Riyadh, Sep 2: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) came as silver lining to stranded Indian couple, in Riyadh, who had almost lost hopes of reaching their motherland.
Vijay Fernandes and his wife Preethi from Byndoor near Kundapura were brought to Riyadh on work visa. While Vijay aspired to work as a driver, his wife was hopeful to work as a domestic maid. One Mr Abdul Khader, an agent in Mangalore painted a rosy picture of life in the Middle East and within no time, the couple decided that bright future awaited them in Riyadh.
Vijay, an auto driver back home in Kundapur and Preethi, a domestic maid working in Mumbai paid Rs 50,000 each to realize their dream of working in the Middle East.
They were flown to Riyadh and what happened next is tragedy.
On reaching the house of their sponsor, they realized that the little they had back home was better than what was in store in faraway land. The sponsors ill-treated them and even denied them proper food and other basic facilities. The worse was that the two were kept separate to the extent that they could not even see each other. Minor mistakes of the two were penalized and for four months they were denied salary.
While the two had no means to contact their family, with the help of a Bangladeshi maid working in the vicinity, the two managed to run away. With the help of a Good Samaritan, they managed to reach safe place in Riyadh.
KWAR's role
On reaching Riyadh, they learnt about KWAR and contacted the office-bearers. KWAR immediately plunged into action and helped them to get temporary passport from Indian Embassy and arranged Exit visa. KWAR also arranged for their Air tickets from Riyadh to Mangalore via Mumbai. Office-bearers of KWAR contributed generously and handed over cash to this couple for their safe journey back home.
The couple reached their hometown and their family called and thanked KWAR and all those who helped them to come out of the crisis.
Kwar Vice President Mr. Parvez Ali and the Treasurer Mr. Rajesh Kumar handled the entire case.
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