Pakistan (District 3270)
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News 2006 |
| TEACHING AIDS PROVIDED TO TWO SCHOOLS |
| LAHORE (PR) - Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison provided teaching aids and
library books to two primary schools for boys and girls in Chak 73/RB Karianwala
in district Faisalabad through The Rotary Foundation Matching Grants. The
club president Akram Shaikh stated this in a press release the other day. Rotary Club of Glenville and Rotary International District 7190, NY, USA, are the sponsors for the two grants. Click here to view the original news cutting The Nation, Pakistan October 5, 2006 |
| ROTARY VOLUNTEERS TO TRAIN TEACHERS |
| LAHORE
(PR) - Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison, in
association with Rotary Club of Glenville,
New York, has arranged Rotary volunteers
from Brazil, India and USA to visit Pakistan and provide training to schoolteachers
in Lahore and Sheikhupura. In a press statement Rotarian Shehzad Ahmed said that Eliane Marin from Brazil was a Group Study Exchange team member who went to Rotary International District 7190, New York on a goodwill exchange trip and met Rotarians from Glenville who motivated her to visit Pakistan to train teachers at Rotary adopted schools. Rotarian Madhumita Bishnu from India has already served as a Rotary Volunteer in Dhaka and Kenya in the past and is a technical advisor under Humanitarian Grants cadre for Literacy and Environment. Rotarian Steve Williams will assist in setting up computer labs and clinics. All Rotary volunteers will be provided home hospitality by local Rotarians who will also act as their facilitators in providing the boarding, lodging, and transportation and sightseeing facilities. The Nation, Pakistan September 21, 2006 |
| ROTARY VOLUNTEERS TO VISIT PAKISTAN |
| LAHORE (PR) - Rotary Club of Lahore
Garrison, in association with its sister club, Rotary Club of Glenville,
New York, has arranged Rotary Volunteers from Brazil, India and USA to visit
Pakistan and train school teachers.
In a press statement issued on Tuesday, Rotarian Shehzad Ahmed said consistent follow-up from all stakeholders resulted in bringing this programme to reality. The local Rotarians will act as facilitators to the Rotary volunteers in providing the boarding, lodging, and transportation and sightseeing facilities to make their stay comfortable and worth remembering. The Nation, Pakistan |
| ROTARY CLUB DONATES COMPUTERS |
| LAHORE (PR) - The Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison provided latest Pentium
IV computers, laser printer and scanner to Paradise computer lab, Thokar
Niaz Beg.
According to a press release issued here Saturday, the Club president Rotarian Saeed Chaudhry said that the club was planning to arrange a container load of refurbished computers from USA to distribute among various schools in Punjab. In addition to the above grant, Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison has recently completed a grant to provide basic necessities to two government schools in Kujer village, Sheikhupura and has also set up a computer lab in the same village. The Rotary Foundation has provided around 150 Matching Grants with funding more than US$ 2 million to benefit the poor residents of Pakistan. The Nation, Pakistan |
| LATEST COMPUTERS PROVIDED TO SCHOOL |
| Rotary Club of the Lahore Garrison provided latest computers, a laser
printer and a scanner to the Paradise computer lab in The Trust School,
Thokar Niaz Beg, through The Rotary Foundation Matching Grant programme. This was stated by the club president, Saeed Chaudhry, in a press release. Rotary International District 7190, NY, the US, was the sponsor for the grant. Rotarian Shehzad Ahmed said that the club was planning to arrange a container of refurbished computers from the US for distribution among various schools in Punjab, for which it was working with its sister club, Rotary Club of Glenville. In addition, the Rotary Club has completed a grant to provide basic necessities to two government schools in Kujer village, Sheikhupura, and has also set-up a computer lab in the village. The News, Pakistan |
| ROTARY CLUB DONATES BOOKS |
The Lahore Garrison Rotary Club donated teaching aids to two government
elementary schools and books for the community library for Kujer village
in Sheikhupura through The Rotary Foundation Matching Grant Programme,
Club President Rotarian Saeed Chaudhry said Friday. Click here to view the original news cutting The Nation, Pakistan |
| ROTARY CLUB TEAM VISITS TRUST SCHOOL |
| LAHORE (PR) - President and members of Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison
visited The Trust School to discuss donation of latest computers for upgrading
the school's existing computer lab. The Club will provide Pentium 4 computers
to the school as a part of The Rotary Foundation Matching Grant project,
with Rotary District 7190, NY, USA as the International sponsor.
Rotarian Shehzad Ahmed, primary project contact, informed that in addition to this grant, the club was already working with its sister club, Rotary Club of Glenville USA, to bring a container load of refurbished computers from USA for distribution among various schools in Punjab. Rotary International is the largest and the oldest service organization with more than 1.22 million members worldwide with presence in 168 countries. The Rotary Foundation had provided around 150 Matching Grants with funding more than US$ 2 million to benefit the poor residents of Pakistan. Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison is the leading club in Pakistan with maximum number of completed Matching Grants to its credit. It is currently working on Matching Grants in Punjab for providing basic necessities to schools in rural Sheikhupura and rural Faisalabad. Another grant for providing reproductive health awareness had been approved. The club had also sponsored water grants in interior Sindh for providing safe drinking water to the poor communities. The Nation, Pakistan |