Udupi: Under the leadership of SFX friends, Udyavar distributed scholarship to students, who are pursuing primary, high school, PUC, degree, diploma and nursing courses, was held on Wednesday, July 6 at the church hall Udyavar here.

They have distributed around Rs 70,000 to 35 students, who belonging to four local churches. A businessman Ronald Manohar Karkada sponsored the scholarship amount.

Admiring the Karkada’s service chief guest Fr Roque D’souza said that, ‘he is doing noble work, since many years he helped poor families, to getting medical treatment and provided Bible, those who do not have bible at the house. I feel very happy to having such kind hearted doner.

Ronald praising Fr Roque said, ‘we have blessed with good and active parish priest. He supports all social services and god also blessed me to serve the society. I am sharing small part of my income’.

He advised the students to put hard work and be studious. One should take care of their parents. Student should help other deprived people after getting job.

Ronald Manohar Karkada is engaged himself in social service since two years. He extended helping hand to 114 families in 2014, which have covered 20 churches and 140 families in 2015. He has provided necessary food grains through respective church parish priests to celebrate Christmas including cakes, Kuswar
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The churches were Our Lady of Fathima church Perampalli, Holy cross church Pamboor, St Francis church and United Basel mission church Udyavar.

Stevan Colaco compered the programme.

Scholarship was distributed at the training programme organized for ICYM Udyavar.

Loyal D'souza, president, ICYM, Udupi diocese, Saharan Lobo, president, ICYM Udyavar, Wilfred D'souza, ex- president, sauharda samiti, Udyavar and Deeksha Karkada were present.