YFC RURKA KALAN  and SEWA SEMINARS IN U. K. DRAW A HUGE SUCCESS

YFC Rurka Kalan president Er. Gurmangal Das and senior consulted Dr. Amandeep Singh Marwaha toured the UK to present four seminars. The seminars were presented in Derby, Motherwell, Coventry, and Birmingham to address universal education, youth delinquency, drug addiction and HIV AIDS in Punjab.  The seminars were funded with a grant from Global Community Links, under the UK aid program from the department for the International Development.

YFC is a charitable organization developed for the purpose of changing the lives of underprivileged youth through sports and education. YFC has an outreach to approximately two thousand youths through diversified projects such as football academy, computer and vocational educational centre, primary education project etc. 

The seminars were organized by Sports Education and Welfare Association Rurka Kalan UK (SEWA). SEWA is a registered charitable organization in the UK, which helps sports and educational projects in Rurka.

The four seminars showcased and educated the audience on the work YFC is doing via power point, video and exhibitions. Dr. Amandeep Singh Marwha delivered lectures on millennium development goals of the United Nations. Er.  Gurmangal Das elaborated the need of fulfilling these goals and explained what YFC is doing to achieve these goals locally. The seminars attracted close to eleven hundred guests. In Motherwell, Mr. Juskaran Singh Sandhu coordinated the seminar which was attended by 250 people. The presentation in Derby was organized by Counselor Mr. Balbir Singh Sandhu who is the chairman of SEWA. The seminar hosted a little over three hundred guests including Counselor Baggy Shankar and Mohan Singh who were guest speakers addressing the Millennium Development Goals. In Birmingham, Jas Sandhu and Bhupinder Singh Rana coordinated the event which successfully had over three hundred guests. Apart from the speakers from India, Karnail Singh Cheema and Ravinder Singh addressed the audience. After the seminar, Punjabi singer Gary Sandhu entertained the audience and appealed them to contribute towards the fulfillment of the Mellenium Development Goals. The final leg of the trip was hosted in Coventry by Mr. Jasbir Singh Sandhu, secretary of SEWA and President Ravinder Singh Sandhu. Over three hundred distinguished guests attended t

Onye Igwe, owner of Professional Football Club Coventry City FC, the club’s Deputy Chairman John Clarke, and Sarbjit Singh Samra chairman of Capital Local Area Bank Ltd. delivered presentations at the event.

The distinguished guests who attended the four seminars were so impressed by YFC’s work that SEWA UK  raised a little over 30, 000 pounds. Many others also promised to contribute to present and future YFC projects by volunteering their time and services in fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals. This UK visit by YFC officials brought great awareness to the Indian Diaspora. The recognition and support garnered by YFC officials during this visit will certainly by a morale booster to continue doing great work in the future.