Mangaluru: Showing humanitarian gesture, once again the Indian Social Forum (ISF), Kuwait extended their helping hand to an Indian migrant worker named Hameed Islam, hailing from the Elanthila village of Belthangady Taluk in the Dakshina Kannada District.

Hameed left for Kuwait in 2013 and was working as a cook at a restaurant. Everything was fine for the first 4 years. However, problems began when his sponsor closed his restaurant,t forcing him to take up a new job. The new sponsor not only failed to renew his residency but also failed to pay him his wages. As a result, he had to struggle for about a year in Kuwait without proper accommodation and food.

Upon hearing of his plight, one of Hameed’s relatives contacted the ISF officials through SDPI, who rushed to his aid.

ISF office bearers, with the help of Kuwaiti Authorities, contacted Hameed’s current sponsor and made the necessary arrangements for his repatriate to Mangaluru.

Hameed, who could neither attend his daughter’s marriage nor take part in his mother’s funeral because of his travel ban from Kuwait, recounted his ordeal and expressed his gratitude to the ISF members for their timely intervention which helped him rejoin with his family back in India.