Dubai: Leslie Fenandes Elected President of Ferarites UAE

Dubai, Mar 25 (Media Release): Leslie Fernandes was unanimously elected as the president of Ferarties-UAE, for the next two years at a general body meeting held  at Shezan Restaurant, Karama, Dubai, recently. The main objective of the meeting was to elect the new office bearers for the
year 2011-2013.

Vincent Pereira has been leading the organization since its inception in January2007. Ferarites-UAE has seen tremendous progress under his dynamic leadership as President who was instrumental in fulfilling our objective  “Reaching out and touching lives of less fortunate” and converting an infant association into a matured body during the last 4 years. Ferarties-UAE,  an association of Ferarites living in the UAE is a premier social, cultural and charity organization affiliated  to St Francis Xavier Church, Ferar,  Mangalore.

During the last 4 years, Ferarites UAE, has supported several programmes back home and other parts of India in the field of education, medical and meeting the needs of economically weak people, the most important one is the recent launch of "Ferarites-UAE Education Trust Fund, a Rs 10 lakh fund established at SFX church Ferar to support educational  needs of young students taking upprofessional courses.

The meeting commenced with a short prayer by vice-president-Norbert Sequeira followed by welcome note by Vincent Pereira. Vincent Pereira together with Norbert Sequiera conducted the election process while the members called on the nominees.

A three member advisory body has been set up to oversee the activities of Ferarites UAE led by the founder president, Vincent Pereira and supported by founder vice president Norbert Sequeira and founder member Clara Fernandes.

The new managing committee members who are committed to take Ferarites UAE flag flying high in the UAE are:

Leslie Fernandes President
Lawrence Vijaya Cutinha Vice President & Media Coordinator
Leslie Pinto Treasurer
Roshan Lobo General Sercretary
Lilly Moras Cultural Secretary
Rosetta Pereira Internal Auditor
Rajesh Rego P R O And Ferarchem Preran Coordinator
Vincent Pereira Advisor
Norbert Sequeira Advisory Committee Member
Clera Fernandes Advisory Committee Member
Alwyn Fernandes Committee Member
Prakash Peris Committee Member
Richard Pereira Committee Member
Pearl Fernandes Committee Member
Anitha Lobo Committee Member
Voleta Pereira Committee Member

Outgoing president Vincent Pereira addressed the committee and thanked all the committee members for all their support. He lauded support of Ferarites for standing by the association in carrying out its activities smoothly. He thanked all the well wishers, benefactors and sponsors for their unstinted finnancial support during the last 4
years which helped Ferarites to fulfill its obligations in the society. He further thanked all the media sponsors for their overwhelming support in reaching out to the people.

On behalf of the old committee, vice-president Norbert Sequeira thanked outgoing President Vincent Pereira for leading a lovely “Ferarite family” in the UAE, in a dynamic way. New president Leslie Fernandes thanked all the committee for selecting him as the President
for the next term.  He requested future support from all the members in fulfilling the main goal of Ferarites-UAE in “Reaching out and touching lives of less fortunate”. Leslie had earlier rendered his services  as Treasurer for the past 4 years.

The meeting was concluded with a short prayer by Norbert.