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Building lives at Dilkusha
For weeks Dilkusha Girls’ Home had been a hive of activity as
members of the Suva Rotaract Club worked to complete one of
their projects; repairing and refurbishing the ablution block of the
home with funds from the Foundation.
With the project completed in July the Rotaractors decided that
a handover ceremony should include two things; the kids of the
Home and a scrumptious lunch.
But not before everyone had
had a chance to check out
the new facilities; newly tiled
toilet and shower cubicles and
laundry block.
After lots of photos and ribbing
about the workmanship; the
Rotaractors had managed
to do some of the tile-laying
themselves before deferring
to the skilled and experienced
contractors, everyone tucked
into the delicious chicken curry,
puri and dhal.
After lunch the Rotaractors had more surprises for the kids at the
Home. They opened a huge box full of brightly coloured gifts
and handed them out to each and every child. The gifts included
stuffed toys, dolls, story books and more.
The Foundation was represented at the Sunday lunch by Mrs.
Manorama Singh, Diana Fong and her 3-year old Keiara, and Lenora
Qereqeretabua.
The second Rotaract project
funded by the Foundation,
a Talking Library at the Fiji
School for the Blind, will be
officially handed over later in
the year.
The Rotaract club is a service
organisation for 18-30 year
olds which emphasises
community service and
professional development.
Deaconess Nataniela and her girls at the new facility
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Children from Krishna Janardhan Primary School in Deepwater outside the new facility
Boost for
Tailevu
North
Children
For those who are superstitious by nature, Friday
13th means bad luck. But for children of the
Deepwater Community in Tailevu North, Friday
July 13th will go down in history as the day on
which they received a new Kindergarten building
from the Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation.
At the hand-over ceremony, School Headmistress,
Ms. Bindra Devi said they were thankful for the
new facility which replaces the old building
closed by the Ministry of Education in 2005 due
to occupational health and safety issues.
The School conducted pre-school classes for
children from Deepwater and the neighbouring
communities of Suvasuva, Nabila and Korovou
using an old teachers’ quarters for two and a half
years.
In 2006, Ms. Devi sought assistance from the
Vodafone ATH Foundation for the construction
of a new kindergarten building to cater for the
growing need for pre-school education.
In officially handing over the building, Foundation
Board Member, Mrs. Manorama Singh said preschool
education was a significant step in the life
of any child and the Foundation was pleased to be
able to assist children in the Tailevu community
through the provision of the new building.