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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 |