The 17th Annual General Body Meeting (AGM), of NAFO a prominent socio-cultural organization in Kuwait was held virtually on 28th January 2022.
The event began with a soulful rendition of the prayer song by Srikanth Sudheer. This was followed by the National Anthem of Kuwait and India. Unnikrishnan B Kurup, Convener NAFO donned the role of the anchor and took the crowd through the program.
The General Secretary of NAFO, Vijayakumar Menon marked the commencement of the program with the welcome address. The presidential address was then delivered by C.P.Rajiv Menon, NAFO President.
The Annual report for the year 2021 and the plan of activities for the year 2022 was presented by NAFO General Secretary Vijayakumar Menon. He briefed the gathering on the events that were conducted during the year 2021. It is commendable and worth mentioning that the group was able to conduct relevant, interesting and noteworthy online events even during these trying times.
TKV Pradeep Kumar NAFO Treasurer submitted the Annual Accounts Statements and Budget for the year 2022.
Next on agenda was the approval of addendum/amendment to NAFO’s Byelaw and NAFO Kuwait’s name change , this was officiated by the Chief of NAFO Adisory Board, Vijayan Nair V R.
M.S. Nair the General Secretary of NAFO Global enlightened the gathering on NAFO Global’s updates and the way forward. Naveen C.P the acting Vice President and Family Assurance Scheme (FAS) Administrator then conducted the FAS Promotion and membership campaign.
This was followed by felicitation speeches by Advisory Board member Rajeev Pillai, Ladies wing Chief Coordinator Shrimati Sheeba Shaiju, Life member and Former Advisory Board member Dr. Prasad Nair and Mohandas Kizhakke.
As is characteristic of NAFO meetings, an open forum was the next segment where members were given the opportunity to air their views or discuss their opinions.
The Concluding Speech was delivered by NAFO Secretary General Anish Nair.
The Vote of Thanks by NAFO Convener Unnikrishnan B Kurup, marked the end of an event that usually sees all members getting together with their families and spending quality time sharing and creating memories. This time around it was again reduced to a zoom meeting owing to the ever challenging pandemic situation. But with hope in our hearts and faith in the Almighty all of us NAFOites look for a better tomorrow.