SUPPORT MY SCHOOL CAMPAIGN COMPLETES 250 SCHOOLS ON ITS PATH TO CREATING HEALTHY, ACTIVE AND HAPPY SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS PAN INDIA
Celebrating the completion of 250 schools under the nationally acclaimed Support My School campaign, Mrs. Surina Rajan IAS, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Haryana, Mr. Suresh IAS, Director General, Director of Elementary Education, Govt. of Haryana ,Mr. Bhupinder Suri, VP, Franchisee Operations,
The school has been revitalized under the famed Support My School campaign – A movement for Healthy, Active and Happy schools in rural and semi-urban India – with facilities such as separate toilets for boys and girls, better access to clean drinking water, sports facilities and a rainwater harvesting unit.
With this, The Support My School campaign has completed revitalization in 250 schools since its launch in January 2011, touching the lives of over 1 lakh students.
Also present to lend their support were Mr. Pramod, State RTE Coordinator; Mr. Vinay Singh Yadav, DC, Mewat and Mr. Pradeep Godara, ADC, Mewat.
The school has been revitalized with contributions from campaign partners SRF Foundation and Tetra Pak.
Nuh, 14th October, 2013: Celebrating the completion of 250 schools under their nationally acclaimed Support My School campaign,
Present to mark the event and dedicate the school to the students and community were Mrs. Surina Rajan IAS, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Haryana, Mr. Suresh IAS, Director General, Director of Elementary Education, Govt. of Haryana, Mr. Bhupinder Suri, VP, Franchisee Operations,
Also present to lend their support were Mr. Pramod, State RTE Coordinator; Mr. Vinay Singh Yadav, DC, Mewat and Mr. Pradeep Godara, ADC, Mewat.
With this milestone of 250 schools revitalized under the campaign, Support My School has touched the lives of over 1 lakh students since its launch in January 2011. Pledges of over Rs. 13.5 crore were raised for revitalization work under the second season of the campaign, which was officially kicked off in August 2012. Campaign partners SRF Foundation and Tetra Pak contributed towards the revitalization of the Government Girls Primary School in Nuh.
Mr. Venkatesh Kini, Deputy Business Unit President,
Speaking about the project, Mr. Bhupinder Suri, VP, Franchisee Operations,
Launched in January 2011, the Support My School campaign aims to create happy and healthy learning environments for students across rural and semi-urban India by providing schools with basic amenities such as access to water and proper toilets for girls and boys. Over 43,000 students across 10 states were impacted over Season 1 of the campaign. Season 2 has extended this reach to over 15 states and aims to complete 350 schools by the end of this year.
Mrs. Surina Rajan IAS, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Haryana, said, “I am very pleased to see the kind of efforts that have been put in to bring in improvement to the school quality by
Dr. Suresh Reddy, Director, SRF Foundation said, “We are proud to be part of the Support My School campaign which has been creating waves across the country with its tremendous success over the last 2 years. The amenities being provided under this campaign are instrumental in not just bringing students back to school but empowering the entire communities for a stronger base in the field of education. At SRF Foundation, it has been our mission to achieve quality education and training that inspires children and youth from all sections of society. This campaign has been a shining cap on our agenda on this path. Congratulations to all campaign partners on this wonderful achievement.”
Thanking the campaign partners, Shri Jaybhagwan, Principal, Government Girls Primary School said, “Support My School has helped us fulfill our aspiration of building a competent school to support and encourage the students in our area. Today, we boast amenities which were earlier confined only to schools with higher funding. I would like to congratulate
About Support My School Campaign
Coca-Cola India joined hands with NDTV to launch Support My School in association with UN-Habitat, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), Pearson Foundation and Tata Teleservices. It undertakes the following core activities:
Provision of improved access to water
Appropriate sanitation facility for girls and boys
Improvement in the overall infrastructure and environment
Provision for sports and recreation facilities and
Recharging groundwater through rainwater harvesting
With such necessary amenities in place, schools are able to provide a cleaner and healthier environment more conducive to learning.
Education in rural India suffers from several issues where lack of sanitation is a key reason for absenteeism and dropouts amongst students. This is especially noted in young girls who are forced to quit as they enter adolescence due to a lack of clean and functional toilets. Children are also likely to fall sick more often without clean water to drink or to wash hands. Support My School endeavors to eliminate this basic concern by spreading the initiative across the country with the help of campaign partners to execute the same.
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