhancement of Family Legacy’ conducted by Mehar Ahmad.
One of the offshoots of IFEW is the MEFF Eid Festival being organised for more than 36 years at the Fairfield Showground while another one is the Australasian Muslim Times AMUST currently being produced by Seena Incorporated.
The AGC brought together four generations of family members participating in a well-structured balanced program with family and business reports for the past year and planning for next year.
The event also included the the AGM and election of a vacant trustee position and Shura as well as the appointment of office bearers for the next two years 2022-2024.
The AGC/AGM concluded with an address by the elected President of IFEW, Mr Zohair Ahmad followed by dua and annual lunch.
A number of IFEW members, parts of a large extended family have been associated with Islamic activities in Australia in general and Sydney in particular for more than 50 years having founded many community organisations and working in fields of education, daawah, publications, family organisation, student, youth and women’s activities.
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