I spent less than 36 hours in Rajahmundry during my visit, but I managed to devote approximately 3 hours to meet and check on the non-profit work that we have done and plan for future work.
For past few years, we have been able to support improving infrastructure for some of the public schools in
Rajahmundry. It has not been a lot of but slowly and steadly, we could make a difference. Providing benches
to sit on, providing decent toilets, repairing the classrooms are variety of things we coulod support. Local
Rotary Club members have been very supportive in carrying out the projects.
This time, I managed to visit one school that is more than 100 years old in existence. This particular
school has more than 800 students but has no toilet facility. Also, as I toured the school, I cannot
describe how felt. Some of the classrooms have no benches. It is also easy to understand that drop out rate
is higher among girl students due to lack of amenities. I would like to term this as an effort to provide
‘Education with Dignity’.
By providing financial support to these schools, I hope we will succeed in restoring some dignity and make
education/coming to school is something that motivates the children to succeed.
I am attaching couple of photos that show state of the school.
Click here to visit list of schools we managed to support over the years
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- Class Rooms
