Dubai, May 14: A non-profitable social organization, KSCC is delivering a great service to the community during this pandemic situation.
Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club is a civil organization registered under the Community Development Authority (CDA) involved in implementing various UAE government initiatives, blood donation drives, health campaigns, sports events, charity works, awareness programmes and much more.
KSCC is currently actively liaising with Dubai government authorities in discharging the needs and requirements of the people in these challenging COVID-19 pandemic times. It is also involved in activities like logistics, co-ordinating stores, mobilizing isolation centres, equipping quarantine facilities and volunteering services.
During these testing times, KSCC is also facilitating guidance to the general public, follow-up up to 122 COVID positive cases, counselling the affected, assisting the references and providing the ever-necessary emotional support by setting up a team of 24 reserved persons for call center helplines.
As per the request from DHA (Dubai Health Authority), KSCC successfully organized a blood donation drive and donated up to 141 units of blood with the help of KSCC members and supporters.
Apart from the above, KSCC is engaged in serving the needy by distributing food provisional kits (Yestahloon) from the very first day of lockdown to date by their special task force team under the guidelines of CDA, also taking into consideration the month of Ramadan. The team is successfully distributing Iftar food and a provision kit with the help of donors.
In the first phase, KSCC covered 2421 beneficiaries by providing 440 provisional food kits, 435 food packs and 529 Iftar kits.
As per the CDA guidelines, the club is also engaged in following up on the health condition of senior citizens living in UAE.
KSCC special team is also engaged in clearing documentation and formalities related to dead body repatriation until its final procedures and handing over to the relatives with the help of UAE government authorities. A total of 5 dead bodies are repatriated in their first phase of service.
KSCC also has a center controlled special task team to assist all the above activities during the COVID-19 pandemic to continue the services to the general public.
KSCC thanks all government authorities, members in different task teams, supporters and sponsors company MAERSK, Malabar Gold & DIAMOND and Tamil entrepreneurs for their support. They also request them to extend their support to consolidate the above demanding services and deliver their best possible assistance not only because it is the month of Ramadan, but also as their responsibility to reach out to the poor and needy, during this fight against COVID-19.