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An Update:
We are very excited to announce that large direct donations to the project (outside of Milaap) now account for 80 Lakhs! Every donation you made here helped us get closer to our goal.
We have now raised enough to build 8 classrooms. We will be starting construction this Friday, May 5th. It is is Buddha Poornima, an auspicious day to start a project like this. We do hope to complete the construction as planned during the next 8 weeks, so that the children can return from their summer holidays to a full-day school schedule!!
We will keep updating this space with photos of the construction once it has taken off, so stay tuned!
Thank you so much for all your support!
Learn more about this project, which is supported by the Rotary Club of Needham MA, from this short video presented by the Needham Channel.
Context
Project details
Current size of the school: 1500 students, in 19 classrooms, 3 staff rooms, 1 computer room and 1 lab
Additional capacity required: • Installing digital boards in classrooms to enhance the quality of teaching
A project to honor the memory of late Rotarian Raghav Rao, who lost his battle with cancer in January, 2023. He had dedicated himself to this project, and his fellow Rotarians, friends and family are determined to complete it in his memory.
A background
In 2013, the Rotary Club of Jubilee Hills (RCJH) adopted the Film Nagar Durga Bhavani primary school and the Film Nagar high school, the government funded and operated school system located in Film Nagar, Hyderabad.
The ask
Currently, Film Nagar school students are receiving only 3.5 hours of education rather than the 6 hours mandated by the Indian government’s Right to Education Act.
In 2013, the Rotary Club of Jubilee Hills (RCJH) adopted the Film Nagar Durga Bhavani primary school and the Film Nagar high school, the government funded and operated school system located in Film Nagar, Hyderabad.
The ask
Currently, Film Nagar school students are receiving only 3.5 hours of education rather than the 6 hours mandated by the Indian government’s Right to Education Act.
After years of effort on the part of RCJH, district government officials have finally approved the construction project required to address this glaring deficit, but without allocating the funds necessary to do so. You can help Film Nagar’s students by donating to this important cause.
Project details
Current size of the school: 1500 students, in 19 classrooms, 3 staff rooms, 1 computer room and 1 lab
Additional capacity required:
10 additional classrooms
Construction type approved by the Department of Education, Govt. of Telangana:
Pre-fabricated structure to save on time, since the entire project needs to be completed during the 2 month summer holidays (April-May 2023) and due to lack of space to store construction materials.
Fundraising Goal: 1 crore (approximately 120,000 dollars)
Deadline: May 15, 2023
Project cost breakup:
10 lakhs per classroom x 10 classrooms (approximately 12,000$ each)
Consider donating a classroom dedicated to the memory of a loved one – RCJH and the school would be happy to honour that dedication with a plaque in the classroom!
All donations from India made to the RCJH Trust are eligible for an 80G exemption.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact
Rotarian Champaka Rao at champaka1901@gmail.com / +91 98668 36076
or
Construction type approved by the Department of Education, Govt. of Telangana:
Pre-fabricated structure to save on time, since the entire project needs to be completed during the 2 month summer holidays (April-May 2023) and due to lack of space to store construction materials.
Fundraising Goal: 1 crore (approximately 120,000 dollars)
Deadline: May 15, 2023
Project cost breakup:
10 lakhs per classroom x 10 classrooms (approximately 12,000$ each)
Consider donating a classroom dedicated to the memory of a loved one – RCJH and the school would be happy to honour that dedication with a plaque in the classroom!
All donations from India made to the RCJH Trust are eligible for an 80G exemption.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact
Rotarian Champaka Rao at champaka1901@gmail.com / +91 98668 36076
or
Rotarian Sambasiva Rao Patibandla at pdgsam3150@gmail.com / +91 98490 33150
For your information, since 2013, RCJH has successfully completed multiple infrastructure projects at the school:
• Constructing a room for the Janitor lady to stay
• Constructing a room for storage on the premises
• Renovating boys’ and girls’ toilets and paying a janitor to keep
the toilets clean
the toilets clean
• Constructing toilets for the teachers
• Constructing a dining hall for students to eat their lunch
• Constructing a dining hall for students to eat their lunch
• In collaboration with the Rotary Club of Needham, USA, funding the installation of solar energy panels to save on the school’s electricity bills
