Media Release

Mangaluru, Apr 11: CODP and the diocese of Mangaluru in collaboration with the administration of Mangaluru taluk under tahsildar Guruprasad, reached out to the unorganized labourers at Sunkadakatte colony near Urwa Stores on April 8.

Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha who was present during the occasion said in his message, “This quarantine during Covid 19 is a critical time, and we show our solidarity with people suffering due to lack of jobs and food. We are united with the humanity and we carry on this kind of relief works all over the Diocese of Mangalore. We pray to the Lord that he may protect us all from this pandemic. He later distributed food kits to 13 poor and needy families of Sunkadakatte colony.”

Ashok Konchady, the president Bheema Sena Sunkadakatte, had requested the tahsildar regarding the plight of poor people in their locality and the tahsildar had directed them to CODP. DYFI members of Sunkadkatte had selected the beneficiaries. Fr Oswald Monteiro, the director of CODP, and Stephen Pinto of Educare, were also present during the programme.

Later the bishop was requested to pray over a bedridden lady in a nearby house and he obliged.

So far, 1,100 kilograms of rice, 200 kilograms of potatoes and 200 kilograms of onions, 200 kilograms of dal was distributed by the CODP Mangaluru diocese in Gurpur, Padu Ferar, Urwa Sunkadakatte and Bellare areas.