Dear Friends,
Warm welcome to St. Paul’s Covid Team. We, the Management of St. Paul’s along with our staff, parents and ex-Paulites want to reach out to the poor and needy during this Covid pandemic. So we have started St. Paul’s Covid Team, which is a networking platform to coordinate the Covid relief work among NGOs and social organizations. Kindly circulate this poster among all your friends and relatives and if anyone needs help kindly contact the numbers given on the poster.
Let us work together to combat the Covid pandemic and help the poor and needy.
Fr. Savio Abreu SJ
Principal
Some of the Activities of the Covid Team
- Date: 4th June 2021
Met with the Management of the BHS Lakeview Hospital at 10.30 AM, at St. Paul’s High School, to discuss the possibilities of working together. After some amount of deliberations, it was decided to register the School as a vaccination center. Lakeview Hospital will procure the vaccines from the Serum Institute of India and will conduct a vaccination drive on St. Paul’s School Campus. In addition to administering the vaccination, the hospital will provide value added services such as sugar and BP testing before vaccination. The school will provide the infrastructure for a smooth and comfortable experience and there will be a room where people can rest after taking a vaccine. The hospital will also keep an ambulance on standby, in case of emergencies.
Vaccination will be provided to all, with priority to alumni, parents, teachers and their families.
Members present:
St. Paul’s High School – Fr. Ronnie D’Souza SJ (Manager), Fr. (Dr.) Savio Abreu SJ (Principal) & Fr. Sebastian Pereira SJ (Vice Principal).
Lakeview Hospital of Management – Dr. Arvind Kulgod (Director) & Dr. Sushant Guttigoli, (Administrator).
Paulites of Belgaum Worldwide – Mr. Manoj Michael (President) & Mr. Yogendrasingh Bhati, (Vice-President).
- Date: 5th June 2021
Distributed 100 packets of food at Belgaum Railway Station – 50 packets were given to passengers travelling in “Haripriya Express,” which arrives from Kolhapur (Maharashtra) at 03:30 PM, en route to Tirupathi; 50 packets in “Rani Chennamma Express,” which arrives at 06:00 PM.
Members present:
St. Paul’s High School – Fr. (Dr.) Savio Abreu SJ (Principal), Fr. Sebastian Pereira SJ (Vice Principal), Mr. Deepak Pillay & Mr. George Rodrigues.
NGO – Facebook Friends Circle – Santosh R Darekar, Shaboddin Bombaywale & Victor Francis.
Railway Police – Mr. Anjaneya N H (CPI Hubli Railways), Mr. Satyappa I M (PSI Hubli), B N Ramangoudar (ASI Belgaum), Mr. Basavaraj Bandiwaddar (Head Constable), Mr. H L Tungal (Head Constable), Mr. Mallik Mulla (Constable) & Mr Pavadi Sarav (Constable).
- Date: 8th June 2021
Visited Belagum Anjuman Covid Relief Center and discussed the scope of working together to help the people.
Members present:
St. Paul’s High School – Fr. (Dr.) Savio Abreu SJ (Principal), Fr. Sebastian Pereira SJ (Vice Principal) & Mr. Deepak Pillay.
Anjuman Belgaum – Mr. Raju Sait & Team - Date: 13th June 2021
Identified and distributed Ration Kits to needy people.
6 Kits to needy Paper Vendor Boys in Tilakwadi.
2 Kits to a needy Covid Patient Family in Agarkar Road (Tilakawdi).
13 Kits to various needy people, during the course of the week.
Members present:
St. Paul’s High School – Fr. (Dr.) Savio Abreu SJ (Principal), Fr. Sebastian Pereira SJ (Vice Principal), Mr. Deepak Pillay & Mr. Manoj M.
NGO – Facebook Friends Circle – Santosh R Darekar, George Rodrigues, Kiran Nippanikar, Mandar Kolhapure, Pramod Sharma, Sanjay Anavekar, Shaboddin Bombaywale, Suraj Anvekar, Urjeet Swamy, Varun Karkhanis, & Victor Francis.
- Date: 17th June 2021
Conducted a Covid Awareness Programme at Belgaum Railway Station, at 07:45 PM.
Distributed 100 Masks & 200 Packets of Food to passengers travelling in “Nizamuddin.”
