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Happy Diwali - Oshwal News
At the end the Oshwal committee were very proud to
hand over a cheque of £101.25 on behalf of the Oshwal
community to the Red Cross staff to thank them for their
time, effort and hard work that they had provided for us
all.
At the end of the day we all hope that we are never
faced with a situation where we have to use any First
Aid skills. However if by organising this night 40 more
people in the world now know some basic First Aid then
for me, I feel that is better than nothing. For those of you
reading this that have never had the chance to learn any
First Aid then I urge you to contact your local branch of
the Red Cross or St. John Ambulance and find out
where you can go to do a basic course. It will take just a
few hours of your precious time, but those hours could
potentially save someone’s life.
I really enjoyed organising this night and really hope that
people will make an effort to remember and practice
what they have learnt, as with all skills without practice
they tend to wither away.
Could I also take this opportunity to make people aware
of the volunteering opportunities that are available with
the Red Cross such as befriending people, fundraising,
care in the community and offering support in times of
crisis. They are always looking for volunteers and are
lacking representation from the ethnic minority
community. So if anyone could spare even just a few
hours a month, then please do contact myself or your
local Red Cross branch for more details.
I would like to thank those in the committee that have
continued to support me with organising events as
without this support, nothing would be possible. And
once again I would like to thank all the staff from the Red
Cross and the Fire Service for their time, effort and
enthusiasm.
Report by Rupal Jatish Somchand Khimasia
OAUK - Northamptonshire Area Committee
This photo was taken at a programme organised on
Thursday 20 April 2006 to inform staff from the
Northampton Fire Services about the principles of
Jainism and the local Oshwal Community.
Please see our website - www.oshwal.org
for a full report and more photos.
Northamptonshire Area Paryushan Report :
MICHCHHAMI DUKKADAM to all the Oshwals from the
Northants Committee.
Our yearly religious and spiritual Paryushan festival for
the whole Northants County took place at Hindu Mandir
at Wellingborough. This auspicious was celebrated by a
good regular attendance and it was a pure joy to see so
many young aspiring disciplines taking part with
emphasis on fasting principals.
Our congratluations to the following seven TAPASVIS
for contemplating this virtues.
Mrs Geetaben Anil Shah
Mrs Fuluvantiben Shah
Mrs Minabenashwin Shah
Mrs Kanchanben Steve Shah
Miss Deepaben Mahendra Shah
Mr. Savanbhai Narendra Shah
Mr. Nikhilbhai Ashwin Shah
Our Savantsari Swamivatsalya Bhojan took place on
Sunday 10th.Sept 2006 at Hindu Community Centre ,
Highfield Road , Wellingborough.
And finally to end this short report on annual repentance
we the Northants Committee would ask for your
forgiveness and would like to wish another
good passion year for our JAIN platform. Though I am
not much involved in this area I would like to express my
sincere PARYUSHAN Thank You to our Chairperson
Bhikubhai, Secretary Ushaben, Religion person
Hansaben , and always at hand Rashimibhai for all the
hard work, organising , and making it happen for our
small but great Northants Oshwal Community. While all
of you are there we will keep our spiritual tradition alive.
And once more Thank You to the whole team - we all
work really well together for taking our Oshwals forward.
Report submitted by:
Jatish Somchand Nathoo Shah
Maybe GOD wants us to meet a few of the wrong people before meeting the right ones
So when the right ones come along, we will know how to be grateful
and thankful for the gift
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