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Inspired by Mandela and King, Kenyan Group Helps Deliver Water and Fight Poverty in Slums Community Community Around 130 The art toastmaster exhibition at P6leaders P16 City Centre attend District Council Rotana Doha Training organised highlights Qatari by Toastmasters of talents and their District 116 Qatar. creativity. Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Rabia II 4, 1440 AH Doha today: 200 - 260 GRINDING POVERTY: Slum survivors in Nairobi’s Kibera. COVER Heart of gold STORY Inspired by Mandela and King, Kenyan group helps deliver water and fight poverty in slums. P4-5 POP SPOT SHOWBIZ Kane exception to the Modelling will always be country music rule. special, says Malaika. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 11, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.47am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.09am Zuhr (noon) 11.27am Asr (afternoon) 2.25pm Maghreb (sunset) 4.47pm Isha (night) 6.17pm USEFUL NUMBERS Kedarnath takes a pilgrimage to the historic Kedarnath Temple in the DIRECTION: Abhishek Kapoor Uttarakhand mountains, where she meets and falls in love CAST: Sushant Singh Rajput, Sara Ali Khan, Nitish with a boy Mansoor who becomes her guide. Bharadwaj SYNOPSIS: The fi lm tells the story of a girl Mukku who THEATRES: The Mall, Royal Plaza, Landmark Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Cats an adventure. A cat named Blanket home. To fi nd his son, Blanket must DIRECTION: Gary Wang has long been living in a high-rise overcome his fear and reconcile with CAST: Yang Wei, Li Yufeng apartment in the city with his son, his past, with the help of a female cat SYNOPSIS: A fun fi lled animated Cloak. One day, curious about the Macaw. tale of a cat and his son who’s out on outside world, Cloak decides to leave THEATRES: Landmark, The Mall ote Unquo u te Q The Mall Cinema (1): Landmark Cinema (3): “The best preparation Aanakallan (Malayalam) Aanakallan (Malayalam) for tomorrow is doing 2:15pm; Cats (2D) 5pm; Mortal 2:30pm; 2.0 (Hindi) 5:15pm; Engines (2D) 7pm; Widows (Hindi) 9:15pm; Kedarnath Kedarnath (Hindi) 8pm; your best today.” (2D) 9:15pm; 2.0 (Hindi) (Hindi) 11:30pm. Kedarnath (Hindi) 10:30pm. — H Jackson Brown, Jr 11:30pm. Landmark Cinema (1): Royal Plaza Cinema Palace The Mall Cinema (2): Cats Cats (2D) 2:30pm; Detective (1): Bernie The Dolphin (2D) (2D) 2:15pm; Zoo (2D) 3:45pm; Conan: Zero The Enforcer 2:30pm; Zoo (2D) 4:15pm; 2.0 Bernie The Dolphin (2D) (2D) 4:15pm; Cats (2D) (Hindi) 6pm; Mortal Engines 5:30pm; Kedarnath (Hindi) 6:15pm; Creed Ii (2D) 8:15pm; (3D) 8:45pm; 2.0 (Tamil) 7:15pm; Ben Is Back (2D) Aanakallan (Malayalam) 11pm. 11:15pm. Community Editor 9:30pm; Mortal Engines (2D) Landmark Cinema (2): Zoo Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Kamran Rehmat 11:30pm. (2D) 3pm; Bernie The Dolphin (2): Kedarnath (Hindi) 3pm; e-mail: [email protected] The Mall Cinema (3): (2D) 4:45pm; Bernie The Bernie The Dolphin (2D) Telephone: 44466405 Kedarnath (Hindi) 2:30pm; Dolphin (2D) 6:30pm; Mortal 5:15pm; Whitney (2D) 7pm; Fax: 44350474 Mortal Engines (2D) 4:45pm; Engines (2D) 8:15pm; 2.0 Kedarnath (Hindi) 9:15pm; Widows (2D) 7pm; Kedarnath (Tamil) 10:30pm. Green Book (2D) 11:30pm. Tuesday, December 11, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY and introduces to students the meaning of Dasha, Al Qafal and various type of pearls. The students will discover all details of the Fath Al-Khair journey. Ballet Lessons WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ books, manuscripts, historical photographs atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. maps, globes and travellers’ instruments that tell the story of Qatar, along with the history of science, literature, writing, travel in the region, and much more. The Colour Run WHERE: QNCC WHEN: January 26 TIME: 8:30am Celebrate the hero in you in a realm where nothing is impossible and you are unstoppable. Soar to new heights in the all- new Super Zone and suit up in gear fit for only the most super of heroes as you collect your medal at the Finish Line! 2019 will Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club also include the Foam Zone. Gates will open WHERE: Losail Circuit at 7am on January 26, with our first Color WHEN: Ongoing Runners setting off at 8.30am. TIME: 5pm Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association with Qatar Sports For All Federation, invites all cyclists, runners and walkers EVENTS includes daily Ardah shows at the Ooredoo to train under the floodlights of Losail stage, a henna booth at West Gate 2 and a International Circuit every Wednesdays. Museum of Islamic Art traditional kids area for families to enjoy an WHERE: MIA array of activities at East Gate 1. WHEN: Ongoing till tomorrow TIME: 10:30am onwards The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) is organising a week of public events to celebrate its 