VAFI holds its first general body meeting

March 17, 2013

Doha, Mar 17: The first general body meeting of Visual Arts Forum India (VAFI) was held on Friday at the residence of Dr. Mohan Thomas, who was unanimously elected as the Chief Patron of the organisation.

This was the first General Body Meeting of VAFI, which is a voluntary cultural association formed in Qatar to nurture, promote and develop artist of Indian origin living in Qatar.

The Association shall be affiliated to the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) under the aegis of the Indian Embassy, Qatar.

A total of 22 Indian Artist living and working in Doha turned up for the meeting.

Agenda for the meeting was to discuss the Constitution and by-laws of VAFI, appointment by consensus of Executive Committee, and general discussion of how VAFI will function to provide information, professional development, knowledge and sharing to individual member artists as well as to groups and networks across Qatar.

The Executive Committee members were also appointed. They are Dr. Sreekumar Padmanabhan (President), Mahesh Kumar (Vice- President) , Mr. Patric Rozarioas (Secretary) and Smita Aloni (Treasurer).

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KSCC holds blood donation drive in Dubai

May 2,2020

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) organized Blood Donation Camp at Latifa Hospital, Oud Mehta Dubai on April 23rd, 2020 in association with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and with support from Community Development Authority (CDA) Government of Dubai.

Blood Donation Drive started in the morning at 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Around 48 people participated in this drive and donated blood to support the Dubai Blood Bank.

A potential shortage of blood for transfusions has been occurred due to a significant reduction in voluntary blood donations during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The current pandemic, health services are now running with shortages of blood availability. To support the DHA Blood Bank KSCC taken initiative to ensure that blood donations continued and are safe for both the donor and the recipient.

After taking safety precaution and safe distance during the blood donation donors feeling happy and honored to participate and donate blood at this pandemic situation. Club Manager Mr. Mohammad Shafi was also present during this event.

KSCC appreciated all the blood donors and be grateful to Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Community Development Authority (CDA), and Government of Dubai for their association for this event. They also thanked the volunteers and supporters.

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