Care for Kerala – Kuwait 2021 mission team leaders met H E Sibi George at the Indian Embassy on 19th May 2021. The mission was a collective response to the appeal made by the Chief Minister of Kerala to Non-Resident Keralites all over the world to support the state in handling the COVID crisis. N. Ajith Kumar, Saji Thomas Mathew, Noushad C.K., and Sam Pynummoodu were present in the meeting.
The Indian community in Kuwait responded overwhelmingly towards the mission. As a result, 2 x 20 FT Containers with medical-equipments have been procured and will be sent to Kochi Port on 23rd May 2021.
The shipment includes –
• Oxygen Cylinders 348 Nos
• Oxygen Concentrators 100 Nos
• Regulator 250 Nos
The Indian community in Kuwait has donated medical-equipments worth INR 1 crore 25 lakhs towards COVID relief in Kerala.
The community thanks H E Sibi George, the Ambassador of India to Kuwait, Shibu Paul (Boubiyan Gas Co.), Babu Eringeri and Jose Erinjeri (Global International), Sivi Paul (United Logistics Co.), Mathews Varghese (BEC), K .S. Varghese (Gulf Advanced Trading Co.), James Mathews (Safeena Rent A Car Co.), Dr. T. A. Ramesh (On Cost Co.), Ms. Mercy Chandy (U I S), Mansour Ali (Al- Habshi Consultants), Lulu Kuwait, Nilamel Food Co., Fame International, and Apsara Bazar for their kind contributions.
Associations like Kuwait Engineers Forum (KEF), Kerala Islamic Group (KIG), Indian Doctors Forum (IDF), Kala Kuwait, Progressive Professional Forum (PPF), Santhwanam, Islamic Cultural Foundation, Saradhi Kuwait, IMCC, Muslim Educational Society (MES), Friday Forum, and Kuwait Kerala Islahi Center (KKIC) also supported with their contributions in this venture.
Many individual contributions were also received from; Abdul Sageer Ebrahim, Inbatamizh IIangovan, Amir Ahmed, Mr. Joseph Panicker, Mr. S. A Labba, Adv. John Thomas, Mr. Jyotish Cherian,Ajith Thomas (BMC), R. Naganathan, Shibu Alex, Mini Kurien, Manu E. Thomas, Anup Mangat, Adv. Rajesh Sagar and Keshavankutty Vasudevan Nair (Singapore).
The materials collected have been declared to be customs duty-free by the Government of India. These items are consigned to Kerala State under this scheme. Kerala Medical Services Corporation will receive the materials for the Govt. of Kerala.