South Asian Chapter Of CARP Launched

VANCOUVER – The firstSouth Asian Chapter of CARPwas launched at the Zoomershow held in Vancouver on Feb22. CARP is a national, non-partisan,non-profit organizationcommitted to a ‘New Vision ofAging for Canada’ while promotingsocial change that willbring financial security, equitableaccess to health care and freedomfrom discrimination. Themandate of the organization isto promote and protect theinterests, rights and quality oflife for Canadians as they age.The organization has over300,000 members all acrossCanada. Harpreet Singh, Chairof the South Asian Chapter, feltthe need to have the issues andchallenges of the South Asianshighlighted on the nationalstage. When Moses Znaimerprovided an opportunity,Harpreet and his team decidedto start a Chapter focusing onthe needs of the community.The Chapter will communicatewith the community at large toraise awareness on various issuesso that the needs are addressedat the municipal, provincial andnational level. The Chapter willprovide an opportunity to all theSouth Asians to join hands inraising their voices together fora dignified living.The goal is establishing an effectivenetwork of Chapters to sustaintimely communicationbetween the National Office,members and communities andto support and encourage membersto volunteer their talent,energy and time in service totheir community and to thenational organization.Board Members Of CARPSouthAsian ChapterChair- Harpreet SinghVice Chair-Dolly Sidhu/ MotaSingh JheetaSecretray- Nusrat HussainTreasurer- Avtar DhaliwalPRO- Manish VermaBoard Members- Dr Bikkar SLalli, Balwant Sanghera,JasCheema, Lucky Kaur Gill,Surendra Handa, Dean Atwal,Amandeep Singh, SadiaSameeullah, Harbans Kandola,Mohammad Rafiq, TarlokSablok.