Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 22: HDFC Bank today completed the restoration and renovation of four schools in Jammu and Kashmir, which were damaged by the floods last year.
The four schools, situated near Srinagar are part of the 15 schools identified by HDFC Bank for restoration under the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility mandate for the State. The remaining 11 schools will be ready for hand-over to school authorities in two to three months. For this programme, HDFC Bank joined hands with Society for Action in Community Health (SACH), an NGO to restore and refurbish these schools.
In a function organized today at Muslim Public High School, Chattabal, Zubair Iqbal, Senior Vice President and Circle Head-J&K, HDFC Bank, handed over the refurbished premises to S Fida Hussain, Principal of Muslim Public High School in the presence of students of the institution. Mohidin Gojwari, Principal of Imamia Public High School and Arajmand Makhdoomi, Principal of Chootay Taray Foundation for children with special needs and senior HDFC bank officials were also present on the occasion.
The four schools restored and handed over to school authorities are Modern Era Public School, Saidakadal, Muslim Public High School, Chattabal, Imamia Public High School and Recent Chinar Public School.
“After the devastating floods in the Valley last year, the priority for the HDFC Bank was to not just normalize banking operations for customers, but also look at how, as a social responsible corporate, we can lend a helping hand to rebuilt the lives of the people. One of the affected segment of the society were students, who had to discontinue their education, on account of severe damage to schools’ infrastructure. Under the school restoration programme, focus was not just on the restoration of the school premises, but also on providing necessary facilities like furniture, computers, and uniforms, to help school children to continue with their education. The programme is in line with one of our core values—Sustainability—where the objective is to help create long term sustainable benefit for the community in the State of J&K”, said Zubair lqbal, Senior Vice President and Circle Head, J&K, HDFC Bank.
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