Rotary Clubs to donate 2950 School Desks to
83 Government Schools

Hyderabad|India|February'2011: Rotary Club of Hyd East and Rotary International Dist 3150 (comprising 93 Rotary clubs in twin cities, Telangana and Guntur, Prakasam Dists.) are to donate 2950 School Desks worth Rs. 60 lakhs to 83 Govt Schools in Twin cities, Ranga Reddy, Medak and Nalgonda districts.

Addressing media, Rtn K Bhaskar Reddy, Project Director, School Benches project from Rotary Club Of Hyderabad East that Sri N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister, Govt of AP, has given his content to be the Chief Guest and Smt D Purandheswari, Hon’ble Minister for State for HRD, Govt Of India, Sri N Manohar, Hon’ble Dy Speaker, AP Legislative Assembly, Sri Pardha Saradhy, Hon’ble Minister for Secondary Education, Govt Of AP and several others are coming as Guests of Honour. All the benches will be taken to the venue in 200 lorry trips and will be lined up for distribution. After the event the benches will be delivered to schools at their premises by Rotarians.

Rtn Rajya Lakshmi Vadlamani, Dist Governor, RI Dist 3150 has informed that Rotary International has been carrying out several community developmental projects and one is Right To Learn – Literacy promotion programme in under developed and developing countries. She congratulated Hyd East club for taking up this initiative and made this project executed. She also explained another important point of this event that 6000 school children will be present and 2950 benches will also be made available at the venue.

Rtn Ravi Vadlamani, Past Dist Governor, RI dist 3150 whose brain childe is this project said that this project has come true through Matching Grants programme where in two Districts in Rotary International participate and donate $37 per each school bench and congratulated Rotary Clubs in RI Dist 3150 and RI dist 1400, Finland for this Mega project. Stating further Ravi added that similar project will be taken up on 26th February in Karimnagar and Khammam in March.

Rtn Bhaskar Reddy also thanked ITC and Tata Tele services Ltd and several Rotarians and Rotarty Clubs for supporting the event with their sponsorships to execute this distribution of benches in a grand manner.

that Rotary Club Of Hyderabad East is one of the active Clubs of Rotary International Dist 3150 and has several credentials including constructing the two storey, 20 class room building for Govt High school of Rotary Club of Hyd East at Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad inaugurated on 30 March 2010. The Club has again taken the initiative of processing a School benches project under Right To Learn - Literacy programme of Rotary International which resulted into this mega project.