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KaDaM celerbats 8th anniversary in Ajman

Shodhan Prasad
November 1, 2017

Ajman: Kundapura Devadiga Mitra, popularly known as KaDaM celebrated their 8th anniversary in a grand manner on October 27th 2017, at Ajman Beach Hotel, Ajman, UAE with a whole day cultural event witnessed by packed Devadiga families, guests from India and friends. With the able leadership of dynamic businessman Dinesh Devadiga Chitradi Nagoor, KaDaM are not only conducting anniversary but also serving the needy community brethren’s with contribution towards education, medical and also arranging blood donation drive in the UAE.

A meaningful ceremony that was organized began at 11am by lighting of the lamp by KaDaM Ladies, Gowri Devadiga, Sharada Devadiga, Leelavathi Devadiga, Ambika Devadiga, H Mohan Das, Ravi Devadiga, Raju Devadiga, Dinesh Devadiga, Ravi Devadiga Tallur and Sheena Devadiga. Ramachandra Devadiga Kasaragod recited the prayer.

NithyanandaBeskoor welcomed the audience, sponsors and media representatives and gave a gist of an exciting day ahead. Followed was welcome dance by Shashirekha and Kumari Shreya.

Asha Devadiga, Sridhar Bramavar and Santhosh Sherigar jointly hosted the programme throughout in their own style.

A variety of cultural programs were presented beautifully which included variety of dances. Audience enjoyed some beautiful soulful melodies sung by Pramod Kumar, SaiMallika, Dinesh DoddanaGudde, UdayaNanjappa, Shiva Kumar, KumariAdhira, Kumari Ishwarya, Master Manish, Suresh Devadiga, Shodan Prasad, Gayathri, Master YashSujith Shetty & Ramachandra Devadiga. Dancing numbers by Neha, Shreesha, Dhanya Dinesh Devadiga, Asha Devadiga Navya Devadiga Konchady, Shruthi Devadiga, Priya Devadiga, Vishalakshi Devadiga, Kiran Beskoor, Smitha Devadiga, Harinakshi Sherigar, Shashirekha Devadiga, Reshma Devadiga, Kumari Shreya, Niveditha, Niranjana, Kumari Elsa, Nandana, Master Yash, Vasu Devadiga, Santhosh Sherigar, Ravi Devadiga, Jagadish Devadiga, Manohar Devadiga, Manjunath Devadiga and Kids from symphony dancing institution.  Audience applauded witnessing sporting Ladies Group Dance a catchy number and which was the highlight of the day.

Vasu Devadigabriefed on KaDaM’spast years successful events from the time of inception viz., year 2010 till the current anniversary.  He also briefed on the mission-vision and main objectives of KaDaM.

Ravi Devadiga read out greeting messages received from well-wishers around the world.

KaDaM’s service to the community

As of date KaDaM collected a whopping amount of rupees around Rs 25 lakh as KaDaM Education Fund. Rs 3 lakh is being distributed as scholarship every year and another Rs 5.35 lakh was given as medical aid to hospitalized patients. The contribution given by each member every month is being accumulated to meet any emergency unexpected medical expenses of needy community families.Whenever there is an urgent need for aid, members voluntarily take up initiativesand contribute fund for the needy.

Devadiga Sadaka Prashasti - 2017 conferred on Gowri Devadiga

Like every year this year too KaDaM organized to identify exceptional Community Member who contributed to the society. This year the Award 'Devadiga Sadaka Prashasti' was conferred on Smt. Gowri Devadiga as a recognition to her contributions in the field of Social work.

Devadiga Sadaka Prashasti Award is specially conferred to individuals as a token of appreciation for their contribution towards the society and community affairs. Awardee Smt. Gowri Devadiga is a woman who created an identification for herself in society with a belief and objective in social service. An initiative to honour such woman achievers of the community is a proud feeling for KaDaM.  Guest Ravi Devadiga President of Devadiga Sangha Mumbai honoured her with Shawl, Vishalakshi Dinesh Devadiga presented her garland, KiranBeskoor handed over flower bouquet while Sudhakar Devadiga handed over the fruit basket all in a traditional way. Simultaneously a Video presentation was shown to highlight the achievements and awards received by Gowri.  Prashasti Patra was presented by Dinesh Devadiga. Sheena Devadiga presented a memento. In return to the Sadaka Prasasti, the overwhelmed recipient Gowri Devadiga thanked the organizers of the event and dignitaries on the dais.

