Lions Club of Bangalore Host, an international service organisation, completed 61 years recently. Activities focused on areas like environment, education, medical aid, youth empowerment and more are undertaken by this cosmopolitan natured club whose motto is ‘we serve’.
They commemorated their 60th anniversary in 2016-17 by donating computers to a government school. The club built infrastructure for the govt school in Jakkur by putting up a compound wall for the school building and a compound wall for their 4-acre playground. They also built toilets for the government schools in Kogilu village and Kogilu Layout, Yelahanka.
“The most important project we have worked on so far is the Govt Primary and High School at Agrahara Layout since 1982. The school had just three classrooms initially, also built by us. We have invested over Rs 3 crore through CSR funds, philanthropists and fund raising activities in building a 21 classroom building for the primary school,” says Lion Capt Siva Subramanyam, chairman, Lions School Committee, Lions Club of Bangalore Host.
The club has provided amenities like fully functional toilets, 30 computers with UPS for the high school, 30 sewing machines for the girls and boys, a library, a science lab and more. They also conduct health dental and eye camps for all school kids here.
“This year we have completed community service projects worth Rs 1.70 crores. We built a new school building with 12 classrooms, an open air auditorium of 4000 sq ft and a Lions children play park. We have also refurbished and painted the existing school building, provided clean drinking water by drilling a borewell and setting up a RO Plant and provided desks for children and tables and chairs for the teachers,” he says.The projects were inaugurated recently by the managing director of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited, the district governor of Lions District 317A, the president and members of Lions Club Of Bangalore Host.
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