One of the popular schools in the Festac Town axis Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.got multi-million naira donations from the Rotary Clubs last week.
The school picked in the community was the Festac Junior Grammar school by the the Rotary Club Festac Central and the Rotary club of Greenfield.
Over N2.5 million was spent to renovate a toilet facility at the school , also repaired the school’s borehole and provided a water treatment plant to ensure the water is drinkable and equally distributed over 680 pairs of sanitary pads to the female students.
While commissioning the projects on Wednesday, the Assistant Governor, of the Rotary Club of Amuwo, who represented the District Governor, Anthonia Agugoesi was impressed with the projects as they were an indication that the time spent attending rotary meetings and the little contributions Rotarians make was not in vain.
“I am here to commission these projects on behalf of our District Governor. I know that the Clubs involved in these projects are the Rotary Club of Festac Central and the Rotary Club of Greenfield. It doesn’t mean that Rotarians are too rich; it only indicates that they have a mind to give,” she said.
She urged the school management and students to take care of the project stressing that it is easier to obtain than to maintain.
“Maintenance is very important because if you don’t maintain what you have, I don’t really think that you can have more. So, we are urging you to see the project as your own personal property and maintain it very well. It will last a little longer and impact more. We are glad we are doing this. I call on the Rotarians to keep doing what they know how to do,” she submitted.
President of the Rotary Club of Festac Central, Ndudirim Nkechi Eucharia also expressed satisfaction that the school’s toilet which was already dilapidated and posing a health hazard to the students has been renovated into a modern toilet facility.
She also noted that the borehole which was brownish has been given a facelift with water treatment plants installed, thereby making the water drinkable.
“Today, they have a functional borehole with good water that they can drink and use to flush their toilet and the toilet is now a modern one,” she added.
She also stated that the Clubs provided sanitary pads to the female students to help them maintain proper hygiene, particularly during their monthly menstrual cycles.
She said the Clubs decided to concentrate on pads the girl child needs to learn how to protect herself.
She said: “When there is no hygiene, there would be infection, and when a child is infected at a tender age, it goes all the way to affect her even in marriage. Some women that are suffering from infertility today are a result of incurable and long infections they had as teenagers.
So, we don’t want our girl-child to start having such problems that could lead to infertility when they are married. With the pads, they will clean up very well during their monthly cycle. This way, their health will also be protected. The value of what we have done here is about N2.5 million.”
On the choice of the Festac Junior Grammar School, the Service Project Chairman, Rotary Club of Greenfield, Anwuli Ogbonnaya, said it was the choice of their collaborative partner, the Rotary Club of Festac Central.
“Each Club does projects within its locality and since the school is located in the same environment as the Rotary Club of Festac Central, we were only invited to collaborate with them. This is a three-in-one project, comprising the toilet, the borehole, and the sanitary pads for the young girls. We distributed over 680 pairs of pads to the girls,” she said.
In her response, the vice principal of the school, Mrs. Oloye Monsurat Adebola, who stood in for the principal, thanked the Rotary Clubs for the projects.
Apart from the projects, she also thanked them for providing health tips for the female students on how to maintain proper hygiene during and after their monthly menstrual flow