Santosh Shetty elected KWAR president, Muzaffar Ali vice-president

October 26, 2016

Riyadh: A good number of Indian expatriates in Saudi Arabia took part in the 9th annual general body meeting of Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) held on last Friday afternoon (Oct 21) at Al Fakhra Istra in Riyadh.

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The meeting started around 1:30 pm after a delicious lunch served to all the invitees/members. P.M.Bhaskar, the key man of KWAR with a bundle of talents welcomed the guests and welcomed the president Shri Rajesh Kumar, Vice-president Shri Santhosh Shetty, General secretary Shri Nelson Dsouza and Treasurer Shri Shashidhar Haridas to the dais. Mr P M Bhaskar surprised the key executive members of outgoing committee shared their experience and each member shared their love for KWAR which was well appreciated by the huge gathering.

Outgoing KWAR President Rajesh Kumar in his keynote address stressed the need for unity of KWAR and thanked all the office bearers, executive members, members and well-wishers who supported him during his reign as 7th & 8th president of KWAR. Further, he urged the committee members to utilize their spare time for service of the Association.

An illustrated presentation was followed by KWAR’s General Secretary Nelson Dsouza who briefed the audience about the KWAR programs, achievements and charity works during the period 2015-2016 which was well understood by the gathered crowd.

Mr. Shashidhar Haridas who had a great stint as treasurer of KWAR gave a brief on financial statements, which reflected all the positive financial aspects of KWAR as a successful organization. The specialty of Shashdhar Haridas’s presentation was that he addressed the crowd in one of the purest forms of our native Kannada which was well appreciated by the gathered.

Mr. Pervez Ali a keen, dedicated member and well-wisher of KWAR delivered a memorable speech in which he expressed his unconditional love for KWAR Organization and its motto and remembered the contributions made by the past presidents and urged the Members to bring in young and new members to the KWAR's fold. He stressed that KWAR is the only unique Organization in KSA, which gels people all religions under one Umbrella. Further, in his speech showered praises on outgoing President Mr. Rajesh Kumar’s dedication towards success of KWAR and wished the new President Mr. Santhosh Shetty a great success on his future endeavors.

The core issue of the day began with the outgoing president dissolving all the committees and sub-committees. A specially appointed election committee represented by Shri Jayaram Shetty(KANOO), Shri Jagannath Shetty and Shri Jagadish Alva (Carrier Saudi) were given the task of conducting the election procedure and to elect the new president, vice president and all the other important portfolios of KWAR executive committee.

The election commissioners gave each member a chance to represent himself and the overwhelming enthusiasm shown by members justified the elected member’s love for KWAR as well as upholding the unity of KWAR. Apparently, the election commissioners had the pleasure of announcing the unanimous election of President Shri Santhosh Shetty, Vice-president Shri Muzaffar Ali, Gen.Secretary Shri Shashidhar Haridas, Joint Secretary Shri Victor Manezes, Treasurer Shri Nelson D’souza and joint treasurer Shri Nazeer Ahmed, Shri Ramesh Shetty & Shri Rajesh Kumar were nominated as Advisors as well as other office bearers of KWAR team 2016-2017.

The unique background music played by host P.M Bhaskar while announcing the names of each and every elected member were very entertaining piece of the Grand evening. Program host Shri P.M.Bhaskar thanked all the 3 election commissioners and presented them with flower bouquets as a mark of respect from KWAR.

The Newly elected President Shri Santosh Shetty was felicitated by outgoing President Shri Rajesh Kumar. Shri Santhosh shetty, who is a well-known Organizer and Social worker promised to keep the Unity of KWAR at any cost with his dedication and Love for the Organization. In his speech the newly elected President has remembered & praised all the members who had contributed so far, especially the extraordinary efforts and contribution of Rajesh Kumar one of the founder member and main pillar in bringing this organization to the present high. The outgoing President Rajesh Kumar was felicitated by all the members and the Grand evening came to an end with the recitation of Jana Gana Mana, our revered national Anthem.

