Pakistan (District 3270)
(Chartered June 12, 1996)
* The Club contributed US$ 1,800 last year towards The Rotary Foundation. * Two new Paul Harris Fellows (PHFs) were added last year. * The Club received many awards at the District Conference.
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COMPUTER LAB DONATED


Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison donated a Computer Lab consisting of ten Pentium IV computers, scanner and laser printer to Kujer village in Sheikhupura through The Rotary Foundation Matching Grant programme. According to a press release Saturday, Rotary Club of Glenville and Rotary International Districts 7190, 7620 and 7870 in the USA were the international sponsors. Rotarian Lawrence Penna from Rotary Club of Glenville and his wife, Helen, visited the computer lab. Rotarian Shehzad Ahmed, District Chairman of the Matching Grants, informed that Frank Quinn, a Rotary Volunteer, assisted in setting up the lab. He also informed other volunteers were helping in smooth functioning of the lab. The lab students are ranging from 4 to 50 years old, he informed.

The Rotary Foundation has provided more than 140 Matching Grants with funding around US$ 2 million to benefit the poor residents of Pakistan. Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison, in close association with Rotary Club of Glenville, is currently working on five Matching Grants in Punjab for providing basic necessities to schools in rural Sheikhupura and rural Faisalabad.

The News
May 1, 2005