10-year anniversary. The events, include movie screenings, curator Arabic Calligraphy Workshop tours and calligraphy and painting WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday workshops, among other activities. TIME: 6pm Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Qatar National Day 2018 airshow Come and learn the artistic practice of WHERE: Katara Arabic handwriting and calligraphy at WHEN: December 17 – 19 Music and Arts Atelier. TIME: Evening Meditation Retreat The lessons will take place every As part of Qatar National Day WHERE: Banana Island Resort Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at celebrations and 500 drones will take to Acting Classes WHEN: December 14 – 15 6pm. For more information, contact the sky to put up a unique air show on WHERE: Retaj Al Rayyan, West Bay Imagine waking up with the peaceful [email protected] December 17 and 19. The airshow will be WHEN: Ongoing till December 19 silence of a paradise beach as your senses held at the waterfront of Katara. TIME: 3pm – 7:30pm are lured by the smell of essential oils, After School Activities The Talent Factory is having an acting vegan food and fresh herbal tea. With each WHERE: Atelier monthly course for kids and adults. Gentë breath, your whole being feels relaxed and WHEN: Ongoing Retkoceri Rrahmani, Teaching artist and recharged. You can finally release all the Music and arts Activities for students actor, will take care to create an amazingly tension you’ve been carrying for years. The taking place after they finish their day in entertaining and socialising class for bright sunlight warms your face as you walk school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- kids and adults. Both programmes are on the beach to join morning yoga, sound hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama specifically designed to fit different healing and mindfulness meditation. Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and ages with the main purpose to develop 10 years old after school hours. the participant’s self-esteem, especially when in front of audiences. Kids course Hobby Classes fee is QR600 and adult course fee is WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al QR800. For further details, e-mail at Hilal Focus Medical Centre [email protected] WHEN:Wednesday – Monday Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic HEC Paris Information Session Katara Beach - School Students performing artsinstitution and a one stop WHERE: Tornado Tower, West Bay WHERE: Katara solution for adults as well as children WHEN: Today WHEN: Ongoing looking to explore their talents in various TIME: 4:45pm – 6pm TIME: 9am – 12pm art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic The next Information Session for HEC By participating in the programme of Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, Paris Executive MBA will take place on ‘Our culture is a school’, Katara Beach Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, December 11. Learn more about this world- emphasises the Qatari marine tradition contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. class executive programme. Discover the Heritage Library’s Permanent For details, call 33897609. international diversity of participants, Exhibition blended learning and international mobility WHERE: Qatar National Library Dance and Instrument Classes options. Find out how it will help you WHEN: Ongoing till December 31 WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf transform yourself and your career. TIME: 9am – 8pm Times Building The exhibition displays around 400 items WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Qatar National Day Celebrations from the QNL Heritage Library collection Learn the movements of dance styles WHERE: Mall of Qatar that illustrate the spread and evolution in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the WHEN: Ongoing till December 18 of ideas throughout the Arab and Islamic musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Mall of Qatar has prepared dazzling and world, as well as document interactions Keyboard for adults as well kids and move captivating family entertainment until between Arabs and the West over the past in the world of music. For details, contact Qatar National Day. The festive programme several centuries. The exhibition features 66523871/ 31326749. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 11, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Beacon of light Shining Hope for Communities operates in several slums across Kenya and helped provide free education and health services to more than 385,000 people in 2017, according to its annual report, writes Melissa Etehad HEROES: Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), a Kenyan grassroots organisation, received the world’s largest humanitarian prize, worth $2 million in October.
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