Maeed Mohamed Zahir is a social blogger from the Maldives, who writes on social, environmental and political issues faced in the pearls of the Indian ocean. With an increase presence on social media and keen interest in networking he is an amateur photographer, a thinker, a Social and Environment Activist.
Although, he is not a member of any Political Organization or Party, he keeps an open mind
and supports the concepts of Social Democracy. A Muslim following the
Holy Quran and Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) as a way of life.
With
affiliations to different Youth Movements in the country he works on
Youth Empowerment. As part of this he has become a member of the
international Scouting community, where he currently serves as the
Chairman of the Young Adult Member Group – Asia Pacific Region of
the World Organization for the Scout Movement.
During
his high school days at the Center for Higher Secondary Education
(CHSE), the most prestigious public high school in Male', he was
elected President of 'Environs', the Environment Club. With sincere
dedication, support and effort from Team Environs, he was proudly the
Environs President who lifted the 'Green Leaf' award for the high
school, the highest recognition given by the Maldivian Government and
the President of the Maldives to those persons, institutes and
organization that show notable commitment in the Protection and
Conservation of Environment in the Maldives.
Maeed
works with ECOCARE Maldives, a non- governmental organization
based in the Maldives that promotes the protection, sustainability
and conservation of Environment in the Country. Regularly
contributing his writings on different environmental issues faced in
the Maldives on www.ecocare.mv,
he is part of the Team ECOCARE.
Maeed
is also a proud recipient of the 'Environmental Champions Award
(2008)' by the Government of Maldives.
Completing
his high schooling, A'Levels in subjects of humanities, and his
interest in learning history, landed him the opportunity to work at
the Official Residency of the President on a Historical Archiving
Project, directly monitored and observed by President Mohamed
Nasheed. This opportunity presented him the exposure to different
historical documents, scriptures and allowed him to converse with
famous historians in the country, enabling him to deepen his
understanding of Maldivian History, an area where he would like to
expand his knowledge further.
A
Scouter from school days, joining the movement only aged 6 as a cub
scout at 7th Male' Scout Group – Jamaaludheen School, Maeed
continued his scouting in the 21st Male' Scout Group -
Dharumavantha School, where he became the first Senior Patrol Leader
of the troop Dhooni and
served as the Group Quarter Master (2005). Maeed has been awarded the
'President's Scout Award' (2008), the highest scouting award in the
Maldives, and in 2009 he was among the recipients of the
'Out-standing Scouts' Award of the Asia Pacific Region – World
Organization for the Scout Movement. Today he continues service to
the Scout Movement regionally as well as locally as a passionate
Scouter. Served as a Group Crew Leader of the 23rd Male' Rovers for two year. Now he holds an Assistant Rover Scout Leader warrant for the
23rd Male' Scout Group – The Scout Association of Maldives. He
is a member of the Association of Top Achiever Scouts (ATAS), a
global association of top scouter's world wide.
He
is also part of Team SOM, an e-scouting
initiative www.scoutsofmaldives.com,
an online platform that aims to create a network of scouts, to share,
to promote Scouting and to provide latest information and news in the
Scouting community in the Maldives and elsewhere.
Maeed had completed a 12 day Basic Journalism Course in 2006 organized by CHSE and Haveeru Daily.
Maeed had completed a 12 day Basic Journalism Course in 2006 organized by CHSE and Haveeru Daily.
His
shared interests in the fields of Social Ethics, Morals, Values and
Civic education, with high school buddy Hussain Mohamed Haneef,
generated the idea of developing an online awareness platform, with
support and encouragement from the multi-talented friend Mohamed
Ignaaz Ali and Web developer Abdullah Kaleem Abdul Ghafoor, teaming
up with these friends he is currently working on the development
of www.manzaru.org,
an awareness website for the Maldivian community.
Pursing
his interest and love in the field of Environment he is currently
reading his Final Degree year in Environmental and Earth Sciences at
the University of Mysore.
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