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| From Chennai Photo Album 2009 |
The day started with a short trip to the Ambattur Rotary Club sponsored school in Chennai. This is a school that has increased over the past number of years from a small, thatch-roofed building to become a multi-story, fully-equipped school for grades 1 to 10. We distributed 525 bedkits to needy children who were bussed in from neighbouring schools.
When the distribution was complete, ten children (two each from grades 6 through 10) were introduced to us, and we were given the honour of presenting them with the "Murray Dryden" scholarship for academic achievement. This is the fourth year this scholarship has been handed out at this school, in memory of Murray. The scholarship, consisting of the interest from a fund set aside by the Rotary Club, was sufficient money to pay for a year of school for each of the children.
We were then taken to the Rotary Club hospital, where we had a tour of a hospital, specially built by the Rotary Club in the centre of a large industrial area to handle many industrial accidents. (There are also wings for Cerebral Palsy, Eye surgery, and Kidney Dialysis.) Two more scholarships were handed out to children of the hospital staff.
Murray Dryden's legacy continues.
Jeff McDougall
for Team Chennai 2009
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