Galveston-Trivandrum Sister City society presented checks totaling $7370 to the Deputy Consul General Ramji Koli on Friday, February 18, 2005. The fund is collected from residents of Galveston (Sister city of Trivandrum since 1994) to aid in the rehabilitation of the Tsunami victims of Kerala, India. It clearly shows the values and generosity of the American people and their willingness to give to help the people in distress any where in the world especially in their sister city.
We have requested to the Chief Minister to use this fund to assist the rehabilitation the affected men and women who are interested to start their own business like tailor shop by providing them sewing machines or other tools of trade to have their own business. We believe in the principle “You feed a man fish, you will feed him for a day but if you teach him fishing we will feed him for a lifetime”.
Consul general switched on the Trivandrum-Galveston Sister City Society web site www.gtscsociety.com
Thank you very much for your help and support for the vision and mission of Galveston-Trivandrum Sister City Society. Please call me or email me if you have any questions. Rajan Koshy 409 762 5621
Leela Thomas, Dr. Clifford Houston (UTMB), Jeff Kilgore (Kiwanis club), Jim Guidry, other Galveston residents at the check presentation function at the Galveston Chamber of Commerce office.
Website Inauguration by Deputy consul general of India, Ramji Koli
Deputy Consul General of India Ramji Koli receives the proclamation from the Galveston Mayor from City Council member Patricia Bolten Legg. Galveston Chamber of Commerce President Gina Spagnola and Kusum Koshy watching.
Jeff Kilgore, a great supporter of the Galveston House Project with Rajan Koshy, Chairman of Galveston-Trivandrum Sister City Society.
