For the 2022/2023 Rotary year, the Rotary Club of Festac Town plans to embark on projects that would support the community and its resident.
The club’s new president, Rotarian Placid Oluigbo disclosed the cost of humanitarian projects the club plans to execute in the 2022/2023 Rotary year at N12,565,000.
The projects intend to cover economic empowerment and community development, water, sanitation and hygiene, disease prevention and treatment, basic education and literacy, maternal and child health, protection of the earth, and conflict prevention and resolution
Giving a breakdown, Oluigbo said the club plans to spend;
N3 million in providing grinding machines, sewing machines, vulcanizing machines, and popcorn machines to 30 artisans and equipping them with the necessary skills;
N1,640,000 will be spent on the renovation of water borehole projects provided by the club at 401 Road, 402 Road, Fire Service Station, and Spinal Cord Injuries Association of Nigeria; while
N3.2 million will go into equipping six primary schools in Festac Town with school uniforms, school sandals, and water bottles, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Festac Metropolitan.
N1,350,000 would be for projects related to the protection of the earth and conflict prevention and resolution will take
N2.5 million will go to the donation of medical equipment to the Mother and Child Care Centre at Amuwo-Odofin, in partnership with other clubs in Zone 7 cluster one
N875,000 on the provision of free malaria and dental checks on mothers and children, malaria drugs and dental care products, and donation of 200 mosquito nets to women and children living in the riverine areas and shanties.