Rotary-CSR project creates Happy Schools in Gorakhpur

It was a Rotary-CSR gift for over 2,400 students, 60 per cent of whom are girls from underprivileged families, at the 10 government schools in Gorakhpur, UP, when they got a host of new facilities to make classroom learning interesting.

Thanks to the CSR fund of $30,000 from Toyo ­Engineering Corporation, Japan, which is setting up a fertiliser factory in Gorakhpur, and an ­equivalent grant by TRF and RC Rapid City, South Dakota, US, RID 5610, the mega project got an initial corpus of $60,128 and it was implemented by RC ­Gorakhpur, RID 3120, under the Happy School programme.

The clubs provided desks, benches, toilet blocks, handwash stations, ceiling fans for classrooms and RO units for drinking water, besides laying electrical wiring. Smart Classes for e-learning were also designed at the schools to usher in modern pedagogy and make classroom an ­interesting place for students.

Following the implementation of the project, the schools have reported more than 10 per cent jump in new admissions, said Project Coordinator M P Kandoi.