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Mumbai : On 14th Jan, MAKAR SANKRANTI DAY, 6 Toilet Blocks (Twin-Men/Women Toilets) costing around Rs.2 lacs, were Inaugurated at Talvade Village in Shahpur Taluka making village Hygiene & clean, following steps of India’s move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat mission is to ensure that Toilets are built

World’s No 1 NGO, Lions Clubs International entering in it’s Centennial year in 2018 will have 2nd Service Week - Lions Worldwide Week of Service from 10th Jan to 16th January 2015, to mark the Birthday of it’s founder Ln Melwin Jones, who started Lions clubs intl, in 1917 from July 2014 to June 2018. LCI across the globe, has over 46,000 local clubs and more than 1.35 million members in over 210 countries, celebrates every year October service week from 2nd October to 8th October, in India too remembering father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi.

In following steps of India’s move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat mission is to ensure that Toilets are built, across 2,000 villages across the country, with also Drinking Water & Sanitation Lions & Ls District 323 A2 inaugurated 6 Toilets (3 twin men/women Toilets) at Talawade Village in Shahpur Taluka making 275 families of the Village independent and have good sanitation, keep the village clean, which has people living under poverty as they are farmers and with water scarcity in the area. Small tank has been also built around the toilet so that it will be maintained clean and tidy by the villagers, stated Ln Nitin Shetty VDG 1

The Toilets were sponsored by Lions clubs - Sunshine platinum, West Coast, Jagdusha Hills, Ls club of Upvan, Thane, Vasant Vihar & West Coast.

Lion Hanuman Agarwal, DC: Activity states, that Goverment is considering that the Government plans to provide toilets for 800 million people by 2019. Divide each district into 10 blocks and train 10 people in spreading awareness about Hygiene & cleanliness across the country.

2ndly NGO Lions clubs also aimed at RELIEVING THE HUNGER, members also donated Anaajdan like Rice, Sugar, Oil, also Tilgul Laddoos to mark the Festival MAKAR SANKRANTI, LOHRI, PONGAL in Talavade, Dolkhamb and Mamnoli villages. Ln Anil Jadhav District Governor, stated that according to survey nearly more than 3500 Balwadis (pre-education classes) across Mumbai, Many more in Alibaug, with kids under Malnutrition, we can only suggest to give Chikki which are made out of cashews, almonds, and pistachios etc. as against Milk powder though good for kids, water in these villages may not be Hygienic & clean

3dly NGO aims Engaging the Youth, besides Sharing the Vision, Protecting our ENVIRONMENT etc. these clubs also sponsored many students of village, for proposal of solar light Training and solar light for 10 families in mamnoli, being trained by Vijnan Shiksha & Urja Smvardhan Sanstha, Dombivli,as Electricity is a problem in these villages as to maintain solar light the training is needed to youth in villages. Their

mission is “Every Child in School and Learning well”. By increasing the literacy levels of India’s poor which account for about one third of the world’s poor. the cost of training each child is Rs.3600/-.