Port Blair, Jan 29: As part of social & Philanthropic service the Rotary Club Port Blair in association with Rotary Club Ambattur Chennai an NGO Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW) from Canada has undertaken a project of distributing slumber kits to underprivileged school children at Diglipur and Kalighat.
This year a total of 1000 kits will be distributed of different
schools of which around 800 today distributed at Multipurpose Hall at Diglipur covering 55 schools, similarly tomorrow on 30th Jan 150 kits will be distributed at Kalighat schools. This distribution is done every alternate year in Andaman.
9 Rotarians from Ambattur Chennai alongwith Ahmed Badat, the President Rotary club of Port Blair along with 6 other Rotarians, DEO Diglipur present on this occasion
Funded entirely by donations the kit has contains utility items like Mattress, Pillow, Bedsheets, Pillow covers, mosquito net, Towels, School dresses, set of note books etc which are procured and put together by the members of the Rotary Clubs who start work months ahead of each distribution, sourcing items and assembling the kits.
Founded 40 years ago, SCAW’s mission is to provide slumber kits to needy children across the globe. Inspired by the sight of his own child sleeping peacefully on her bed, as opposed to images of children in underdeveloped countries settling for the pavement or the bare floor that registered in his mind during his days as a travelling salesman, Mr. Murray Dryden founded SCAW along with his late wife Margaret Dryden.
Since overheads are totally eliminated or kept down to the barest minimum, (SCAW’s headquarters is a functional office, everyone who works for SCAW is a volunteer, everything right from postage to film to office supplies is donated.) every cent of the donation is spent on the kit.
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