Wayanad Muslim Orphanage (WMO) is a charitable institution based in

Wayanad district Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

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.The orphanage is located in Muttil village near Wayanad district headquarters

Kalpetta Kalpetta is a major town and municipality in the Wayanad district, state of Kerala, India. Kalpetta is the headquarters of Wayanad district, as well as the headquarters of Vythiri taluk. It is a bustling town surrounded by dense coffee and tea ...

. 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. 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, ''

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'' 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 Mayan Manima and Muhammed sha Master.Treasurer is P P Abdul kader. Abdul Basith
Wayanad Muslim Orphanage organizes mass wedding
TwoCircles.net, 13 May 201253 couples tie the knot at mass marriage in Wayanad
The Hindu, thehindu.com, 15 May 2009

Educational institutions

Commercial enterprises

Other initiatives

External links

WMO Website

References

{{Islam in Kerala Education in Wayanad district Islamic organisations based in Kerala