Riyadh: KWAR hosts Karavali Sports Day-2017

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April 7, 2017

Riyadh: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted its annual sports event on March 31 at Istrah Manak ground in Riyadh. More than 250 members attended the special event, which is a feather in KWAR’s cap, conducted in a well-organized manner which brought the best out of KWAR executive committee members and specially the Sports Committee headed by Mr. Iqbal Tanzimi, Mr.Jayakar Poojary, Mr.Salman Noor and Mr.Anoop Shetty and ably supported by Mr.Prasanna Rao, Mr. Suresh Raj & Mr. Prakash Shetty, keeping with the KWAR tradition of ‘unity is our strength’.

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The gates were opened by 9 a.m. and a special Karavali flavored breakfast was served to all the gathered members. At 10 a.m.the games began and the President Santhosh Shetty welcomed all the members and thanked them for their active participation even though it was Friday being a week end.

As a well laid out plan, the players were selected into 4 teams without any prejudice. The Captains of Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow respectively were Mr. Rafi Ali, Former President Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Vice President Mr. Muzaffer Ali and Mr. Yathiraj Malpe. Teams were given a well-orchestrated marchpast by our ever agile and energetic Mr. Umesh Shetty and the marchpast was a treat to watch as even women and children joined to have the best of the day.

All the participants were given oath to perform to their best of ability and obey the rules and regulations in a very fair and sporting manner. Some of the Prominent members who attended the sports day including KWAR Former Presidents Mr. Royston Prabhu and Mr. Rajesh Kumar, BARSA President Mr. Santhosh Shetty, Konkan Ghar President Mr. Eric D'sa, MASA Dammam representative Mr. Nagaraj Bajal, Jamaiyytul Falah President Mr. Muzaffer Ali, and KWAR Gen. Secretary Mr. Shashidhar Haridas.

There were three individual games, shot put, coconut game and breaking the pot. The team games were traditional Tire Race Relay (8players in each team) and the Relay Race (8 players in each team), Kabaddi, Volleyball and Tug of War.

The following were the winners in Individual games as well as team games:

1. Shot-put Gold -Deepak (Team Green) Silver-Arjun (Team Blue) Bronze - Nagaraj (Team Blue)
2. Pot Breaking Gold - Zahid (Team Red)
3. Coconut game Gold - Jagadish (Team Red)
4. Relay Race Gold - Team Green Silver - Team Blue Bronze - Team Red
5. Tire Relay Race Gold - Team Green Silver - Team blue Bronze - Team Red
6. Volley Ball Gold - Team Green Silver - Team blue
7. Kabaddi Gold - Team Blue Silver - Team Green
8. Tug of War Gold - Team Yellow Silver - Team Green
Team Green was the Overall Champions with 140 points and the Runners up were Team Blue with 97 points. All the players were awarded medals and the champions Team Green was awarded the winners trophy.

Games for the women and Children were conducted simultaneously in the adjacent ground under the able leadership of Dr. Vanishree and well supported by Mrs.Nazia Nazir, Mrs. Smitha Haridas, Mrs. Babita Jayakar and Mrs. Rajeshwari Yathiraj. There were 12 games for children and 5 individual games as well as 8 team games for ladies.

The teams Red, Blue, Green, yellow played with great spirit. Team Red captained by Mrs. Nazia Nazir was declared Champions and the Runners-up were Blue Team Lead by Mrs. Rajeshwari Yathiraj, and 2nd runners-up were Green team lead by Mrs. Jamila Abdul Aziz. Individual gold winners were Dr.Vanishree, Mrs. Rakshita, Mrs. Mala, Mrs. Anita, and Mrs. Babita for Shot put/100 m race/sack race/cycle tire race & Pot breaking respectively. It was great pleasure to watch KWAR women and children in great sporting action. All the winners were awarded trophy’s and medals.

Delicious lunch was served to all the members gathered which was arranged by our Mr. Prakash Shetty and Coffee/Juices from Al Dawa Co., Snacks from Al-Kabeer Co., were served throughout the day as well as fruit juices from NADEC.

The gates were well managed by Mr. Victor, Mr. Nelson D’Souza and Mr. Mahesh Hegde. KWAR managed to collect some amount of donation for a KIDNEY patient it was the quick action by Mr. Victor, Mr. Nelson and Mr. Irfan were able to do that.

The sports event was sponsored by NADEC, Al-Kabeer & Al-Dawa Company. President Santhosh Shetty Thanked all the members, participants in sport events, sponsors and the special invitees also the “KWAR BLOOD DONORS” for the success of the SPORTS EVENT. He also thanked KWAR women’s wing for their overwhelming support for the grand success of Karavali Sports Day 2017.

KWAR President requested all the members and guests to keep a note in their Calendars for the upcoming Mega Event of KWAR, “KARAVALI PARBA 2017” on the 11th of May, 2017. The daylong event ended with the recitation of national anthem “Jana gana mana...”

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Media Release
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.

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Media Release
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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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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