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Work has begun on Summerland Rotary school project in India

Summerland club working to improve conditions at dilapidated school building
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The Rotary Club of Summerland is working with the Rotary Club of Ichalkaranji Textile City in India to provide repairs and improvements to the Miraj High School in India. (Photos courtesy of the Rotary Club of Summerland)_

Work has begun on a Summerland Rotary Club initiative to improve a dilapidated school in India.

The Summerland club has been working with the Rotary Club of Ichalkaranji Textile City, India to renovate and improve the Miraj High School in that community, around 300 kilometres southeast of Mumbai.

The school works with the very poor in Ichalkaranji Textile City.

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The project includes repairing the building to make it safe for teachers and students, providing safe drinking water, improving sanitation and training staff and students about hygiene and sex education.

The estimated cost of the improvement work is around $90,000 U.S.

The Summerland Rotary Club is now working on fundraising fort the project and needs to raise around $52,000 for this work, said Aart Dronkers, director of international projects for the Summerland Rotary Club.

He added that this works out to $45 per child at the 1,200-student school.

“Whether you are an individual contributor, a Rotarian or an employee/volunteer of another organization, please consider to donate,” he said. “You will have a significant impact on many children, now and in the future.”

Additional details about the project are available at the club’s site at https://portal.clubrunner.ca/838 or through the Summerland Rotary’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/RotaryClubOfSummerland, oir by contacting Rotary Club members directly.

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