ADTAFAE awards toppers of HSLC/HSSLC Kohima, May 21 (MExN): The Ashikho Daili Trust Award for Academic Excellence (ADTAFAE) 2017 organized by Mao Union Kohima (MUK) and Mao Students Union Kohima (MSUK) for toppers of the HSLC/HSSLC was held on Sunday at Model Christian College Lower AG, Kohima with around 200 people in attendance. According to a press release, Rev. Fr. (Dr) Peter Salew while exhorting the students quoted Nelson Mandela and stated “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world” and that one must put one’s trust in God. Lophro Krichena, SDC (MPS), also exhorted the students and stated, “The Harder you work the luckier you get”. Chief patron of the ADTAFAE, A. Daili also exhorted the students and later gave away the awards to the toppers and the successful students present on the occasion. Earlier, L. Athikho, President MUK, in his welcome address, congratulated and urged students to opt for careers in the Indian Civil Services. Golden Eagles Club visit children’s home Kohima, May 21 (MExN): The Golden Eagles Club of Phesama village spent a day with the children of Eden Gardens Children’s Home, Khuzama recently. Keeping to their vision of being agents of change in society, the members of the club along with their animator, Rev. Dr. Anand Pereira, SJ, visited the children of the home, said a press release received here. The day began with a number of fun games conducted for the children by the members of the club. It was followed by a short variety entertainment program performed by the members, during which, Fr. Raymond D’Souza SJ, Director of Eden Gardens, handed out prizes to the winners of the games. Reflecting on the activity, Sedekho Zashumo, Vice-President of the club, expressed tremendous joy that he and others witnessed in the children of the home. “They have so little, yet they are so happy,” he said. Meanwhile, Ruopfiivi Zashumo, President of the club, thanked the members of the club for their wholehearted cooperation in making the programme a grand success.
