Kuwait: Kiran Sunny elected SACAA President

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December 6, 2016

Kuwait: St Aloysius College Alumni Association (SACAA), Kuwait held its Annual General Body meeting at Salmiya, Kuwait under leadership of the outgoing President Ashley D’Silva.

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L to R Sitting – Noah, Henon, Kiran,Neil :1st Row L to R – Darrel, Sujay, Alzeena, Prashanth, Vijesh, Lloyd

SACAA Kuwait is in existence from 11 + years when like-minded Aloysianalumni based in Kuwait felt the need to bond together and re-live those memories and importantly support the Alma Mater wherever possible.

Proceedings began with a brief self-introduction of every member present followed by the outgoing President Mr. Ashley D’Silva welcoming everyone to the gathering. This was followed by the Treasurers report given by Mr. Neethan Cutinha who accounted for thevarious events that were conducted during the last two years. Also, a moment of silence was observed in remembrance of the very active and supportive alumni,Mr. Cyril Peris.

The elections for the new committee were conducted by the Election Commissioner, Mr. Sudhakar Shetty, a senior SACAA member.

Following are the members elected as Office Bearers for the term 2016-2018:
President – Kiran Sunny
Vice President – Prashanth Karivellur
Treasurer – Lloyd Mendonca
General Secretary –Darrell D’Souza
Secretary, Member Affairs – Neil Menezes
Sports & Cultural Secretary – Aloy Vijesh D’Mello
Secretary, Public Relations – Henon Aranha
Joint General Secretary –Sanjay (Sujay) Martis
Joint Secretary, Member Affairs –Noah Fernandes
Sports & Cultural Joint Secretary –Alzeena Pinto
Mr. Ashley D’Silva was nominated as the President of the Advisory Committee.

Mr. Kiran Sunny, the newly elected president in his inaugural message asked for the support of not only the committee but the entire SACAA Alumni fraternity in Kuwait for their wholehearted cooperation & support to make this a successful term. The new committee, assured members of dedicatedly carrying out their assigned duties and responsibilities as office bearers of SACAA Kuwait, by conducting various social, cultural and community based developmental activities that would promote the primary purpose of the association i.e. to give an opportunity to the Kuwait based Aloysian alumni to network amongst each other, bringing together both senior and young members. The annual GBM and elections concluded with a sumptuous dinner catered by Caesars.

All non-registered Aloysian alumni residing in Kuwait are kindly requested to register their names as members of SACAA Kuwait by emailingtheir personal details to [email protected]. Keeping up with modern social media trends, the SACAA Kuwait Facebook page “SACAA-KUWAIT” allows alumni to register themselves giving them an opportunity to connect with other Kuwait based members. In addition, constant updates regarding the association and its activities are provided to registered members through a Whatsapp group. Alumni in Kuwait who wish to be part of this group are encouraged to contact +965 66181041 for further details.

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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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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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April 7,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter distributed Food Kits for Indian expatriates labors who were in trouble due to Corona lockdown on April 6, 2020 at a labor camp here in Al Khobar.

The labors, most of them are from the staes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh And Uttar Pradesh, were in trouble without food.

 Recieving the information leaders of Indian Social Forum immediately visited the camp to take survey.

Indian Social Forum with the help of donors distributed food kits. Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka Chapter president Mr.Mohammed Shareef Jokatte expressed gratitude for donors for their contribution.

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Muhammed Irshad
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Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020

 

Really appreciated. Working for this cause during this critical situation is really great job.

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