Office Bearers for the year 2016-17:
President - Santhosh Shetty
Vice President - Muzaffer Ali
Gen. Secretary - Shashidhar Haridas
Joint Secretary - Victor Menezes
Treasurer - Nelson D’Souza
Joint Treasurer - Nazeer Ahmed
Internal Auditor - Mahesh Hegde
Cultural Secretaries – P.M. Bhasker, Jayakar Poojary, Ajit Kumar & Prasanna Rao

Sports Secretaries – Iqbal Shirva, Anoop Shetty & Salman Noor
PRO – Yathiraj Malpe & Parvez Ali
Coordinators – Suresh Raj Suvarna, Subhash Shetty & Ashwath Rai
Media Coordinator – Nithin Rai
Advisors – Ramesh Shetty & Rajesh Kumar

Executive Members: Mohammed Yunus, Hamid Nazir, Jagadish Belchada, Shrikant Amin, Prakash Amin, Irfan Aboobakar, Tejraj Shetty, Umesh Shetty, Bhasker Salian, Usman Gulwadi, Jagannath Kotian, Hussain Shafi.

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Santhosh Shetty (President), Muzaffer Ali (Vice President), Shashidar (General Secretary)

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Karavali Organization is a real fragrance of Mangalore. All the religious people are together with love and affection in one organization.
We need more and more such organizations in Mangalore as well as in Gulf and other places.
God bless you all guys.
Congratulations to Mr. Santosh Shetty and office bearers.

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Global Toastmasters Club - Jubail hosts Youth Leadership Program

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February 7,2020

Global Toastmasters Club conducted Youth Leadership Program (GTC YLP– 2020), which culminated with an extraordinary show at the Grand Finale in Puli Restaurant, Jubail, Saudi Arabia on Friday, January 31, 2020.

Toastmaster Mohammed Abul Khasim, who hails from Karnataka, Gulbarga was the Chief Coordinator for this Youth leadership program YLP, In this 10 weeks intensively focused program, the young future Leaders in the age group 13 to 15 were given quality coaching on Public Speaking, Listening, Writing, Evaluating and Life Skills, under the able guidance of Chief Coordinator.

The keynote speaker at the event was well-known veteran distinguish Toastmaster Dr R J George who motivated everyone to speak the language of love, removing all boundaries and barriers and invest on spending quality time together.

The performances of Youth Leaders were extraordinary and flawless and it was witness by top prominent figures of Jubail toastmaster fraternity likes of DTM Jamil Akhter,TM Nasiruddin Ansari, DTM Oomen Thomas, MTM Sair Oomen, DTM Hareesh, TM Amitab Serna, DTM Kotesh, MTM Shanti Rekha, DTM Suresh Kumar, TM Imtiyaz Khan, TM Asif Ali khan, MTM Farha Naved,TM Naved Hussain, Madam Sheeba, Dr Saleem Khan,TM Ashik Nazeer and TM Suhail Rais Khan. GTC YLP team thanks the Guest of Honor Mr. Abdul Majeed the Managing Director of Universal Inspection Company for sparing the valuable time as one of the sponsor of the event.

The Chief Guest at the Finale was Toastmasters District 79 Club Growth Director DTM Rami Jawad, laud the efforts of GTC for community service and urged all students to take full advantage of such chances as they present life changing opportunities, Division Direct ‘L” DTM Sadagopan address the audience and District PQD DTM Madhusha Grace the occasion.

During the span of 10 weeks, more than 40 senior member of Jubail Toastmasters fraternity contributed to the success of this program as one to one mentors, Workshop Presenters and Assistant Coordinators. DTM Uzma Siddiqui, DTM Aziz Ahmed Siddiqui, DTM Safare Mohammed, DTM N V Arasu and DTM Jeyasankar and DTM Asif Ali Siddiqui, led the team of Toastmasters as overall Program Advisors, MTM Samina Mazher was chief judge for the event.

