Rotary Club of Adliya

Mahmood Fadhel sharing his experience at the Rotary Club of Adliya

How would you go about managing a fleet of 650 vehicles and reconcile the needs of users and departments with varying needs? What would prepare you for this task?

Mr. Fadhel began his carrier as Workshop and Transport Controller when Batelco was experiencing growth and expanding its services. He gradually transformed the vehicle maintenance department from a simple maintenance workshop to a modern fleet management and maintenance centre, a centre which at times managed a fleet of over 650 vehicles ranging from normal cars and trucks to specialised vehicles like roading and cabling vehicles, pole erection vehicles, fiber optics specialised vehicles and mobile GSM base-station vehicles

Mr. Fadhel gained a Diploma in Automotive Engineering and a Diploma in Petrol and Diesel Vehicles Maintenance from UK. He also attained various practical certifications in vehicles maintenance and fleet management from vehicle manufacturers such as Toyota and Nissan, he was promoted to Manager Transport & Vehicle Maintenance Centre.

He was instrumental in Batelco winning numerous awards for fleet managements and vehicle repair and maintenance from reputable organisations around the world.
On retiring from Batelco after a service of 35 years, Mr. Fadhel started his own vehicle repair shop which he now personally manages.

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President Mahmood Al-Yousif presents Rotarian Dr. Faiza Ghabrial with a certificate of appreciation of her selfless dedication to the Rotary and its causes.

In a first of many to come, the President decided to honour a long standing and active member of the club for her exemplary service and attendance. He singled Rotarian Dr. Faiza Ghabrial for this honour and reminded the attendees of her services rendered to the Club and the larger community over a lifetime of selflessly giving without any expectations of returns.

The Club is indebted to Rotarian Dr. Faiza for her initiatives, particularly her suggestion for adopting the major cause of helping children with congenital heart defects, a cause which has now been fully adopted with committees formed to oversee the fund-raising and awareness activities to support such a worthy cause.

Rotarian Khulood Al-Qattan, the Service Projects Chairperson is closely working with Rotarian Dr. Faiza who now heads the Humanitarian Subcommittee to ensure the prescribed milestones are met and the vision for this program always remains at the forefront of the Rotary Club of Adliya’s agenda.

President Mahmood Al-Yousif with Think Pink Founder Jules Sprakel at the launch of a previous breast cancer awareness campaign

Earlier in the day, the Club approved its first activity of the Rotary Year: “The RCA Breast Cancer Awareness Walkathon” jointly with Think Pink Bahrain. The walkathon will take place on October 1st, signaling the start of a whole month of activities and events to increase breast cancer awareness in Bahrain.

Funds raised through this event will be equally shared between the Rotary Club of Adliya and will be used for its “Gift of Life Bahrain” program to help children with congenital heart defects and Think Pink Bahrain who will purchase a digital MRI machine specifically designed for the discovery of the onset of breast cancer in younger patients.

There are many corporate sponsorship opportunities available in this event, if you wish to contribute or talk to us about sponsorship, please contact Rotarian Khulood Al-Qattan or email us for more information. We expect the afternoon will be a lot of fun and be attended by a large number of people.

We welcome Rotarian and Guests to our meetings. For more information about our club and meetings, please link to http://rotaryadliya.org/about/club-meetings – we look forward to welcoming you.

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