Members present:
NGO – Facebook Friends Circle – Santosh R Darekar, Dr. Anand Totagi, George Rodrigues, Pramod Sharma, Dr. Sameer Shaikh, Shaboddin Bombaywale & Victor Francis.
Railway Police – Mr. Anjaneya NH (CPI ), Mr. Shivanand A (PSI), Mr. Nataraj T (ASI), Mr. Basavarajaiah (ASI), Mr. Surendra Vibhuti (Head Constable), Mr. Appagi Gouda (Head Constable) & Vijaydashmi (Head Constable).
- Date: 24th June 2021 & 3rd July 2021
Keeping in mind the shortage of Covid Vaccines in the city, and with a hope to vaccinate all the benefactors of St. Paul’s, the Covid Team, in collaboration with the Government Department Primary Health Centres, organized a vaccination drive at the PU College Campus on 24th June 2021.
The doctors who gave their time were mostly Alumni and members of the PBW. On 24th June, a total of 163 people and on 3rd July, a total of 100 people (including the staff, alumni, and general public) were administered with Covishield.
Members present:
St. Paul’s High School – Fr. Ronnie D’Souza SJ (Manager), Fr. (Dr.) Savio Abreu SJ (Principal) & Fr. Sebastian Pereira SJ (Vice Principal).
St. Paul’s PU College – Fr. Steven Almeida SJ.
- Date: 4th July 2021
Identified a remote village – “Amagaon” that was severly affected by the recent high rains and floods. The population of the village is approximately 450+, with nearly 90 families. The village falls under the Khanapur Taluka, and is on the Jamboti road, near Goa border. Their connectivity to outside areas is through a 6-8 km long walk and across a river, which usually gets flooded as it is deep inside the jungles of khanapur.
Distributed the following items to them:
Rainy Season Items – 22 Rain Jackets (Wildcraft)
Sports Items – 1 Football, 1 Carrom Board, 1 Laghori Set, 4 Skipping Ropes
Dry Food Ration – Rice 375kg, Rava 30kg, Poha 30kg, Edible Oil 100 packets, Dal 120kg
Members present:
St. Paul’s High School – Fr. (Dr.) Savio Abreu SJ (Principal) & Fr. Sebastian Pereira SJ (Vice Principal).
St. Paul’s Covid Team – Fr. Santosh SJ, Mr. Sanjay D’Souza, Tr. Mariamma Nygam, Dr. Meghana H & Sejal Bidlani.
NGO – Facebook Friends Circle – Santosh R Darekar, Ajith Kulkarni, Chetan Halsikar, George Rodrigues, Kiran Nippanikar, Pramod Sharma, Sanjay Anavekar, Shaboddin Bombaywale, Suraj Anavekar, Victor Francis & Vinayak Dhamanekar.
Amagaon Villagers – Arjun Gawade, Bomanna Gavas, Datta Gawade, Manohar Gadi, Nilesh Ghadi, Nilu Gawas, Shantaram Gawade.
- Date: 6th July 2021
The NGO headed by Santosh Darekar found out that a group of Lavani Artists settled in Mumbai, were in dire need of ration, and were unable to meet their daily expenses due to the pandemic.
The St. Paul’s Covid Team and Facebook Friends Circle collected a substantial amount from various well-wishers and donors, and assisted these artists in procuring their ration. The same was handed over to Lavani Artist Mr. Balaji Chikale.
Members present:
A few members of St. Paul’s Covid Team and Facebook Friends Circle.
- Date: 19th to 21st July 2021
It was seen that many of the students appearing for teh X Standard Board Exams came to the venue without masks and proper sanitizers. So the same was made available to them.
Members who have assisted our good work:
Ajit Kulkarni, Benedict Fernandes, Chirag Melgeri, Deepak Pillay (Alumnus 1985), Dinesh Patki (Alumnus 1990), Kiran Nippanikar (Alumnus 1993), Lira D’Souza, Mary Thakur, Meghana Hangandi, Musa Chopdar, N.Z. Josephites, Nandini Pai, Pradeep Karoshi, Pramod Sharma (Alumnus 1987), Rakesh Parekh (Alumnus 1988), Sanjay Anvekar, Sangeeta Mandi, Sanjay Souz, Santosh Darekar (Alumnus 1996), Sartak Kakade, Savio Rodrigues (Alumnus 2008), Selvan Lokolli, Shahbuddin Bombaywale, Shankar Sobarad, Shardul Mohite, Victor Francis (Alumnus 1996).