KaDaM also felicitated Community Leaders H Mohan Das, Ravi Devadiga President of Devadiga Sangha Mumbai andSmt. Ambika Raju Devadiga. All the recipients thanked KaDaM for honoring them and wished KaDaM all the success.

Politician Raju Devadiga, Entrepreneur Praveen Kumar Shetty of Fortune Group, Ravi Tallur, Dinesh Kumar Devadiga, President of Devadiga Sangha Dubai, Guest UmanathKotian of Tulu Sahitya Academy, Guest RajshekarKotiyanActor/Producer of Shree Narayana Guru Tulu Movie and Guest N.TPoojary of BillawaJagratiBalaga, Mumbai spoke on this occasion and remembered KaDaM’s social work in and around Kundapura.

Naveen Suvarna, Shodhan Prasad, Ganesh Rai, Suresh Devadiga (NMS), Arvind Sanil, Murthy Bhat, Sadan Das, Devesh Alva, Nithiraj Shetty, Vasu Shetty, Karunakar Shetty, DayaKirodian, Das Kudla, Ravi Devadiga Abu Dhabi, Suresh Devadiga DHL, Sujith Shetty were present during the program as guests.

Ganesh Rai applauded KaDaM for its self-less service to the society and their dedication towards mankind.  He mentioned on KaDam’s various social responsibility initiatives such as Blood donation camp, scholarship in back home, picnic, and Indian traditional festival celebration which are commendable.

KaDaM conducted drawing competition for children which was ably judged by Mr. Ravi Tallur, Suresh Devadiga DHL and Sai Mallika.

Cultural and Stage program were coordinated and ably conducted by Yuvaraj Devadiga, Manoj Devadiga, Ravi Nagoor, Santhosh Kolnad and Elegant Team.

All the Sponsors, Media Representatives & Participants were honoured and presented with mementos by Dinesh Devadiga and KaDaM Members.

Throughout the programme there were many spot games conducted and audience actively participated and received prizes.  Towards the end Grand Raffle draw was conducted and prizes handed over to the winners.

The event got concluded with vote of thanks rendered by Sheena Devadiga who thanked all the Sponsors, Participants, Media, Guest of various organizations, well-wishers and members for the wholehearted support and who made  the event a grand success. He also thanked Special Guests from India who flew to just to attend the event who were Smt. Sharada Devadiga Nagoor, Smt. Leelavathi Devadiga Nagoor, Revathi Sherigar Mala, Shri Ravi Tallur & Mr Sheena Devadiga.

He particularly thanked Mr.  & Mrs Dinesh Devadiga for their continuous whole hearted support extended to KaDaM and its members in planning and executing this event in an organized manner.  Like every year Elegant Group of Companies were the proud Main Sponsor of the event. KaDaM organized ‘Sumptuous Buffet’ ;unch for all including Mangalorean Special ‘Holige’.

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April 19,2020

Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) Chaiman Dr Sam Pitroda held video conference with senior IOC office bearers across Middle Eastern countries on 14th April 2020 to review the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among Indians residing in the region. Almost all speakers appreciated the efforts initiated and  implemented by  respective governments to contain spread of the deadly virus as well as measures taken towards welfare of the people affected by the lockdown. 

IOC Presidents, Mohammed Mansour - Bahrain, Abdullah Manjeri - Saudi Arabia, Dr J Ratan kunar - Oman and Girish kumar - Qatar, highlighted the quality treatment of patients and finacial aid provided by governments and other authorities. Bahrain IOC president Mansour , also  apprised about the 'Food for Needy' drive in Association with KHK Heroes foundation, initiated by HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and quality treatments as well as financial aid to local and expat residents.

Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

Dr Sam Pitroda briefed about sustained and consolidated efforts by all IOC members  during this unprecedented situation facing the world and assured that he would convey IOC  concerns to the government and try his best to ensure all possible help is made available to all needy Indians.

