Prominent among the contributions made to the society was the development and operation of the maldivesbloodline.com, a website dedicated to Thalassaemia patients in the Maldives, with the aim to create awareness about Thalassaemia and to connect parents of Thalassaemic children with blood donors when they were most needed. Several hundred volunteers registered to donate blood which helped many parents to find blood donors with ease. The website was well received with overwhelming praise and compliments from thalassaemic patients and their relatives over the years. The website was discontinued when this service became available via mobile network operators. FALIM would like to believe that the initiative taken by FALIM paved the way for the service to be made available to the general public as a value added service on the mobile networks.
In the aftermath of the December 2004 Tsunami, FALIM in co-operation with its business partner, Island Pacific USA, donated its flagship product Retail Pro to the National Disaster Management Centre, for managing the inventory of foreign aid received. The donation was valued at more than MVR 10 Million.
On 18 August 2006, FALIM’s subsidiary ICON Computers engaged 4,200 people from the general public to participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially inaugurate the ICON IT Fair 2006. The length of the ribbon used was 8,900 feet and was held in place on the road by 250 cadets who volunteered for the event. On successful completion of the event, the participants together with ICON Computers achieved the Guinness World Record for the “most participants in a ribbon cutting ceremony”.
The Cleaning Quest events were designed by FALIM’s subsidiary Company ICS Maldives Pvt. Ltd. with the goal to create awareness about the deteriorating hygiene conditions of beaches in Maldives and to initiate action to cleaning them through the support of the community. The Cleaning Quest team selects a local island and carries out a 1 Day clean-up event along with locals and supporting partners from the island. The event was first carried out at B. Dharavandhoo followed by Aa. Rasdhoo and most recently at K. Dhiffushi. The Company plans to consistently carry out cleaning quests within the country to cover all inhabited islands in future, with the understanding that the country’s natural beauty must be preserved at all costs.
GIS Basketball Camp run by the former US basketball player and Director of MS Hoops Basketball Teams, Clinics and Camps, New York, USA, Mr Marlon Smith was held at Giyasuddin International School from 9th to 10th of March 2018. Players of Under 12, 14 & 16 teams took part and got the opportunity to master the skill concepts presented by Mr. Marlon Smith. The event was conducted with support from FALIM Group Private Limited under its CSR Programme.
The Zero Plastic Run 2019, held by ICS Maldives in February 2019 was the first ever run launched to create awareness about the negative impact caused by the use of plastic & advocating for the banning of single-use plastic. The run will continue annually until single-use plastics in our daily lives are eliminated. #IamResponsible