Rotary-CSR fund school renovation

A dilapidated building, leaking toilets with unhygienic conditions, and classrooms that are woefully inadequate to impart education — that was how a survey team from RC Calcutta Yuvis, D 3291, found the Gayatri Hindi Vidyalaya when they visited it in the Serampore village in Hoogly district, Kolkata, in January 2017, during a field work to identify schools for their WinS project.

Soon the club under the leadership of its ­president Virendra Choudhury swung into action to renovate the school. With a budget working to ₹20 lakh, the club roped in the Aditya Birla Jan Seva which is the CSR wing of Jayashree Textiles and together they transformed the school with new paint, toilets, wash facilities, water ­purifiers, benches and desks and blackboards for classrooms and addition of more ­teachers and classrooms. DG Brojo Gopal Kundu who inaugurated the school was happy that “the Rotary-CSR tie-up has helped more children to get quality education in a favourable ambience. I hope this transformed facility will attract more children to attend school and enjoy a better future.”