The grand finale saw four absorbing contests in Table Topics, Evaluation Speech, International Speech and Debate conducted by YL Ayesha Safare, YL Sai Pranav, YL Mohammed Saad and YL Fawaz Kannan respectively and YL Jaweriya conducted the banner parade.
Maliaka Maryam won the first prize in International Speech, while the second and third were earned by Mohammed Saad and Mohammed Umair. The Table topic contest was won by Ahmed Khan, where Jayveer Prajapati and Fawaz Kannan stood second and third respectively.

Sreena Nanda Kumar won evaluation Speech Contest, while Mohammed Sufyan and Sai Pranav stood second and third respectively. In Debate contest the team speaking against the topic represented by Hasib Javid, Muzaffer Shaik and Nabil Bin Tasnim stood first and runner team was represented by Sarah Nasir, Fathima Badruddin and Shanum Rabia . Hasib Javid was declared the best debate speaker.

The first term President Sarah Nasir and second term President Mohammed Ahmed Khan started the program with their presidential addresses after the Surah recitation by Nabil BinTasnim. YL Jumana Jaffer & YL Arman Raiq Siraj hosted the finale as Master of ceremonies. Immedate past Youth leaders and assistance Coordinators and workshop presenters Jaweriya Mariyam and Ayesha Safare conducted the award ceremony, while DTM Safare Mohammed handled contest operations.

Global Toastmasters President DTM Khalid Siddiqui and YLP Chief Coordinator TM Mohammed Abul Khasim thanked all Youth Leaders, Parents Sponsors and Toastmasters for their contribution in making the program successful.

Past President of Global TMC, past Area63 Governor and first ever Joint Division E & L conference chairman Mangalorean DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli congratulated the Chief Coordinator Mohammed Abul Khasim for the effort and dedication to make the event a grand success and his journey to accomplish the DTM title soon.

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Jals-e-Uchila get-together held in Dammam

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March 15,2020

Markaz Al Madeena Association, Eastern province, conducted JALS-E-UCHILA get together program at Dammam, Saudi Arabia on March 5,2020 on account of celebrating 28 years of social service dedicated by the organization.

The event chairman Noushad Uchil inaugurated the function. The organization president presided the program and delivered talk about the intention of the organization. Hashim Uchil has intorduced the social and academic contribution of the organization of past 28 years. Jamal Uchil welcomed the gathering and Ismail G.I. host the program.

Games, Quiz and prize distribution to the winners and senior social workers was the special attraction of the event. The planning committee of the event includes Iqbal, Farooq, Shahul Hameed, Ramza, Nabeel, Afthar, Ashraf and Shafi.

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Masha Allah.

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Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh holds blood donation camp

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January 27,2020

Riyadh: On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN on the 17th Jan 2020 at KING SAUD Universities King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh.

This is one of KWARs Prestigious Humanitarian EVENT every year, as we are indebted to serve the society for a Great Cause.

The campaign began at 08:30 am with a theme of Republic Day Celebrations and went on till 3:30 pm. Irrespective of Friday being a weekend and holiday people came in good numbers to donate Blood. The Hospital Staff, The Doctors and the Blood Bank Technicians and others at King Khalid University Hospital were more than happy to serve all those who have participated in this campaign.

KWAR Thanks all the Hospital Staff especially Mr. Salman Baqsh for his introduction of KWAR to Blood Bank and all the arrangements for this campaign, without his support this could not been done. Dr. Zafar Mahmoud for his wonderful support during the campaign and Mr. Abdullah Al Saman for his outstanding Hospitality throughout the campaign. KWAR also thanks all the donors who came all the way voluntarily for this Great Humanitarian Cause. As a token of gesture KWAR awarded Certificate of Appreciation to all the participants.

And KWAR would like to thank specially Mr. Nasir, Representative of Blood Helpline Karnataka, who encouraged many donors and made them to actively participate and donate blood for this noble cause.

KWAR’s core activities was on display on the screen, with most of the Committee members were present at the venue to serve the donors. KWAR thanks all the members, the Executive committee and all those who took their valuable time to organize this event successfully and thank all our well-wishers who supported us for the BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN. We in KWAR wish every Donor and the participants a healthy life ahead, and we need everyone's active participation in all our Future events.