Riyadh: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted its 8th Annual General Body Meetingon the 11th June 2015 which was held in ‘Al FakhraIsthrah’ in Riyadh. Even though most parents were busy with their ward’s examinations, a good number of people gathered to grace the occasion. The meeting started around 11 pm after the invitees/members enjoyed a delicious dinner. Mahesh Hegde, one of the active members of KWAR welcomed the guests and welcomed the president Rajesh Kumar, Vice-President Santhosh Shetty, Gen.Secretary Nazeer Ahmed, and Treasurer Shashidhar Haridas to the dais.
Rajesh Kumar in his opening remarks stressed the need for Unity of KWAR and thanked all the Office Bearers, Executive members, Membersand Well-wishers who supported him during his reign as 7th President of KWAR.
A presentation was followed by KWAR’s Gen. Secretary Nazeer Ahmed briefing the audience about the KWAR Programs, achievements and charity works during the period 2014-2015, which was well appreciated by the gathered crowd.
Shashidhar Haridas, who had a great stint as Treasurer of KWAR gave a brief regarding financial statements, which reflected all the positive financial aspects of KWAR as a successful organization.
Election of new managing committee
The presentation of the accounts was followed by the constitution of the new Managing committee. The outgoing President dissolved all the Committees and Sub-Committees, and a specially appointed Election Committee consisting of Ramesh Shetty (KWAR Ex-President) and Jagadish Shetty (BARSA President) were given the task of conducting the election procedure to elect the new President, Vice president and all the other important office bearers of the KWAR Executive Committee.
The election commissioners gave every member a chance to represent himself and the overwhelming enthusiasm shown by members justified the elected member’s love for KWAR as well as upholding the unity of KWAR through the unanimous re-election of President Rajesh Kumar, Vice-president Santhosh Shetty, Treasurer Shashidhar Haridas, Joint Treasurer Alfred Menezes, newly elected Gen. Secretary Nelson D’Souza and Joint Secretary Mohammed Nauman as well as other office bearers of KWAR TEAM 2015-2016. Program host Mahesh Hegde thanked both the election commissioners for a great job done ensuring the supreme theme of Unity among KWAR members.
Newly re-elected KWAR Vice-president Santhosh Shetty thanked all the members as well as members of Women Wing and offered them support in their future activities. He also thanked all the members for being present during Annual General Body meeting of KWAR.
Office Bearers of KWAR for 2015-16:
Rajesh Kumar – President, Santhosh Shetty – Vice-President, Nelson D’Souza – Gen. Secretary, Mohammed Nauman – Jt. Secretary, Shashidhar Haridas – Treasurer, Alfred Menezes – Jt. Treasurer, Mahesh Hegde – Auditor, P.M. Bhasker – Cultural Secretary, Yahiraj Malpe – Jt. Cultural Secretary, Deepak Shetty – Jt. Cultural Secretary, Jayakar Poojary – Sports Secretary, Bhasker Salian –Jt. Sports Secretary, Prasanna Rao – PRO, Victor Menezes – PRO, Sathish Amin – Coordinator, Ramesh Shetty – Advisor.
Executive Committee Members: G.K. Shaik, Abdul Gafoor, Suresh Suvarna, Rajesh Rao, Nazeer Ahmed, Jagannath Kotian, Umesh Shetty, Muzaffer Ali, Prashanth Shetty, Dlip Kumar, Rafi Ali, Varun Shetty, Salman Noor, Abdulaziz Karkala, Iqbal Thanzeemi, Kumar Shivaligappa, Srikanth Hejmady, Chethan Kaiwar, Anup Shetty, Ashwath Rai, Suhas Kamath, and Jagadish Salian
New Committee helps a family back home
The new Committee had its first opportunity to help when they offered financially support to the family of David Monteiro. David Monteiro who was working as an Electrician at a wedding hall in Buraidah, met with a road accident recently. He had come to Saudi Arabia just a year ago, leaving his wife and paralyzed Mother behind. The circumstances of the case were such that, KWAR decided it was important to support the family. KWAR provided Rs. 25,000/- as an immediate assistance to his family back in Mangalore and promised to raise more funds in the coming days.
About the Karavali Welfare Association (KWAR), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (KWAR) is a non-profit voluntary organization formed with the broad objective of doing far-reaching social and community service respecting the human values without any barrier and prejudice, with great regards to the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to cherish the democratic values of India and rich culture of Karnataka. Established in the year 2008 for the purpose of uniting all Karavali people living in Riyadh, it has done tremendous work in the fields of community welfare and charity and won many accolades within a short period from its inception.
The Annual General Body came to an end with the recitation of national anthem.
