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Safe
Drinking Water Project - A report
It
is estimated that 80% of our children get affected by water borne diseases and
these illnesses have a major effect on their well being, growth and education.
Children loose as much as one month every year per child due to these
illnesses. The problem is acute and severe in the children residing slums. They
have no access to safe drinking water.
Rotary
club of Rajkot Midtown, RI District 3060, India approached Rotary club of Leonardtown, RI District 7620 from USA and applied for a matching
grant, to provide safe drinking water to these children.
We
selected 21 schools chiefly located in slum areas and provided them with…
- 500 litres capacity water tank
- Aqua guard water purifier
- Water cooler
- Motor pump
- Necessary masonry work and plumbing
- Metal fabricated safety stand for water
cooler
- Water bottles
Project
was recently completed and inaugurated in all 21 schools. These would benefit
more than 9000 students.
To
create awareness about hazards of unsafe drinking water, we organised a
painting competition in which 4000 students participated. An equal number of
students took part in the slogan writing competition as well.
We
than distributed 2800 water bottles to the winners of these competitions.
These would provide clean drinking water and keep the water cool.
We
were gratified to receive sincere and heartfelt accolades from students,
teachers, guardians and education authorities.
A
great sense of satisfaction is achieved by us in providing safe and cold
drinking water to thousands of school children.
Thank you Rotary Club of Leonardtown
and Thank you Rotary Foundation.
For
further information, contact:
Rtn. Dr. Vimal Hemani
Director, Community service
Rotary Club of Rajkot Midtown
RI Dist. 3060
  
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