Governor presents Rs 1 lakh cash grant to local NGO

GANGTOK, 27 Jan: Governor Balmiki Prasad Singh met with office bearers and members of Narayani Prathiba Social Club at Raj Bhavan on Republic Day eve and presented the club with a cash grant of Rs 1 lakh in recognition of the club’s activities and significant achievements and to provide encouragement.
A press release issued by the PRO to the Governor informs that the grant is to be kept in a fixed deposit and the interest accrued to be utilized towards meeting recurring expenses in the running of programmes and activities of the Club, especially with regard to re-admission of school drop-outs and imparting of computer education in rural areas, the release mentions.
The Narayani Prathiba Social Club, which is a registered social organization from Dangeythang, Simik Aritar in East Sikkim, has been working with the help of unemployed educated youth of the area in the field of education and health.
The club has been actively engaged in a number of social service activities such as encouraging school drop-outs to rejoin their schools with proper guidance, conducting coaching classes in spoken English, dance and yoga for children of financially weak families and also in various activities aimed at improving health awareness among rural folk, the release adds.