Rotary Skill Centre at Gorakhpur

A Singer Rotary Skill ­Development Centre was started at Ram Narayan Lal Girls Inter College with RC ­Gorakhpur, RID 3120, donating 45 sewing machines under a global grant project with RID 5610 (South Dakota, US) and TRF.

The centre became operational from July 2018 following an MoU with the National ­Education Society. At present 160 women are being trained and they can choose any time between 10 am and 4 pm for their tailoring classes. The centre is being looked after by ­Project Director ­Purvinarain Pandey.

Adopting the ­concept of ‘Earn while you learn’, the vocational centre has taken job work from various schools and ­institutions. While 80 per cent of the earning is given to the trainees, the balance is used for buying consumables and ­overhead expenditure.

The club is running a Rotary Primary School at Shivpur Sahabganj. It was inaugurated by the then RI President Charles W Pettengill and PRIP Nitish Laharry in 1964. “This legacy of our 73-year-old club is being maintained well. The club celebrates events such as Independence Day and Republic Day at the school,” says Club Secretary M P Kandoi.