A school for mentally-challenged children

Rotary Club of Lakhimpur Central. RID 3120, is running a special school called AASRA for children with mental disabilities on the premises of the Ajmani International School which belongs to club member Jasmeet Singh Ajmani.

Around 20 children learn various life skills here, says club secretary Amit Gupta. The special school was begun ten years ago and the club has been supporting it with salary for the staff, lunch for the children and staff, and a bus to pick and drop them home. “We spend ₹50,000 a month as administration expenses,” he says. The club chartered in 2000 has 65 members, and the monthly expenditure for the school is met with their generous contributions.