Mangaluru: The Konkani Cultural Organization (KCO) Trust, in association with Samanvaya, Mangaluru, will be disbursing educational scholarships and financial assistance to NGOs on Sunday, August 11 at 11 AM.
This will be done during a ceremony which will be held at the St. Joseph’s Inter-Diocesan Seminary’s Centenary Memorial hall in Jeppu, Mangaluru.
Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis, principal of St. Aloysius College will be the chief guest. The president and members of KCO Abu Dhabi will be present.
Every year, in the month of August, KCO supports deserving and needy students aspiring to continue their education after SSLC and PUC. The KCO has partnered with Samanvaya, an NGO which receives applications from these students through various sources and scrutinizes them. Selected students will be invited for the disbursement programme and scholarship cheques will be distributed to them directly in the presence of distinguished guests, KCO members and parents of the beneficiaries.
Since 2004, the KCO has been supporting this cause and more than 1,400 students have been benefitted by this scheme. This year, 45 students have been selected for the scholarship and four NGOs for their service towards society in various streams. The selected NGOs for this year are as follows:
• St. Joseph’s Prashant Nivas
• Jeevadhan
• Snehasadan
• Saanidhya
Other than educational scholarship and financial assistance, KCO financially supports people with critical illnesses, mass wedding programmes and other socio-cultural activities through its Trust. Currently, the KCO is in its 24th year of existence, ably led by its president, CA Valerian Dalmaida.
All Mangalureans associated with the KCO and its activities, are invited to take part in the event.
