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Lotus Sculpture Donates Books
for Poor Indian Schools
From
January 1st through January 31st Lotus Sculpture collected
donations for the fishermen of Tamil Nadu, India who were
directly affected by the tsunami of December 26th.
Lotus Sculpture donated $1,728 while friends and strangers alike
donated $1,304.74 bringing the total donations to $3,032.74 or 132,166 Indian
Rupees. this money was spent on fishing nets for fishermen who
lost everything in the tsunami.
Click
here to read about our experience donating fishing nets>>>
In December of 2005
Lotus Sculpture collected donations for a project to bring clean
drinking water to schools in Tamil Nadu, India. We managed to
raise $600 from private donations as well as contributed $1000
ourselves. Of the total amount raised 67,501 Rupees, we spent
28,853 Rupees on the water project, leaving a balance of 38,647 Rupees.
Click
here to read about the water tank project>>>
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Each school received two steel
racks to store the books as well as a small starter library with
school books |
In conjunction with
the Lions Club of Chidambaram, we looked to other avenues to do good
for school children in rural villages of Tamil Nadu. After
visiting several poor schools in the area and speaking with the
principals of the schools we decided the best way to allocate the
remaining money left in our account from donations made last year
was to buy books and start on a small "library" for 4 schools that
had no access to any school books.
We decided to purchase library
books as well as steel racks to store the books for each school.
Each school received two steel
storage racks as well as a small selection of educational school
books. The books were purchased at a discount book fair to
assure that we received the most amount of books for our investment.
Our plan going forward is to locate
more schools that need a mini library and to donate more books each
year to the schools that already have the library. |
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Our Accounts
In total we donated
67,501 Rupees.
The total spent of the two water projects 28853.50R
Leaving a balance of 38647.50R
Purchase of Library
Books and 2 Steel Storage Racks for Each School in the 4 villages
of:
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Vandurayan
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Cengalmedu
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Kadavacherry
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Koolbankoil
Total spent of the
racks and books was 30,922 Rupees.
The balance amount
of our account with the Lions Club is 7725 Rupees. We will
look for more projects in the future!
Lotus Sculpture is proud
to say that 100% of each and every Rupee went to the cause of our
choosing. Not one Rupee was spent on administration or any other
peripheral expense.
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If you would like to
make a donation please contact Kyle at
info@lotussculpture.com or
call him at 1(866) LOTUS-12
or 203-629-0902
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