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Lodge also donated 10 used computers to Zilla Parishad
School at Tanashi, Maharashtra – estimated cost Rs.
1,00,000/-. This project was taken up with AFCONS
under their CSR initiative.
Lodge Fulchand Patel No. 163 also assisted in
refurbishing Zilla Parishad School at Tanashi costing Rs.
50,000/-.

Lodge Gondwana No.226, Nagpur
REPORT OF CHARITY PROJECT AT MELGHAT
jointly with Lodge Sohrab Davar No. 113 total contribution It is the yearly project of Lodge Gondwana No.226 ,to
being Rs.20,000/-. The event was in association with Sri donate various things of utility to the residents of three
Satya Sai Seva Organisation. villages situated in the interior of the mountainous
On 15th June, Lodge donated Rs. 25,000/- to Nana terrains of Melghat region.The villages are namely
Palkar Dialysis Centre, Mumbai. Lavada,Raksha and Bhiwai.
The Melghat project of Lodge Gondwana took its pace
Lodge conducted Cancer Detection Camp for Adult Males
after the Grand Lodge project in the name of
at Dindoshi on 22nd June 2019. Expenditure of the camp “Jyotirgamay” was conducted in the year 2012 by Lodge
about Rs. 10,000/- Gondwana and Grand Lodge of India.In this project
On the Universal Brotherhood Day one of the brethren of Solar Lightings were provided to homes of village of
Lavada with a central unit which generated electricity
from solar light. It was then that some of our brethren
identified that these villages are badly in the need of
many things of utility which will make there lives easier in
otherwise difficult conditions of life.
As it is a yearly practice of our Lodge to identify first the
things which are really of necessity to the villagers; the
three brethren namely W.Bro. Chetan Singh Thakur,
W.Bro. Prashant Yawalkar and W.Bro. Prashant
Kanetkar initiated the process and things of utility for
childrens of Schools at these villages as well as for
villagers themselves were noted.
the Lodge contributed Rs. 30,000/- towards the project
A team of nine brethren in two cars on 6th of August 2019
undertaken by the Region – installation of CCTV camera
stated to Melghat at 6.30 am reached Melghat at around
network at The Central Society for the Education of the
11am it was tiring journey of around 350 kms;it was
Deaf at Agripada. raining heavily through out the day. We reached Lavada

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