Social group comes to help of poor school-going children

Kolhapur, July 18 (UNI) A local social group 'Dhananjay' alias 'Munna Mahadik Yuva Shakti' has decided to distribute school material to about 10,000 poor and needy children in Kolhapur.

Group leader Dhananjay Mahadik told mediapersons here that they conducted a survey after visiting various schools in Kolhapur to find out the needs of the children. ''The programme is undertaken with the sole motive of encouraging the poor and needy to get education,'' he said.

About 40,000 exercise books and 2,500 school uniforms will be distributed to the selected students, he said and added that their group has adopted 250 poor school-going children to bear their educational expenses.

''The programme undertaken by the group is the first of its kind in the Western Maharashtra,'' he claimed.

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