NO WATER, NO SCHOOL Imagine not being able to go to school because there is no water. It Several health and medical camps organized by Rotary Clubs in sounds like every schoolchild's dream come true! But the lack of these dwellings have resulted with the repeated requests of the water forces millions of children across the developing world to villagers for the provision of safe drinking water, which will definitely miss out on their education, keeping them in the stranglehold of prevent all the water-borne diseases. poverty. We thank the efforts of the following people who made this project, a In Africa or Asia the need to walk to distant water sources, to queue reality for inadequate supplies, or the impact of sickness from water-related # Rtn. Salvatore Abbruscato, DGSC, R.I. Dist. 2110 illnesses, means that many pupils miss out on some, or even all, of # PGD Rtn. Atillio Bruno, R.I. Dist. 2110 their education. The consequences can be long term and damaging. # Rotary Club of Piduguralla Lime City Without the intervention of Rotary, 104 million children who are # Rotary Club of Secunderabad presently not in school are destined to join the 860 million adults # Rotary Club of around the world who are illiterate. The project is to provide safe drinking water for the villagers of slum The world's poorest 1.3 billion people, living on less than $1 a day, areas of Piduguralla. The project includes the construction of pumping are generally also the world's most poorly educated. And if that main from the water source in quarry to Over Head Storage Reservoir population numbers sounds familiar it may well be because it is not (OHSR) in Lenin Nagar. It implies laying of pipe line to a distance of far from the 1.1 billion people estimated to lack access to safe water. 2,500 mts. construction of OHSR of 250,000 litres capacity and the construction of pump house with motors and pump sets. It also The challenge for Rotary in 2006/07 is to tackle the root causes of provides distribution line to Lenin Nagar, Maruthi Nagar and poverty by providing communities with access to safe drinking water, Chandrapalem of 12,500 mts. Length GI and PVC pipes, construction sanitation and hygiene education. of slow sand filter of 12.5 mts. dia and electricity deposit and “Piduguralla” has gained prominence in the last two decades for the transformers. The scheme provides drinking water to 13,275 people high quality of limestone available in the quarries of this region. The through 54 public stand posts living in desperate working conditions people living in these colonies around Piduguralla Lime Industry are in the squatters located in Lenin Nagar, Maruthi Nagar and living in very bad conditions and they have no safe drinking water. Chandrapalem suburbs of Piduguralla. Invitation ROTARY CLUB OF CHILAKALURIPET District 3150 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROTARY CLUB OF PIDUGURALLA LIME CITY AND ROTARY CLUB OF SECUNDERABAD R.I. DIST. 3150 and THE ROTARY FOUNDATION (under Matching Grant No. 58128)

With the support of Rtn. Alfred Mangtion, District Governor Rtn. Salvatore Abbruscato, DGSC Rtn. PDG Atllio Bruno Rotary International District 2110 Cordially invite you to the FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF DRINKING WATER PROJECT to the Slum of Piduguralla in the District,

at 11-30 am on Saturday, the 31st March, 2007 by Sri Kanna Lakshminarayana Hon’ble Minister for Transport and Cooperatives, Government of Andhra Pradesh

in the presence of Sri Janga Krishna Murthy, MLA, Rtn. P. Sambasiva Rao, District Governor PDG Ravi Vadlamani, DRFC IPDG D. Goutham Rtn. Dr. T. Vijendra Rao, District Governor Elect Rtn. Dr. C Sharat Babu, District Governor Nominee Rtn. Anil Harnathka, DGSC, R.I. Dist. 3150 Rtn. Gowra Srinivas Rtn. D.N. Gowri Rtn. Promod Modi

Rtn. P. Subba Rao Rtn. PDG. Jashti Ranga Rao Rtn. Dr. K. Sambasiva Rao Secretary Project Contact President Rtn. Padira Jagannadham Rtn. Dr. S. Mutha Reddy Secretary President Further information Contact : Rtn. RAVI VADLAMANI District Chairman Water Management Sree Lakshmi Press, Gnt-2 Ph: 2230643 Zonal Coordinator, PolioPlus Partner’s Program – Zone VI “SAMATA” 6th Line, Main Road, Brodiepet, Guntur - 522 002, A.P., , Ph: 0863-2355986, E-mail : [email protected]