Prakasam Tata returned from India on April 8, 2013 after six weeks stay there. During his stay in India, he volunteered many days including trips to New Delhi, Chitrakoot, M. P., Satna, M.P., Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, and Gajapathinagaram. In the Chitrakoot region, he along with Mr. P. N. Rao, an energy expert, visited the Deen Dayal Research Institute, and went to a couple of the eight villages where Rotary's smokeless chula project is going on. Both Prakasam and Rao experimented with Lantana, an invasive species which has no commercial value, as a fuel source to make briquettes for use in the smokeless chulas.
During the month of March, Prakasam was invited by several colleges and GITAM University to motivate the students to volunteer and work on water-san projects. He also addressed a very dynamic Rotaract group of students as well as students who are members of Engineers Without Borders.
With a Rotary District 6450 Simplified Grant, he acquired N-computing and connecting boxes which have the capability of expanding to 22 terminals along with two computers. When the school year begins in June, hopefully we will have 12 terminals ready to be hooked up for use by children studying in 6th through 10th grades, who live in a small hostel and sleep on the floor during nights. The sole purpose of this project is to impart the students computer literacy and the ability to interact with other school children elsewhere in the world, for example with the children studying in the Schools of the Children of the World, a nonprofit organization through the internet.
We need funds to construct a room to house the computers and provide desks and chairs for the the students to work on them.
Anyone reading this blog, who wants to help can send their contributions to Bharathi Theertha, a nonprofit 501 C 3 organization, 1213 Stonebriar Court, Naperville, IL 60540 USA.
During the month of March, Prakasam was invited by several colleges and GITAM University to motivate the students to volunteer and work on water-san projects. He also addressed a very dynamic Rotaract group of students as well as students who are members of Engineers Without Borders.
With a Rotary District 6450 Simplified Grant, he acquired N-computing and connecting boxes which have the capability of expanding to 22 terminals along with two computers. When the school year begins in June, hopefully we will have 12 terminals ready to be hooked up for use by children studying in 6th through 10th grades, who live in a small hostel and sleep on the floor during nights. The sole purpose of this project is to impart the students computer literacy and the ability to interact with other school children elsewhere in the world, for example with the children studying in the Schools of the Children of the World, a nonprofit organization through the internet.
We need funds to construct a room to house the computers and provide desks and chairs for the the students to work on them.
Anyone reading this blog, who wants to help can send their contributions to Bharathi Theertha, a nonprofit 501 C 3 organization, 1213 Stonebriar Court, Naperville, IL 60540 USA.
