The executive committee of Kuwait Kannada Koota 2022 met His Excellency, Ambassador of India to Kuwait, Shri Sibi George recently at Indian Embassy premises.
During the occasion, the committee briefed the Ambassador on history of 38 years of Kuwait Kannada Koota and how it has been active in various cultural and social activities.
Every year in November, Koota has been celebrating State Formation Day ‘Rajyotsava’, wherein the children do enact and present various cultural facets of mainly of Karnataka.
Koota also has adopted 7 village schools in Chitradurga District of Karnataka supporting the school with ‘Smart Class Rooms’ with latest technology. This is benefitting around 1800 school children.
Koota has also been in the forefront to help the needy during natural calamities in india, like earthquakes, flood etc through the formal channels.
Recently during covid, some of its members as Individually, as a part of KKK and of ICSG (Indian community Support group) also volunteered in food and medicine distribution.
In 2010, Koota donated Rupees Ten lakhs to a Aruna Chetana School for differently abled children in Malleswaram, Bangalore.
Koota is also active in efforts of teaching Kannada as educational requirements for NRI children from Karnataka.
During the discussion, H.E. the Ambassador also exchanged thoughts of historical contributions of Kannadigas, which includes Kodavas in different districts of Karnataka.
Representing Koota, president Shri K. Chinmaya, vice-president Shri Uday Vernekar, General Secretary Shri Suresh Rao Neramballi and Treasurer Shri Kariappa Naliyenda participated in the discussions.