Belgaum, India - Student Desks Presented - November 14, 2009

In early 2009 the club's Board of Directors approved a club contribution of $2,500 for a project proposed by the World Community Service Committee, presented by Anne Deaton, to provide student desks for two schools in Belgaum, India in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Belgaum-Midtown. That money, together with additional funds raised for the project, was used to provide training for workers who built the desks and to purchase the necessary materials. Not only did the project provide much needed student desks for two schools where most students sit on the floor, but also it provided greatly needed carpentry and welding training to about 20 residents of Belgaum. Click here for a photo of a prototype of the desks. Click here for a page of photographs showing the schools to receive the desks before the desks were built. This page shows the finished desks, each of which bears a plate indicating it was a gift of our club and the Belgaum club.

Pushpa Kotur, left, President of the Rotary Club of Belgaum-Midtown,
shown with the school's principal viewing the new desks.

A teacher at the school with Pushpa Kotur and the school principal. 

Pushpa Kotur, center, flanked by the principal and teachers. 

Pushpa Kotur lighting a candle for a ceremony with
teachers celebrating the gift of the desks. 

Celebrating the gift of the desks. 

A teacher at the school celebrating the gift of the desks.

Principal taking a photo of a classroom full of new desks.