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Media Release
July 25,2020

In a humanitarian gesture to help fellow citizens in distress, the first in the series of chartered 
flights arranged by Thumbay Group, UAE and the Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) Trust, 
Mangalore to repatriate stranded Kannadigas in the UAE took off from Ras Al Khaimah 
International Airport in the wee hours of 21st July 2020. The flight was fully occupied, with 186 passengers, all of them desperate to fly back to India for various reasons.

The initiative was conceived and implemented under the leadership of Dr. Thumbay Moideen - Founder President of Thumbay Group & Founder Patron of BCF and Dr. B K Yusuf, the 
President of BCF. The flight was organized on a purely charitable basis, with all necessary 
steps and precautions in place to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers. Thumbay Group assigned its fleet of buses to transport the passengers free of charge from their residences in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman to the airport. The organizers also provided free meals and refreshments to the passengers, in addition to PPE kits and face-shields distributed free of 
charges.

The passengers on the first flight included many elderly individuals, people with serious 
illnesses like heart-related health issues and diabetes, pregnant ladies and little children as well as people who had lost their jobs and those with expired visas. Dr. B K Yusuf – BCF President, Dr. Kaup Mohammed - BCF General Secretary, other office bearers of BCF, as well as Thumbay Group’s representatives Mr. Farhad C – Director of the Hospitality Division of 
Thumbay Group and Engr. Farwaz P. C. – COO of the Construction Division were present at 
the airport to see off the first group of passengers.

Commenting on the initiative, Dr. Thumbay Moideen said, “This joint initiative of Thumbay 
Group and BCF is to support our fellow Kannadigas desperate to fly back home. We are happy that we have been able to reach out to many of them, to help them fly home to their families. We thank the Governments of the UAE and India, and the Indian Consulate, Dubai, for their support in making this happen. In the coming days, many more stranded Kannadigas would be repatriated under this joint initiative.”
Dr. B K Yusuf thanked Dr. Thumbay Moideen and the office-bearers and members of BCF for 
their efforts to make the initiative a success.

“We are proud that this initiative has brought relief to many Kannadigas and their families today. BCF is grateful to Thumbay Group for its support and partnership for all our humanitarian programs for the support of the needy.”

Dr. Kaup Mohammed said that it was a matter of pride that the much-awaited Thumbay-BCF 
repatriation flight had been carried out successfully. “Measures have been taken to ensure the safety of the flight and its passengers throughout the journey,” he said. He also thanked all the social organizations including Bhatkal Jamath, BCCI, BWF, KCF, DKSC, Kodagu Kannadigas, 
Kannadiga Help Line, Dubai Konkans and KSS, for their support. He specially thanked Mr. 
Syed Hassan Razeen, the owner of ARISTOCRAT Travels for his support in the ticketing, 
boarding and related processes. On behalf of Milano Optics Group and Maxcare, free gift 
hampers were distributed to selected passengers.

The passengers were received at Mangalore airport under the leadership of Mr. Mumtaz Ali - patron of BCF and other distinguished personalities of Mangalore including Mr. Moidin Bava - former MLA, Mr U. T. Ifthikhar, Mr. S. M. R Rashid - President of BCCI central committee and many others. The passengers were transferred to the hotels where they had registered for the mandatory quarantine.

The second flight under this joint initiative is scheduled to take-off from Ras Al Khaimah airport to Mangalore on 24th July 2020. A few more similar repatriation flights are to soon follow, in the coming weeks.

 

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Media Release
June 24,2020

The Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC), Bahrain, has charted aircrafts to repatriate stranded expatriates to India. 

Boby Parayil, General Secretary, OICC National Committee, Bahrain has thanked all those who supported in this cause.

“The aircrafts were not licensed and were in crisis until the last minute. Finally, Mohammed Mansoor, president of Bahrain chapter of Indian Overseas Congress approached IOC Middle East in charge Dr Arathi Krishna, who helped get permission to operate flight to Kozhikode,” he said in a release. 

All mandatory approvals from the Foreign Ministry of Affairs and other government officials were accomplished by Dr Arathi Krishna. OICC has expressed gratitude to her for her timely support, he said. 

OICC is also grateful to former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy for doing necessary arrangements to get all the approvals for flight landing in Kerala, he added.

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