CSR projects in schools, hospital & villages

In a major fillip to classroom and sanitation facilities at the Government Primary School in Aralumallige village in ­the ­Doddaballapur taluk, a part of ­Bengaluru rural district, RC Bangalore Lakeside, RID 3191, joined hands with ITC ­Filtrona to build two classroom blocks, two toilet blocks and a mini science centre through a CSR grant project of ₹32 lakh.

While the primary aim of this Happy School project was to upgrade the infrastructure and other facilities to make learning a joyful experience for rural students, “the STEM Lab will empower children with basic concepts of science, technology, engineering and math. The science centre is designed to make teaching simpler, interesting and accessible,” said ­Kashinath Prabhu, project chair. The Rotary India Literacy Mission is one of the project partners.

Block education officer Sayeeda Anees and the school management have thanked Rotary for identifying this rural school and taking up such a major construction. DG Udaykumar Bhaskara and ITC Filtrona CEO Surajit Ghosh jointly inaugurated the new facilities in the presence of club president Veeresh Naidu, district education officials, ­village leaders and school faculty.

Gift-A-Life

Another CSR grant project was ­completed under the Gift-A-Life ­banner at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of ^­Cardiovascular Sciences and Research in which Altisource Business Solutions pitched in with ₹60.1 lakh to fund 86 heart surgeries (₹30.1 lakh) and an anaesthesia workstation for the operation theatre (₹30 lakh). The Needy Heart Foundation at the hospital has partnered with the club.

Jayadeva Hospital director Dr K S Ravindranath expressed his happiness over the project at an informal event at the hospital premises. “We owe a special thanks to Veena, Shivakumar and Nandu from Jayadeva Hospital for working closely with us over the last five months, providing us all the support in executing this healthcare project,” said Prabhu.

A drinking water kiosk was set up at the Government Higher ­Primary School, Bangarappa Nagar, near ­Rajarajeshwari Nagar in the city, in collaboration with Cigna Health Solutions India, RC Bengaluru South Samarpane and Maithri Aquatech, the technology partner. It is an ‘­Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG),’ that is, pure drinking water is generated from air at the kiosk which has a capacity to produce 250 litres per day, said Prabhu. “We plan to install over 100 such AWG kiosks in government schools and colleges in partnership with our corporate and NGO partners.”

The corporate partner, ITC ­Filtrona also funded the setting up of 46 solar streetlights in six villages at ­Majarahosahalli panchayat of ­the ­Doddaballapur taluk under its CSR grant.