Welfare Kerala Kuwait distributes NORKA Ids

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October 11, 2017

Welfare Kerala Kuwait, Farwaniya zone is all set to distribute the first batch of NORKA Id cards to the applicants. The ID cards will be distributed at Ideal Auditorium, Farwaniya, on Friday 13th October 2017 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in a public function aimed at creating awareness among expatriates on their rights and various benefits offered to Non resident Indians by the Government of Kerala and the likes offered by Government of India.

According to the Kerala Migration Survey, there are 22 lakh migrant workers from Kerala are working abroad and almost 90% are resident in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. On 6th December 1996, Government of Kerala launched the Department of Non Resident Keralite's Affairs (NORKA) to redress the grievances of nonresident Keralites both in India and abroad and to have a sustainable partnership with them. NORKA is the first Department of its kind in India offering various services and benefits to Indians abroad. For more details please call 99309623,51151660 and 99893650.

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ISF, Humanity Forum help cardiac patient from DK to fly back from Saudi Arabia amid lockdown

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: An elderly cardiac patient from Dakshina Kannada, who was stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lock-down, has finally reached his homeland thanks to the timely intervention by Humanity Forum Jubail and Indian Social Forum.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

Meanwhile, one of the relatives of the patient, Ansari Suratkal, who happens to be a DKSC activist, brought the issue to the notice of the Karnataka unit of the Indian Social Forum in Dammam. ISF contacted Humanity Forum president Zakariya Jokatte, who helped the patient to speak directly union minister D V Sadananda Gowda in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com.

Humanity Forum also persuaded the Indian Embassy to allow the stranded cardiac patient to fly back to India through Dammam-Bengaluru repatriation flight on May 20.

However, it was not easy for the patient to travel from Madinah to Dammam International Airport due to lock-down and curfew. ISF not only obtained travel permission for him but also arranged vehicle. Jeddah and Riyadh units of ISF helped in obtaining permission letter in their respective places in spite of travel ban imposed by the police. Madinah unit of ISF arranged vehicle for transportation. Zakariya Jokatte bore the air ticket and other expenses of the patient.

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