Alban Praveen Menezes elected as President of KCWA

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March 22, 2015

Kuwait: Kuwait Canara Welfare Association (KCWA) held its general body meeting on March 20, at the Indian Community School, Amman Branch, Salmiya, Kuwait. The main agenda of the meeting was the election of the new executive committee for the period 2015 – 2017.

The meeting commenced with the moderator Deepak Andrade welcoming KCWA’s spiritual director Rev. Fr Noel D’Almeida and visiting priest Rev. Fr Sunil Dominic Lobo to the gathering followed by the opening prayer by Mrs Reema D’Souza.

KCWA’s president Mr. Anil Fernandes then welcomed all the members who had gathered for the meeting. The minutes of KCWA’s last general body meeting which was held on February 20, 2015 was then presented by the general secretary Louis D’Costa. A short presentation highlighting the achievements of KCWA and its committee members for the term 2013 – 2015 was given to the audience, which was well received and appreciated by all. Mr. Anil Fernandes thanked the people who provided their continual support to KCWA especially for membership renewal.

Mr. Prashant Lloyd D’Souza, Mr. Salvadore D’Souza, Mr. Wilfred Lobo and Mr. Arun Pinto were honored with a bouquet of flowers by Rev. Fr. Noel D’Almeida and KCWA’s sports committee for their whole hearted support and cooperation with regards to the recently concluded KCWA Cricket Cup 2015.

Rev. Fr. Sunil Dominic Lobo was presented with the cheque amounting to Rs. 12,36,936 for Vimukti by the 2013 - 2015 committee members, which was generated during KCWA’s Kala Sanz 2015. Fr. Lobo then spoke a few words and blessed KCWA to reach even greater heights with social service.

The Election Commission members Mr. Anil Fernandes, Mrs. Ailine Cornelio and Mr. Marian Fernandes then began with the proceedings of electing the new committee, which is as below: Name/Parish in India/ Portfolio.

Albert Praveen Menezes/ Karkala (Town)/ President
Freya Raina Saldanha/ Milagres/ Vice President
Louis Anthony D'Costa/ Piusnagar/ General Secretary
Deepak Andrade / Gurpu/ Asst. General Secretary
Steevan Sebastian Misquith/ Manipal/ Treasurer (General)
Harry Fernandes / Kirem/ Treasurer (Cultural)
Gilbert Mathias/ Pernal/ Auditor
Vijay Alfred D' Souza/ Allipade / Members' Affairs Coordinator
Prashanth Loyd D'Souza/ Rosario/ Sports Secretary
Alban P.F. D'Souza/ Shirva/ Public Relations Officer
Satish John Saldanha / Kateel/ Cultural Secretary
Reema Lolita D'Souza/ Kallianpur/ Education Fund Coordinator
Rajesh Aranha/ Paladka/ Website Administrator

The audience applauded the newly elected committee and Mr. Albert Praveen Menezes, KCWA’s president for the upcoming term thanked and sought everyone’s support and cooperation for a successful tenure.

Mrs. Ailine Cornelio proposed the vote of thanks and expressed gratitude towards the school management for providing the hall, Mr. Walter Saldanha for the projector, Mr. Alban D’Souza for photography, Mr. Anand D’Souza for the sound system, Mr. Steevan Misquith for the PowerPoint presentation and to all those had gathered for coming in such large numbers. Mr. Kiran Gonsalves concluded the meeting with a prayer and sumptuous dinner was served by M&M Confectionary.

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Jeddah: The first chartered flight for repatriation passengers from Jeddah to Bengaluru organized by Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah – Saudi Arabia was successfully landed at Bengaluru airport by 01.00 am on 19th July 2020.

Spice Jet (SG9884) departed from King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah by 05.00 pm local time with 177 stranded passengers which includes 12 Pregnant Woman, 3 infants, 44 Short term visa holders, 3 medical emergency patients and 115 migrate workers and labours from various districts of Karnataka state.

Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, a registered charitable organization under Government of Karnataka & Indian Consulate Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, helping the Kannadigas overseas & in Karnataka State as well, has initiated major role for helping stranded Kannadigas to travel back to home. During Pandemic hundreds of stranded Kannadigas were approached to the forum and requested to arrange special chartered flight to Bengaluru from Jeddah.

Initiating from collecting the data of passengers, the forum’s special panel including its President Mr. Mohammed Mansoor, Secretary Mr. Peter Mascarenes, Vice Presidents Mr. Nasir Khurshid, Dr.Ashfaque Maniyar, Chief Coordinator Mr. Shaikh Saoud, Cultural Secretaries Mr. Arifulla Shariff and Mr. Rajesh Suvarna, Treasurer Mr. Habib Rahman and Press Secretary Mr. Baig, the forum’s members have worked very hard to conclude this task very successful.

The forum provided food packets as refreshment, complementary PPE kitsto each passenger as precaution against the spread of any infections while travelling and also guided all passengers by supporting them in Awdha portal (Saudi Passport Department) and Seva Sindhu portal registration of Government of Karnataka.

The official travel partner ITL Travel Management Company has rendered remarkable service to the passengers not only in ticketing but also supported with top priority in confirming the aircraft from SPICE JET and availed good service from ground staff at Jeddah Airport.

All passengers have reached safely to their homes after completing the 7 days institutional quarantine at Bengaluru. 100% passengers had NEGETIVE report on Covid-19 test made on arrival as well as after institutional quarantine.

In the press release published from the President, Mr. Mohammed Mansoor has expressed his prodigious gratitude to the Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia H. E. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Deputy Consul General of India - Jeddah Mr. Y Saber and Chief Minister of Karnataka State Shri B. S. Yediyurappafor providing necessary approvals and NOC for the chartered flight operation. He also conveyed his boundless appreciationto Shri B. Y. Raghavendra, Member of Parliament Shimoga District (Karnataka) for his swift support extended to the forum and as well to Dr. Aarathi Krishna, Ex-Deputy Chairperson – NRI Forum of Karnataka – Government of Karnataka for her significant guidance and support on completing this mission.

The forum has thanked all the officers in King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah and Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru for the facilities provided to the passengers. The Forum has thanked all passengers travelled for their calmness and also thanked to all other members of the forum, Staff of ITL Travels and SPICE JET for their tremendous support extended throughout the mission accomplishment.