Rotary Club of Eko Atlantic has announced the upgrading of Tinubu Methodist Primary School, Lagos Island and Ogba Primary Health Centre, as well as administering the Human Papilloma Virus vaccination to about 115 junior schoolgirls
The Change Maker President, Rtn Mamta Deb Roy, said the club adopted the school and is set to renovate the classrooms, library, borehole and provide clean drinking water for the students, as well as donate school bags, books and stationaries among others.
Speaking on the upgrade of the primary health center, the President Rtn Mamta, said the club is focused on providing medical equipment for the center, thereby making it conducive for maternal and child health.
The First Lady President of the Club Rtn Mamta said the club has already administered the human papillomavirus vaccine to about 115 students at Girls Junior School, Simpson Street, Marina, Lagos, within the age of 9 to 13 year to prevent cervical cancer.
She said other projects lined up for this Change Maker Rotary year include, plastic segregation, with the focus of recycling plastics and making Lagos plastic-free in collaboration with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).
The president added that the club would engage in tree planting to support the environment in collaboration with Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK), as well as conducting free cataract eye surgery camp for over 300 people.
She said the club would embark on a Mega Scale, Rotary Family Health Camp, to touch more than 3000 lives in Badagry, as well as conduct vocational training to empower youth on a sustainable program, sensitization on awareness of mental health, free feeding programme, provide support to cerebral palsy home and setting up of the blood donation camps
Other projects to be executed, The President said, Rotary Club of Eko Atlantic has plans to set up a 10-bed dialysis Centre in JV with International Rotary Clubs, empowering golden agers by teaching them to know the basic usage of technology on a day-to-day life, end polio programme, peace and conflict resolution seminars and ‘Project Ominira’ for health & hygiene of girl child below 18 years.
Lady President Rtn Mamta Deb Roy along with Change Maker Secretary Rtn Kishore Bendre & the entire Board of Directors & Enthusiastic Members, emphasized that the projects will be impactful & sustainable, while the club strives to change lives around it, which is in line with the Rotary International theme: “Serve to Change Lives.”
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