I am happy to inform you that The Rotary Club of St. Simons Island supported a new global grant project in India with a cash contribution of $1,050.00 to donate Rotary mobile van for rural hearing impaired in Solapur, India. Total budget is $60,972.00. See attachment for additional details.
I mailed personal contribution check for $1050.00 to The Rotary Foundation.
Please congratulate St. Rotarians for supporting the hearing impaired children in a rural village in India with this global grant project.
Rotary Global Grant Project overview:
To provide Rotary mobile van to support rural hearing impaired school children in Solapur, India
Project goals:
- Safe Transportation: Provide a 25-seater bus to ensure that students can travel safely to and from the school, as well
as to facilitate weekend outreach efforts in surrounding communities.
- Enhanced Learning Tools: Equip the school with specialized auditory equipment, including amplifier mics,
headphones, and audiometry machines, to support effective communication and learning experiences tailored to
the needs of hearing-impaired students.
- Community Outreach and Identification: Utilize the bus and audiometry equipment on weekends to identify
additional children with similar needs across the Solapur district, where awareness and access to such services
are limited.
Beneficiaries:
- Direct Beneficiaries: The 125+ current students at the school will benefit from reliable transportation, enhanced
educational tools, and a more supportive learning environment.
- Wider Community: Through outreach, we aim to identify and support additional differently-abled children
With Best Wishes,
Hamsa Thota
District Governor 2017-18
DRFC 2023-25
District 6920