Volunteers of Scouts and Guides organisation from France give facelift to schools and anganwadi in pondy

Updated on: Monday, September 03, 2012

A six-member team of volunteers of Scouts and Guides organisation from France camped for nearly a month in Puducherry to give a facelift to some schools and also an anganwadi centre in Puducherry.
  
Maridet Pierre, Kiley Sarah, Hamard Anaelle, Valentine de Larouziere, Maridet Pierre and Tronel Baptiste worked in tandem with the Kattabomman Youth Welfare Association this month for doing their social work, Association convener M.Bakthavatchalam told.
  
They had launched their projects in the premises of two private schools in and around Puducherry and in one  government school at Manaveli in Ariyankuppam and at an anganwadi centre in Subbiah Nagar, besides planting saplings on the premises of a school in Poornankuppam.
  
They cleaned the premises leading to a virtual makeover of the premises, Bakthavatchalam said.
 
The volunteers also handed over play materials to a good number of children of various anganwadi centres during their camp here.
  
The Association organised a function at Ariyankuppam yesterday where the volunteers were felicitated by local legislators and also leaders of various organisations. 

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