The Board of Directors is responsible for the general oversight, direction, and management of the organization. Directors convene as frequently as required to conduct specific business on targeted issues. All directors serve without compensation.

Abdi Shegow
Director, Founder

 

Mr. Abdi Shegow spent the last twenty years in the corporate telecommunications industry as a consultant, and he has volunteered for several non-for-profit organizations. He served as a vice president of the board of directors for East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) and brings many years of experience in collaborating with multidisciplinary organizations.

 

Mr. Shegow founded Timiro Farah Foundation (TFF) in 2011 in response to the plight of children who were orphaned due to hunger, drought and other natural disasters in the Horn of Africa. He started this journey to help those less fortunate reach their human potential for excellence. Abdi holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Electronics Engineering and Masters of Science degree in Telecommunications Management from Southern Methodist University (SMU). He currently volunteers at his local community in the north Texas area.

 

Asiya Salejee
Director, Legal Advisor

 

Mrs. Asiya Salejee currently holds degrees in political Science and JD Law from Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology.  She practices law in the greater Chicago area, and she is also the owner/operator of First Peek Ultrasound, a 3D ultrasound company in Oak Park, IL.  Having always had a desire to stand up for causes she believes in and with sound entrepreneurial skills, Asiya is a perfect fit for Timiro Farah Foundation.  Additionally, as a visionary leader with the necessary knowledge, skill and ability to ensure the organization achieves its lofty goals, Asiya will steer the organization to be a front runner in its contributions to humanity.

 

Nazia Khan
Director, Public Health Advisor

 

Mrs. Nazia Khan brings over 10 years of experience in the field of psychology and public health and is an asset to the Timiro Farah Foundation. She has worked extensively in medical research, contributing her skills to multiple charity organizations. Nazia is currently involved in volunteering for several charitable organizations. Some of the work she did in the past includes the Clinical Brain Disorders Branch of the NIMH to determine genetic susceptibility to specific conditions, as well as for NIMH-COR where she examined depressive symptomatology. Lastly, she worked for UCSF-Fresno assisting in scoring the SCID and transcribing responses of Vietnam veterans to the Rorschach Inkblot Test.

 

Nazia has a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology and a Masters of Public Health degree in Health Promotion and Education. Nazia holds a position on the Board of Directors and is instrumental in guiding the organization.

 

Dr. Beezer Moolji
Medical Director, Marketing Director

 

Dr. Beezer Moolji is a board-certified pediatrician, with a special interest in preventative medicine and vaccination.  His belief is that pediatrics is more than just treating children in your immediate surrounding area but also involves patient advocacy and support for children around the world.

 

Recent medical reports show that the leading cause of death in developing countries is not due a specific disease, such as malaria or polio, but due to pneumonia and diarrhea, mainly as a result of a lack of clean water and proper infrastructure. Hunger and poor nutrition, directly or as an underlying cause, causes 36 million deaths per year accounting for more than 1 death each second on average. Statistically, a child under five years old dies every 5 seconds on average as a direct or indirect result of poor water or nutrition. This is 6 million children per year, more than half of all child deaths.

 

Frustrated by temporary solutions hurriedly provided in a reactive way whenever calamities strike a developing country, and beginning to understand that even building wells for clean drinking water (once believed to be the ideal proactive solution) is also just a temporary solution when the proper infrastructure does not serve to support the continuation of these wells, Dr. Moolji joined forces with Timiro Farah Foundation to establish permanent water well systems and infrastructure solutions to Somalia.

 

Dr. Moolji also has 4 years of experience in marketing, and he is currently the marketing director of two other clinics. His experience in marketing (including internet advertising and word-of-mouth engineering) will also serve the promotion of the causes of the Timiro Farah Foundation.

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