Vadodara: Relocated by visiting a residential school for the blind in his native city AmreliA Gujarati girl has started a campaign in Saudi Arabia to raise funds for setting up a solar power system at the institute.
Megha Verma, a Class 12 student in the Saudi industrial city of Jubail, has set a target of raising Rs 10 lakh for the Andhajan Training Center in Amreli.
Seventeen-year-old Megha had gone to the Smt. Pushpavati Pranjeevandas Valia Andhajan Taleem Kendra (Training Center for the Blind) in Amreli during Diwali vacation with her father last year. Nilesh Verma,
The institute provides training to adult blind men by equipping them with skill sets such as braille, music, computer, moulding, bookbinding and motor rewinding along with higher secondary education facilities.
But after talking to the trustees and the principal, Megha realized that the school’s operating expenses were under pressure due to low interest rates, high inflation and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“One of their major expenses is financing electricity. The desire to solve their electricity bills permanently inspired me to take this campaign forward,” said Megha, who has already raised Rs 4 lakh through online campaigns and helped Indian expatriates in Saudi Arabia to socialize. You are invited to contribute to the cause.
Megha, who plans to pursue bioengineering or biomedical engineering from any reputed institute in the US, Canada or Australia next year, is also taking to social media to raise funds for the school.
Currently in Vadodara, accompanied by her father, a former IPCL and L&T employee, Megha will be meeting some prominent businessmen and businessmen in Surat who, like her, are also natives of Amreli.
“We are looking forward to raise the rest of the funds this year so that the solar power system can be installed by the end of this year,” said Nilesh Verma, who studied chemical engineering from DDIT Nadiad.
Residential school trustees speaking about Megha’s initiative Sanjay Gandhi Said, “Our school was established on 10th September 1972 with the concurrence of Dr. Jivraj Mehta, the first Chief Minister of Gujarat. Since then, we have been imparting training to 75 blind people annually. Boarding and all other facilities are provided to them free of cost. .
“It is heartening how Megha has started the fund raising campaign for our school. We get government grants but often there is a difference between the grant we get and the expenditure we make. If a solar power system is installed, we can save around Rs 20,000-25,000 every month, which can bridge this gap and help us meet other requirements,” said Gandhi who is based in Mumbai. are located.
He said that the school would also honor Megha and her father for their gesture.
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