Amid pandemic, mission “Youth for You” is a noble initiative taken by ICYM Karnataka Region in Karwar Diocese under the able leadership of Benreuben S. Rodrigues, Vice President and Prajwal R. Lopez, Asian MIJARC Chairperson of Food Sovereignty Commission.
Speaking to News Karnataka, Prajwal R. Lopez said that they have distributed around 400 grocery packets to a total of 20 parishes of the 3 deaneries in Honnavar, Kumta, and Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district.
“During the last 10 days, the team personally reached out to places and parishes such as Honnavar, Shantinagar, Prabhatnagar, Motto, Sanamotto, Mugwa, Hadinbal, Gundibala, Allanki, Mudkani, Matadakeri, Upper Kasarkod, Lower Kasarkod, Honmav, Manaki, and Mirjan and handed over the grocery packets for over 400 needy families,” he said.
“It was a challenging mission for us to go out to the field during the 2nd wave of the Pandemic Covid – 19. We have also reached the people living in the islands and we reached such people through boats,” he said.
Expressing gratitude, he said, “the ICYM team is ever grateful to the generous donors who contributed for such a noble cause. Rannon M. Rodrigues and Joyal Soft Drinks Company of Kasarkod provided vehicles for the transportation of the distribution as well space for packaging of the grocery packets. The team is also grateful to the various Parish Priests and the local Youth Leaders of the respective parishes, who have co-operated in the distribution of the grocery packets to the deserving people of their areas,” he added.