Karai Welfare Society (KWS)
Karai Welfare Society (UK) was formed by a group of expatriate Karainagar residents in UK in June 1990. The main objective of this organisation was to “To promote, sponsor and support Educational, Health and other developmental and welfare projects in Karainagar, Sri Lanka”. Constitution of Karai Welfare Society was approved at the AGM 1994.
Soon after the formation of the Karai Welfare Society (KWS), the residents of Karainagar had to vacate the island due the war. In 1994-1995 KWS provided assistance to Karainagarians displaced to other parts of the Jaffna peninsula. From 1998 onwards, we provided funds for Karainagar schools, the Peripheral Hospital community organisations and other deserving institutions in Northern Sri Lanka.
Karai Welfare Society now has 175 subscribing members. Monthly membership fee is £5.00 minimum. Audited accounts are annually submitted to the AGM. Since its inception, the KWS has provided over £235,000 for development work. Karai Welfare Society is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission UK (No 1120413).
Board of Trustees of KWS(UK) elected at the AGM on October 17, 2021 are:-
Board of Trustees of KWS(UK) elected at the AGM on December 8, 2019 are:-
Board of Trustees of KWS(UK) elected at the AGM on December 2, 2018 are:-
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2018 – 2019 Committee Members |
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| President | Mr Murugesu Yogarajah – Tel: 07881650375 |
| Acting Vice-President | Mrs Rathivathana Saravanabavan |
| Acting Secretary | Mr Kumarasamy Vigneswaran – T: 07776303739 |
| Acting Vice-Secretary | Mrs Annaluxmy Satkunarajah |
| Treasurer | Mr Rajendran Tharsan – Tel: 07414618368 |
| Asst Treasurer | Mr Nadarajah Pirabakaran |
| Other Trustees | Mr Kandiah Rajaratnam |
| Mr Ponniah Gnananandan | |
| Mrs Chitra Sarvananthan | |
| Mr Nadarajah Ravindran | |
| Miss Thilaka Moorthy | |
| Mr Kandiah Parameswaran | |
| Mr Thiyagarajah Thanapalan | |
| Mr Shanmuganathan Shanmugarajah | |
| Patrons | Mr Vinasithamby Nagendran |
| Mr Paramanathar Thavarajah | |
| Mr Sivasubramaniam Konesalingam | |
| Senior Citizen of KWS-UK | Mr Rajanayagam Suntharathasan |
Board of Trustees of KWS(UK) elected at the AGM on 18th February 2018 are:-
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2017 – 2018 Committee Members |
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| President | Mr S. Konesalingham – Tel 07944232014 |
| Vice-President | Mr A. Suntharathasan |
| Secretary | Dr S. Oshini |
| Vice-Secretary | Mr S Sivapathasuntharam -Tel 01908 558976 |
| Treasurer | Mr K. Balasubramaniam |
| Asst Treasurer | Mr P. Gnanananthan – Tel 020 8360 9733 |
| Other Trustees | Dr K. Sandrasegaram |
| Mrs C. Saravananthan | |
| Mr S. Sivarajah | |
| Mr K. Rajaratnam | |
| Mr N. Ravindran | |
| Mr T. Thevanantham | |
| Mr M. Yogarajah | |
| Mr V. Kumarasamy | |
| Mr S. Panchadcharam | |
| Patrons | Mr R. Suntharathasan |
| Mr V. Nagendran | |
| Mr P. Thavarajah | |
Board of Trustees of KWS(UK) elected at the AGM on 16th October 2016 are:-
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2016 – 2017 Committee Members |
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| President | Mr S Konesalingham – Tel 07944232014 |
| Vice-President | Mr V. Nagendrum |
| Secretary | Mr S Panchadcharam – Tel 07737121187 |
| Vice-Secretary | Mr S Kajan |
| Treasurer | Mr K. Balasubramaniam |
| Asst Treasurer | Mr A Kandasamy |
| Other Trustees | Mr S. Kunaratnam |
| Mr S. Sivarajah | |
| Mr T. Thanabalan | |
| Mrs C. Saravananthan | |
| Mr S. Kirubaharan | |
| Mr K. Rajaratnam | |
| Mr N. Ravindran | |
| Mr T. Thevanantham | |
| Mr R. Sivasubramaniam | |
| Mr K. Balakrishnan | |
| Mr V. Jeyaseelan | |
| Mr M. Balasubramaniyam | |
| Mr A. Pusparajah | |
| Mr T. Thanarajaratnam | |
| Mr S. Kathirgamanathan | |
| Patrons | Mr R. Suntharathasan |
| Mr P Thavarajah | |
Board of Trustees of KWS(UK) elected at the AGM on 18th October 2015 are:-
Past year (2014-2015) Board of Trustees (executive committee) of the KWS elected at the AGM on 7th Dec 2014 are:-
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