SEVA Trust UK, a non-government organisation (NGO) working in UK and India with a focus on education, health, environment and social welfare, recently concluded a successful third annual educational assistance camp at the Government Senior Secondary School, Barundi, in Ludhiana, Punjab.
SEVA Trust UK (India) team organised the camp and 50 promising boys and girls from disadvantage families from villages of Pakhowal and Barundi were issued with Rs 1.5 lakh worth of educational supplies. Each kit included a school bag, a full stationery set, water bottle, lunch box, an immunity booster kit as well as a large pack of daily use essentials for their families.
On this occasion, SEVA Trust’s Ludhiana District coordinator Gurdeep Singh Pannu gave a brief summary of late retired headteacher Narinder Singh Sekhon’s life and his contributions to society and the Trust’s founder Charan Kanwal Singh Sekhon MBE gave a brief talk to the children in which he urged them to distance themselves from negative thinking, negative people and instead follow the positive approach and work hard.
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He said a lot of children from Punjab villages want to study aboard but they must carefully select the right course and right university and should never fall in the traps of travel agents or try to enter any countty illegally. He also urged them to pursue their aims with devotion and vigour.
On this occasion, Charan Sekhon, Prabhjoyt Sekhon and family contributed around Rs 1 lakh to the Trust, Tejinder Singh Sekhon and Sarbjeet Kaur Sekhon Rs 50,000, Bhupinder Singh Sekhon and Sukhwinder Kaur Sekhon also Rs 50,000 and Paramveer Singh Goldy Rs 15,000 towards SEVA Trust India’s free multi-facility home that is being construed near Saha (India).
Naresh Mittal, Chairman SEVA Trust UK (India), Shaminder Singh Garcha Coordinator of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and Jalandhar districts, Surinder Singh Bisla, Baldev Singh Dhillon, Rachpal Singh Barundi, Harinder Kaur Grewal, Baljinder Singh Grewal, Dilraj Singh Grewal, Ranjeet Singh Gill (Canada), Pakhowal and Barundi school staff members, Principal Harjinder Kaur and SEVA Trust’s members and volunteers also participated.
Nine girls of Pakhowal Government Girls High School who had been winners of the National Football (North Zone) Tournament organised by Glass Foundation, were honoured as well as six girls from Classes VIII to X. Further 35 children of Barundi school Classes IX to XII received educational and support packages.
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At the end of the session, the school management thanked the SEVA Trust and the guests and said: “SEVA Trust has been supporting children of Barundi and surrounding villages for the past nine years. They provided us two projectors, helped with electric generator, installed a solar power plant at Barundi Primary School, provided security cameras for Pakhowal School and donated 50 high quality tablets during Covid-19.
“Such support efforts make a real difference and we hope SEVA Trust will continue to support rural schools and children.”
*Info: Seva Trust UK